Podcast guide

The Tisch Digital Design Studio (DDS) features a recording room (by reservation) for both video and audio recording.  The space is 12' x 16' and is equipped with the following hardware and software:

• Sliding black velvet backdrop
• Green screen
• Pre-set lighting grid with options to dim individual panels
• Sony a6600 with Rode Video MicPro and tripod
• 2 Rode NT1000 Studio Condenser microphones on swivel mount boom arms with pop filter
• 2 Rode NT100 Studio Condenserr microphones on table stands with pop filterr
• Scarlett 18i8 audio interface
• iMac with Adobe Creative Cloud, Audacity, Apple applications
• 2 piece conference table
• White board

Circulating Media Equipment

For students wanting to borrow video cameras, microphones, or tripods for field recording, the Tisch Circulation Desk has a limited equipment pool for short-term loan at no cost.  

DDS Staff are happy to help orient students to all equipment located in our space or at the Circulation desk. 

DDS supports 16 Mac workstations running a variety of media software including:

• Adobe Creative Cloud (OSX, Windows) - free on DDS computers, requires subscription on personal computer
• Audacity (OSX, Windows, Linux) - free
• GarageBand (OSX, iOS, iPad OS) - free
• Final Cut Pro X and other Apple products such as iMovie
• Zoom - free for Tufts students, guests  must create free account prior to use

Smartphone Applications

While you can use the pre-installed recording applications on your phone, we recommend downloading an application that provides more granular options and settings, such as:

• Rode Reporter (Apple)
• RecForge II (Android)

There are two free options offered through Tufts and available in the DDS.  Either option will likely require you to review and edit the transcription.

Option 1 – Adobe Premiere Pro

You can import your audio files into Premiere Pro and create a transcript that is time stamped in the application.  Once you made edits you can then export to a text file.  Here is a step by step guide.  All DDS Studio computers have access to Adobe Premiere Pro.

Option 2 – Microsoft Word 360

The university does give students access to Microsoft 360 which has a transcription tool embedded in Microsoft Word.  This should guide you through the process of using that tool.

Below is a chart to help you decide which software to use for your project.