AUDIO HARDWARE/SOFTWARE RESPONSE

I was excited to build my own microphone for my Drift and the actual process of doing it wasn't disappointing. I thought it was a great idea to be able to build the thing that you would be recording with. It was a step that made you think and learn more about how sound recording actually works. They work well and there weren't any big problems with the microphones either. The first time I tested the microphones, only one of them worked, but after I twiddled with it for a bit, the other one started working and that was the end of my problems. Capturing the sounds the best way I found through trial and error. In the end, I found the best way to record them was to get as close as possible and keep the sensitivity fairly low. I suppose my ideal microphone setup would be to have a set of different microphones with different quality levels, but I would keep the one I made in in that collection for sure.
Operating the miniDisc recorder was a little annoying. The menu was very poorly setup and hard to navigate through without the manual at hand. I haven't really used much other sound equipment so I can't compare it really, but I'm sure there is another device that's in the same price range, but would be much easier to use. Ideally, the perfect recorder would be simple to use but have more recording functions so you could record with different settings, rather then always manipulating the sound on the computer.
I choose Audacity for my editing application and it was something I have never used before. I picked Audacity because it seemed like the best one for my MacBook Pro and I think it was a good choice because I really enjoyed it and it had a lot of great functions. The filters especially helped me create the sounds I did for my Drift. Also, how you could edit the clips was a neat function it had that I was able to use. I will definitely be using this software for future projects in sound and film.