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Use a Zoom meeting for the 'timeline' audio file. Establishes timeline and provides backup recording and helps establish baseline noise levels for cleaning audio during postprocessing.
For improved audio quality qnd backups, ask remote participants to record themselves using their phone. This provides a backup and can be matched up to the Zoom recording if necessary.
All audio podcasts posted to public MIT sites must he transcribed. See accessibility.mit.edu for more information.
Zoom auto-captioning is not great, but it can provide help to quickly navigate edits
3Play is good and relatively inexpensive - less than MIT AV for providing final transcripts for accessibility compliance.
Recommended using sound booths around MIT for recording
MIT Open Learning has a closet that has professional mics and has been treated for sound that they are usually happy to let other MIT folks use for free (as long as you do not conflict with their recording schedules and leave the space tidy).
Hayden and other MIT Library locations have some study rooms that are sound proofed as well that could be an option - you will need microphones. Check https://libraries.mit.edu/study/reserve/
If there is budget available, suggest talking with Dave Lishansky - David Benjamin Sound - to see if he has any recommendations of local folks to work with at MIT or if he is available
Can use Adobe Premiere (free to MIT Faculty, Staff, & Students), Audition, or Audacity for editing audio.

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