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This evening I have been sitting in a hotel room in Prague under a blanket! Yes, I looked silly, but there was a good reason behind my actions. :-) I had to make a quick Jingcast to answer a SnagIt user's question. And, I just could not get acceptable audio in the hotel room. It sounded awful. Lights were making a little buzzing noise, the fan was turning on and off, and the audio was bouncing off the wall and higher ceilings. To put it technically... it sounded flat out bad.

I remembered a quick audio trick that anyone can use... as long as you don't mind looking a little funny. Simply put a blanket over your head and microphone when you record your audio. It is not the equivalent of a sound booth, but it can help quite a bit quickly and easily.

I was also digging on our website and found this article with some additional audio tips.

Oh, and here's another quick tip. Forget your tripod for your camera or video camera while you're on the road? You can use a lamp for your tripod! The screw on top of a lamp for the light shade is exactly the same size as the screw on a tripod that you attach to your camera!

Do you have any audio or video tips to share with everyone?