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I was thinking of switching from writing my dreams at night to useing a voice recorder. This is because even after a few hours sleep I wake up to go bathroom and jot down notes from the dream I was having. As soon as I look at the screen, (and yes I already use a blue light filtered screen plus orange lenses) I think that my body kind of jolts awake again. Sometimes I fall back asleep alright but other times like tonight I think the light keeps me up or wakes me back up too much. I use it as dim as possible and like I said with layers of blue light filters. Even so I think it wakes me up. I am pretty sensitive to light and sound of and kind so that would make sense. |
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If you have a choice of recording formats or quality settings, it may help to choose one that results in smaller files. Also, if it's recording in .WAV files, there will definitely be problems beyond a certain point because this format doesn't support files larger than 4 GB in size. (Sometimes programs even have problems as soon as it hits 2 GB.) The easiest workaround other than this may be indeed to just manually restart the recording every few hours, or to only record when you're speaking (some voice recorders on the market can do this automatically as a feature, but I'm not sure about available apps). |
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Thanks TravisE. The program is running much faster now that I followed AUdacity's advice of closing extra tabs. That made a huge difference which I wouldn't have expected. |
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Ah, you mean the number of files/tracks open at once? That can definitely slow things down if there are too many. |
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Thanks TravisE |
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Those sound like some good possible approaches to take. I know what you mean about the time it takes. I went through a phase where I reached the point of recording a ton of dream activity almost every single day, and it was cool and all, but it was starting to take more time than I really wanted to spend recording. In my case, I eventually ended up cutting back my dream recall just a bit and prioritizing on capturing just the really important stuff that I definitely didn't want to forget, but leaving behind more mundane dreams that weren't quite as interesting (as I read through my dream journal, I realized many dreams, especially poorly-remembered ones, didn't end up as interesting to read about later on as I had expected). It was kind of a hard step to take at first because I had been so obsessed with retaining every possible detail. But it does mean I have to be careful with what I decide to leave out; sometimes I realize a dream is more important than it initially seemed if I take more effort to recall it, and I also have to be careful not to get too lazy. |
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Thanks TravisE! Good to hear ya. I appreciate your thoughtfulness about all of this. I have been keeping up with the voice notes at night. One thing was I learned to use a pop filter and mute my line so it is easier to edit in the morning. Then I actually realized I could listen to the voice recording during the day, even multiple times. Once I heard it a few times, it was easy to just transcribe it from memory, instead of needing to listen to it as I wrote it. |
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I just wanted to mention that I am still using the voice recorder. It's almost a month now actually since I started. It has taken some time to adjust and to learn the best ways to use the voice recorder. Or at least just to improve the way I use it. I think it has helped my dream recall even more than I thought, because I am able to record dreams easier, when I might talk myself out of moving anything more than a finger to record the dream. I think it has helped my first round of dream recall of the night the most. |
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