The digital camera and MD recorder were carried in an Amibco digital camera case with shoulder strap and belt loop. I had the option of using 22 kHz as well as 8-bit settings. However the 8-bit settings for both kHz levels added significant hiss and buzz. 22 kHz 8-bit poor 2.590 MB Studio narration for the various chapters of the video show presentation was captured with my brother's custom microphones plugged directly into my laptop computer. The soundtrack often has pops and clicks, or unexpected transitions.
Premiere is very finicky about audio compression settings.
In general, stereo files are twice as large as mono files. Unfortunately, MSN Audio codecs are hard to find. This recording was done in real time. The 40 kbps setting, which provides very satifactory quality audio, is the highest compression that can be played back on older versions of Microsoft Windows Media Player. Version 6.4 or newer can support higher levels of compression.