{"id":1114,"date":"2026-05-15T02:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/12984714\/?page_id=1114"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:21:53","slug":"technical-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/12984714\/fmp-new\/technical-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"P5 Technical Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PAT Testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portable appliance testing (PAT), is a check of electrical appliances, both physically and through tests, to ensure that you&#8217;re mentaining high standards of electrical safety, this is important when working with high-wattage appliances. Because im doing most of my recording in college i dont need to worry about getting this done because its a legal requirement for hardware in college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technical testing is important to do pre-production because it allows me to experiment with recording equipment, microphone placement, room acoustics, and production techniques before beginning final recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Microphone setups that i liked<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1117\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/12984714\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1074\/2026\/05\/IMG_2527-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1117\" 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