[ale] OT: Where can I learn about microphones?

[Richard Bronosky]

I will consider a few permanent installation options for the
conference room on our floor of the building. However, we also rent
meeting rooms of different sizes on different floors of this building
and in other buildings. I really need to be able to handle any
situation.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
> Also, make sure the room is very acoustically dead and that the noise
> floor (HVAC, fluorescent lighting fixtures) is well-controlled.  And
> lube the chairs.
>
> On 2/10/12 3:07 PM, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>> Boundary mics do well for teleconferencing when trying to pick up people
>> around a table.
>>
>> On 2/10/12 3:00 PM, Pete Hardie wrote:
>>> Check podcasting fora - lots of microphone porn there.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 14:51, Richard Bronosky<Richard at bronosky.com>   wrote:
>>>> I need to learn about microphones so that I can build some
>>>> teleconferencing kits. We have about a dozen different USB mics and
>>>> they all suck. Every meeting is full of complaints that the remote
>>>> attendees can't hear. I want analog mics and a mixing board. Probably
>>>> a USB digitizer. (I _might_ consider a USB mixing board if it is very
>>>> _very_ excellent.)
>>>>
>>>> I want to consider many options:
>>>> 1. single condensor mics
>>>> 2. multiple condensor mics
>>>> 3. stationary directional mics
>>>> 4. human operated directional mics
>>>> 5. robotic directional mic or mics - either voice tracking or IR baton
>>>> tracking (I may have to build that one)
>>>> 6. several lavalier mics
>>>> 7. any other voodoo
>>>>
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