I've moved this thread over to Techno-Chat, as it is no longer relevant to Apple's products. We're now discussing microphones etc.
Not sure why you reckoned I wanted to use a headset microphone. I never said
that at all. What I said is that, if I do go down that road, it will be done
properly. I expressed the view that when you do a recording of this nature,
when the music quality is high and then the presenter's microphone sounds as
though they're using a telephone, it spoils the entire experience in terms of
quality. I've never yet heard a headset microphone which has good bandwidth,
not even those used in the professional world. For instance, in the media you
sometimes hear reporters using headsets to file reports. The quality in that
circumstance, where speech is the only medium, isn't important so a headset in
that kind of situation is perfectly fine. However, and I stand by this view
absolutely, if a DJ or music presenter tried to get away with using a headset
when presenting a music show, the poor quality of microphones interently found
in headsets, even wired headsets and those costing many hundreds of
Dollars/Pounds, the poor quality of the audio would stick out like a sore thumb.
I'm simply expressing a personal opinion, and I'm saying that, if I were in the
situation where I wanted to record shows using a portable setup, more about
this in a moment, there's no way I would even contemplate using a headset
microphone.
The reason I opted to comment on this thread is quite simple. As somebody who
broadcasts regularly for hospital radio, it would make the whole experience
more pleasant for me sometimes to be able to record content on-the-fly, away
from the studio.
I have not done this as yet, for precisely this reason. I haven't found a way
until now of matching the quality of the spoken audio to that of the music.
And, as I said earlier, I did actually try a couple of headsets when I was able
to use them, and even the high-end ones, for instance, the Senheizer range,
fell way short of what I would find acceptable.
So what I'm essentially saying is that, if and when I do go down that road, and
it is quite likely, I would do it properly and buy a high quality portable
microphone, such as the Sure MB88.
On 21/06/2019, 16:04, "grtd...@internode.on.net" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
wrote:
Again you're assuming too much.
So why this sudden urge to want to use a headset microphone anyway?
I've also tried Backpack Studio with my Audio-Technica dynamic microphone.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net>
Sent: Friday, 21 June 2019 8:33 PM
To: mac-acc...@mac-access.net
Subject: Re: [Mac-Access]: Backpack Studio and further updates
That's pushing things a bit too far I reckon, for what I would need. I just
think that headset microphones really detract from the quality of a recording.
It stands out like a sore thumb if the music is of high quality and the
presenter is not.
On 20/06/2019, 19:06, "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote:
Shure is just one company of course.
If you really wanted to you could use something like a Blue Yetti
through a camera kit.
> On 21 Jun 2019, at 1:30 am, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net>
wrote:
>
> Speaking personally. If I'm going to do this, I want to do it
properly. Yes, I've looked at the Sure range and will probably go with one of
those.
>
>
> On 18/06/2019, 18:40, "grtd...@internode.on.net"
<grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> Completely mythical mate
> There are plenty of good high quality solutions that can be used
with IOS and Backpack Studio including the Shure NV88 or NV51.
> If you don't want to use a microphone then why not use the
headphone socket of your IOS device or a Bluetooth headset and just use the
Built-in microphone of your IOS device which - though not the absolute best -
is very good.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 June 2019 1:14 AM
> To: mac-acc...@mac-access.net
> Subject: Re: [Mac-Access]: Backpack Studio and further updates
>
> I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and look into the possibility
of an iOS-compatible, high quality , microphone. Headsets, even the
professional ones, are extremey limited in their frequency responsiveness, and
make your broadcast sound tacky. So that's not an option for me, I don't want
to be restricted by substandard voice inputs.
>
>
> You mention the advantages of an iPad Pro. Is that because you're
able to use a smart keyboard with it? If so, it's not unique in that respect.
Indeed, any iOS device can. Be paired with a Bluetooth® keyboard – I've done
that on many occasions over the years. But, I guess, time to buy the app. Set
up my iPhone to pay on the App Store, I guess.
>
>
> On 18/06/2019, 15:36, "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
wrote:
>
> Well we’ll really going places With Backpack Studio now.
> I’ve been using the App for ages and over that time the
Backpack Studio - Formally Bossjock - has become increasingly more powerful
whilst keeping the flexibility and accessibility of the App at the users
fingertips.
> The latest version of Backpack Studio brings yet another
breakthrough in my opinion and that is the ability to Stream your broadcast
over the Internet right from the Backpack Studio App so this means we now have
a pretty much full suite of broadcasting/DJ tools available from one App.
> Broadcast whatever you want with the effects you need, the
songs that your audience wants to hear, all the stingers and jingles you create
and more broadcast over the Internet, recorded in real time etc.
> I enjoy using Backpack Studio on my iPad Pro as it gives me
plenty of room with which to work and I can assign as many Cart Decks as I need
in a session.
> If you don’t have an iPad Pro then you can use Backpack Studio
affectively though you will need to do a lot more scrolling to get to those
extra Cart Players you may wish to use.
> An iTunes library is not required though for some an iTunes
Library may be a good start.
> You can pretty much import your music from anywhere, Dropbox,
Google Drive and so on as well as from your IOS device itself.
> I hope the next move considered by the developers of Backpack
Studio is the ability to take music directly from Spotify or Tidal for your
Broadcast Playlist.
>
>
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