Jon,

That is incredible helpful!

Is it good enough to install just one PZM microphone, placed on the console 
close to the speaker in about 1.5-2m range?
Or you would definitely recommend more than one?

Many thanks,
Leslaw

On 27 Feb 2012, at 23:30, Jonathan Larson wrote:

> Leslaw,
>  
> I also looked into these and contacted someone who had used them (though I 
> don’t know if it was the version 1 or 2). Here is what they told me:
>  
> “Well……I’d like to retract my favorable comment about the Voice Tracker mics. 
>  We got excited about them when we first got them, but we learned later on 
> that they have a background sound like a babbling brook.  In other words they 
> do ok picking up questions from the students if you’re willing to put up with 
> the babbling brook sound.  So, as of this date we have removed them from our 
> classrooms and gone back to PZMs.”
>  
> At our school, we use a combination of PZMs (most are the Crown PZM-11 
> variety) and wireless microphones. Three ceiling-mounted (height of around 16 
> feet) PZMs can pick up any normal voice in a room of approximately 20x40 
> feet, and I use some compression in post processing to equalize loud and 
> quiet voices.
>  
> Jon Larson
> Multimedia Systems Administrator
> University of Washington School of Law
>  
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr Leslaw 
> Zieleznik
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 5:50 AM
> To: Matterhorn Users
> Subject: [Matterhorn-users] Question about microphones
>  
>  
> We currently use a wireless microphone, which I found very unpractical as 
> also any portable.
>  
> Therefore I have just started looking for a permanently installed type of 
> 'array of microphones'.
> And after a quick search on the web I have found this:    
> http://www.acousticmagic.com/voice-tracker-array-microphone-technology.html  
> So I wonder whether somebody is using such equipment or perhaps something 
> similar?
>  
> It would be also interesting to know, what types of microphones people use?
>  
> Thanks,
> Leslaw
>  
>  
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Dr Leslaw Zieleznik
OBIS (Oxford Brookes Information Solutions)
Oxford Brookes University
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