I will then try initially to get two per room. Thank you again, Leslaw
On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Jonathan Larson wrote: > At 1.5-2m, one could be enough to pick up everything, but I find the issue > isn’t so much volume as dynamic range—if some people are much closer to the > single mic than others, you will need to rebalance the audio electronically > or the audio will be hard to follow. > > We recently outfitted a conference room that seats 15 at a long table with > two PZM-11s and a stereo preamp—with good results. > > Jon > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr Leslaw > Zieleznik > Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:26 AM > To: Matterhorn Users > Subject: Re: [Matterhorn-users] Question about microphones > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users > > Dr Leslaw Zieleznik > OBIS (Oxford Brookes Information Solutions) > Oxford Brookes University > [email protected] > Tel: +44 (0)1865 483973 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users ====================== Dr Leslaw Zieleznik OBIS (Oxford Brookes Information Solutions) Oxford Brookes University Headington Oxford OX3 0BP ______________________ [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1865 483973 Fax: +44 (0)1865 483073 ======================
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