My method has been to run a recorder off the board, but also mainly to have a Zoom H2 set on 2 chan surround somewhere fairly central.
Then one can run it through the levelator to balance out loud and quiet. The it's just a question of mixing, or cutting between one and the other in post. j On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:38 AM, ratbagradio <ratbagra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been involved in a bit of conference coverage primarily using audio > recording and workshops are the most difficult challenge of any of the > setups. So it's not just capturing the video. If there is a lot of audience > participation -- as in a true workshop -- then you have to capture the > voices no matter where they are located especially if it's a hand about > microphone. > > So that's lesson one -- if there is a roving mic, plug into the sound system > for your audio input. > > If there is no roving microphone at all your only option is to move to close > quarters with every speaker. So maybe a single very active video photographer > is the way to go during any interchange. > > But mic pickup in these events is very hard to do without being a tad > disruptive with your presence and I doubt there will be many participants > who'll appreciate such proximity of a camera. > > Another way its done is mic-ed speaker and a floor mic on stand, That was is > easy peasy but thats' not very workshoppy. > > dave riley > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Joly MacFie <j...@...> wrote: >> >> I recently got a flipHD and, while it's not much cop in the low light >> music things that are my usual stock in hand, it works well in a >> seminar setting. I bought a monkeypod and ball head which enables me >> to be quite flexible with placement. It gives a nice clean 720p >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
