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

[Richard Bronosky]

We have several of the Blue Snowball mics and they aren't good for
more than 4 feet of pickup. It is the shortcomings of the Blue
microphones that has started this whole exploration. One of the rooms
we use is about 60ft x 40ft.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:08 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.soundonsound.com/search?url=%2Fsearch&Section=7&Subject=35&Summary=Yes
>
> Since you said you want analog mics, you basically just need to look
> for XLR mics. You could also pick up a mic that does both XLR and USB;
> I'm going to be get getting one of these at some point --
> http://www.bluemic.com/yetipro/
>
> 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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