Log in
Register
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
News
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Features
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to thread
Home
Forums
Pro Audio
Junior Varsity
Cheap conferencing audio -or- help with microphone basics
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Dave Ungar" data-source="post: 215161" data-attributes="member: 14746"><p>I'm trying to help a nonprofit put together a meeting conferencing system on the (VERY) cheap. Essentially Zoom + omnidirectional ambient microphones distributed throughout the room. So - I have a 4-mic mixer (with phantom power) that hooks up to a laptop via USB. In principle, this should do the trick. </p><p></p><p>A quality cardioid microphone produces enough signal. But the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N10ZSV6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">ambient room mics</a> (3.5mm plug mic, made for PC or small device) are SUPER faint. I don't understand how mics work quite well enough to know if this is doable. Is there a way to raise the gain? lower resistance? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]209451[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I know there's an issue of cheapness here - but I expect that has more to do with sound quality than gain & volume. I mean, a cheapo mic can still pick up a lot of sound. So I'm looking for help here on either:</p><p>1 - how to attach multiple room mics to a computer/ zoom </p><p>or</p><p>2 - how to raise the gain of these mics going into the mixer. (Or explanation of why it doesn't work as I think it should.)</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your ideas!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Ungar, post: 215161, member: 14746"] I'm trying to help a nonprofit put together a meeting conferencing system on the (VERY) cheap. Essentially Zoom + omnidirectional ambient microphones distributed throughout the room. So - I have a 4-mic mixer (with phantom power) that hooks up to a laptop via USB. In principle, this should do the trick. A quality cardioid microphone produces enough signal. But the [URL='https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N10ZSV6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1']ambient room mics[/URL] (3.5mm plug mic, made for PC or small device) are SUPER faint. I don't understand how mics work quite well enough to know if this is doable. Is there a way to raise the gain? lower resistance? [ATTACH type="full" width="134px"]209451[/ATTACH] I know there's an issue of cheapness here - but I expect that has more to do with sound quality than gain & volume. I mean, a cheapo mic can still pick up a lot of sound. So I'm looking for help here on either: 1 - how to attach multiple room mics to a computer/ zoom or 2 - how to raise the gain of these mics going into the mixer. (Or explanation of why it doesn't work as I think it should.) Thanks for your ideas! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Pro Audio
Junior Varsity
Cheap conferencing audio -or- help with microphone basics
Top
Bottom
Sign-up
or
log in
to join the discussion today!