Re: Thought Problem: micing and mixing a panel discussion for recording
Jay,
I do very similar setups for advisory boards, etc., and usually there is reinforcement involved, so my options are typically more limited than yours.
That being said, I would go with lavs - omni or cardioid (try them out the day of…if people are too close to each other (a la the 3-to-1 Rule) it sounds weird on the recording).
It would be really nice to subrent a Dugan automixer, as I definitely can notice the gating-style automixing of the Shure SCM automixers in recordings, but not in live sound. One of the E-series units would be ideal; the moderator doesn't necessarily need to be automixed with the rest of them, if you're light on channels.
