are the microphones good enough to pick up accurately what is said in a "normal" tone across a 10'x14' conference room? glass walls with carpet. Would please recommend ones that are. are the microphones good enough to pick up accurately what is said in a "normal" tone across a 10'x14' conference room? glass walls with carpet. Would please recommend ones that... » Read More are the microphones good enough to pick up accurately what is said in a "normal" tone across a 10'x14' conference room? glass walls with carpet. Would please recommend ones that are. « Show Less
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I believe so. I recorded a portion of an interview in a large living room from a distance of about 12-15'. During that time, the recorder was inside my shirt pocket. At one point, I suggested we move to a table, mostly so I could get the recorder closer and obtain a cleaner recording. Nevertheless, the segment across the room, which lasted about five minutes, was clear enough to be heard and understood. That even with the occasional sound of the recorder rustling against the fabric inside my shirt pocket.
1805732
It worked really well for an interview I conducted sitting around a small table. That's all I say.
1142732
No, not too noisy of a room. It would depend which one you were using. Each one has a different sound, so the higher pitched ones would be a better option. We used them a few times in a crowded room, but we still really needed to go off of sight. Everyone had a great time using them still and making songs with them as well.
1206382
The speaker is plenty loud. The problem is with the mic. There is only one single mic pod (in the main mic/speaker audio pod) and you must place that in the middle of the table. People on the other end will hear the center people well, but the far ends of the table, not well at all. Also, as another person said, you hear a ton of paper shuffling, chair moving, side whispering, etc., and the unit picks up a lot of bass noise. I wish there were a way to add two extension mics, and then it would be perfect, but there's not. Also, I wish it had remote PTZ. It can only be done in the conference room. The camera is great quality, as is the speaker. The speaker is plenty loud. The problem is with the mic. There is only one single mic pod (in the main mic/speaker audio pod) and you must place that in the middle of the table. People on the other end will hear the center people well, but the far ends of the table, not well at all. Also, as another person said, you hear a ton of paper shuffling, chair moving, side whispering, etc., and the unit picks up a lot of bass noise. I wish there were a way to add two extension mics, and then it would be perfect, but there's not. Also, I wish it had remote PTZ. It can only be done in the conference... » Read More The speaker is plenty loud. The problem is with the mic. There is only one single mic pod (in the main mic/speaker audio pod) and you must place that in the middle of the table. People on the other end will hear the center people well, but the far ends of the table, not well at all. Also, as another person said, you hear a ton of paper shuffling, chair moving, side whispering, etc., and the unit picks up a lot of bass noise. I wish there were a way to add two extension mics, and then it would be perfect, but there's not. Also, I wish it had remote PTZ. It can only be done in the conference room. The camera is great quality, as is the speaker. « Show Less
133218
I've not used it professionally. I try to record voice for videos and find that it picks up ambient noise, but would likely sound washed out if several were attempting to use it at the same time. As mentioned before, it is pretty necessary to be directly in front of the mic and pretty close to get good audio. I picked up a pop filter because I was so close. I hope that this helps.
1370326
The MXL AC404 works very well for us. It is utilised in a conference room that sits 12 people. The person seated furthest from the mic (at one end of the room) can be heard very well by the other party in the video conference. The mic picks up sounds from outside the room too but I cannot comment if it will be effective in a room for 30 pax. You will probably need a couple of mics for that.
1820573
Depends upon the speaker. I used this for two interviews. The first was in a room with the recorder on a nearby table. The second was a phone interview with the phone set to speakerphone. In both cases the pickup was better than expected and it seemed to hear as well as I could. If you can hear the lecture well enough, I suspect it will do fine.
1544242
It works great! Try to sit as close as possible bc it does pick up a lot of background noise like papers shuffling. But even with that the clarity was great and I was happy with my purchase esp for the price. Side note. I would write down the time of the recording every 15 mins or so that way I can skip ahead to the time of where my notes were so I didn't have to listen or try to find where I wanted to review! Good luck!
1669406
It's got to be the frequency range. It's a nice mike... good distance, good clarity. Only bad thing is that there is not enough mechanical isolation between the microphone body and the mic itself. It seems to pick up my wedding ring rather loudly.
2065397
I've used them pretty far back in a large gym and they worked well. Don't get me wrong they're not the best mics in the world, but are a great option.
522101
use it once in a conference room in a hotel. The room is very big with capacity for 400 people and it worked perfectly. I can not say exactly how far were the microphones of the base, I guess they were some 20 or 30 meters
499607
I use the tape recorder for writing meeting minutes for our Home Owners Association and it works great. Picks up sound of all owners in the meeting in a room about 30' x 40' with 50 owners. I do not use "voice recognition" software so not sure what you mean by that. I have also used it for music recordings and it is very clear. Highly recommend it for quality of sound and ease of use.
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Actually, from what I've gotten out of mine so far it almost sounds better in medium sized rooms. The speaker size and shape directs the sound in a fairly linear way, and doesn't spread very well at short distances, but if you're more than about 5 feet away from them, you should be fine.
1470671
I have speakers attached for full room sound... I remember the speakers worked well - this is a small room 10X13 should be fine... I would check it out now... but I'm traveling.
212569
A standard size mic on a tabletop stand or standard mic on an adjustable, floor standing stand will be fine. I have a Rode NT2L and a tabletop Blue mic.For the floor standing stand you will need to unzip the back of the booth and carefully put the boom through (attach the mic and pop filter after you do this) once it's all carefully set up in the booth you can zip the back up to leave space only for the boom and cable.Hope this is helpful and happy recording !
165699
My friends seem to have no problem with my mic. If you'd heard some of their headset mics you'd probably be quite satisfied with it too. For example, the Alienware headset doesn't have any noise cancellation and picks up a great amount of background noise, and the Razer Kraken Pro has great sound quality but a poor quality mic. Those 2 are the main ones everyone i've seen is buying, I have seen a great many other mics and this one so far beats them all.=)In my opinion, if you have the black shark's mic the correct distance away from your mouth, its sound quality is unbeatable next to a singing mic or something... My friends seem to have no problem with my mic. If you'd heard some of their headset mics you'd probably be quite satisfied with it too. For example, the Alienware headset doesn't have any noise cancellation and picks up a great amount of background noise, and the Razer Kraken Pro has great sound quality but a poor quality mic. Those 2 are the main ones everyone i've seen is buying, I have seen a great many other mics and this one so far beats them all.=)In my opinion, if you have the black shark's mic the correct distance away from your mouth, its sound quality is... » Read More My friends seem to have no problem with my mic. If you'd heard some of their headset mics you'd probably be quite satisfied with it too. For example, the Alienware headset doesn't have any noise cancellation and picks up a great amount of background noise, and the Razer Kraken Pro has great sound quality but a poor quality mic. Those 2 are the main ones everyone i've seen is buying, I have seen a great many other mics and this one so far beats them all.=)In my opinion, if you have the black shark's mic the correct distance away from your mouth, its sound quality is unbeatable next to a singing mic or something... « Show Less
2091237
I wouldn't recommend using in the lecture environment because you will have to have one of your hand holding the mic close to your lips(less than 10cm). I would rather recommend looking up a wired(lengthy) tie-pin mic type.
877250
A quiet room with normal ambient sounds is around 35-40dbA. Holding a meter near, normal conversation would be around 55-65dbA. Quiet voices might be less than this range, louder speech and laughter will go well above this range. If you have an iPhone or iPad, there are some great apps that are very sensitive. I use SPLnFFT, highly recommended.