On Tue 25/10/2022 12:15, Scott wrote:
Leaving aside questions about free speech and the right to protest -
which are probably for another group - would it not be possible to use
a type of microphone that cuts out background noise such as shouting
and music?
Its called a hypercardiod and has a very narrow acceptance angle in
front of it. Unfortunately if the speaker turns their head or rocks
about it can easily loose the sound field.
I don't know what RS was using when he spoke in Downing Street a bit
earlier but it was clear with very little background pickup. College
Green on the other hand had the chanting idiots on the footpath and, for
some reason, the media seem to think the Houses of Parliament must
always be in view so the sound source cannot be avoided.
Having said that, they probably have effects mikes as well which no-one
in the control room/van has any idea how to adjust!!
I note that some interviewees are now using the pea-sized mic head close
to the mouth on a thin skin-coloured wire hooked over the ear. They DO
work.
Leaving aside questions about free speech and the right to protest -
which are probably for another group - would it not be possible to use
a type of microphone that cuts out background noise such as shouting
and music?
Leaving aside questions about free speech and the right to protest -
which are probably for another group - would it not be possible to use
a type of microphone that cuts out background noise such as shouting
and music?
They used to have one that you pressed your face against. Raymond Baxter
used to use on at the air shows he was commentating on.
Sadly these days they use a normal cardiod and attempt to filter with naff digital processing and it sounds like the is underwater most of the time, or do nothing and you have to put upwith what you get often reflected from the walls of the building.
One might also ask why is it that audiences here in the UK are getting more like in the US where even at concerts the audience seem to make so much
noise you can't hear the artists.
They used to have one that you pressed your face against. Raymond Baxter
used to use on at the air shows he was commentating on.
Sadly these days they use a normal cardiod and attempt to filter with naff digital processing and it sounds like the is underwater most of the time, or do nothing and you have to put upwith what you get often reflected from the walls of the building.
One might also ask why is it that audiences here in the UK are getting more like in the US where even at concerts the audience seem to make so much
noise you can't hear the artists.
Brian Gaff <brian1gaff@gmail.com> wrote:
They used to have one that you pressed your face against. Raymond Baxter
used to use on at the air shows he was commentating on.
Sadly these days they use a normal cardiod and attempt to filter with
naff
digital processing and it sounds like the is underwater most of the time,
or
do nothing and you have to put upwith what you get often reflected from
the
walls of the building.
One might also ask why is it that audiences here in the UK are getting
more
like in the US where even at concerts the audience seem to make so much
noise you can't hear the artists.
I once had to give a broadcast talk as part of a series at an exhibition
in a square room, about 100ft x 100ft, that had bare flat reflective
walls with no scattering features and dreadful acoustics. It
incidentally had an immense amount of absorber in the ceiling, but that achieved nothing because the sound was never reflected into the ceiling.
The broadcaster had been working in that room for several weeks and at
every event they found the only way to deal with the situation was to
pass a close-speaking mic from hand-to-hand, This made group
discussions somewhat hesitant ...and tedious for performers and
audience alike.
I turned up with my own Fig-8 'pseudo-ribbon' mic which, as it didn't actually contain a ribbon, could be mounted horizontally. I put it on a
high stand well above and just in front of my head, with one sensitive
side towards my face and the other facing the ceiling. The horizontal
plane of deadness include all four walls.
When I did a trial run, one of the technicians came flying out of the
control room and yelled at his colleagues "Hey! Come and listen to
this!" They all marvelled at what they were hearing (the sound quality,
not my delivery) but none of them appeared to have the slightest clue
how I had achieved it.
After I had given the talk, I offered to loan them the mic for the rest
of the exhibition but they preferred to revert to the hand-held system,
which at least they understood, so.I packed up the mic and took it home
with me. Ribbon mics can sometimes be wonderful at getting you out of a hole, but you have to put in a bit of effort first, to make sure you understand how they work.
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I turned up with my own Fig-8 'pseudo-ribbon' mic which, as it didn't actually contain a ribbon, could be mounted horizontally. I put it on a
high stand well above and just in front of my head, with one sensitive
side towards my face and the other facing the ceiling. The horizontal
plane of deadness include all four walls.
On 25/10/2022 20:48, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
I turned up with my own Fig-8 'pseudo-ribbon' mic which, as it didn't actually contain a ribbon, could be mounted horizontally. I put it on a high stand well above and just in front of my head, with one sensitive
side towards my face and the other facing the ceiling. The horizontal plane of deadness include all four walls.
Decent figure-of-eight mics are good for grand
pianos, too, positioned underneath close to the
sound board, and especially when they're also on
the sound system. Even better with a mat of thick
carpet felt to stand the mic on.
I have a low-output Reslo (i.e. the 30-Ohm
variant), which I like for that task.
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