Re: OT: room mic recommendations

[Richard Sales <richard@glasswing.com>]

I don't know Qua, but it sounds like you MIGHT want some kind of omni mic.  Gives most leeway for movement of speakers.  Maybe you can borrow or rent one.  Where are you located?

The PZMs are okay.  You can mount em on a piece of plexiglass in front of everyone too.  I've seen that done in a lot of places.  I also used to use them for overheads back in the day and I would just use one of those squeeze kind of mic clips and clip that to the XLR.  Worked fine for years.  It's important that it's not in a place where it will get wacked, though.  I guess you could put some gaffing tape on it to keep it from falling out in case it's bumped.  They're kind of bright - or that's how I remember them.  

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On 18-Dec-07, at 8:16 AM, Veda, Qua wrote:

> I need to mic a room (~25' x 50')  to supplement the wireless lav mic worn by the main speaker. The purpose is to provide some modest sound reinforcement for folks at the rear of the room,  and for recording the various speakers and audience response.   Just need a good clean mic signal, doesn't have to be very high quality or very 'sweet' since none of the speakers will have the mic right at their mouth.   
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> I'm thinking a dynamic (cardiod?) mic  would on a stand out in front of the podium would adequately capture the speakers who are not wearing a wireless mic as they move around the podium.
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> As an alternative , I thought of a PZM confererence table mic like the old RadioShack/Crown mics. But not sure there is sufficient available surface area on the podium.
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> Budget is low.  Would a sub-$100 mic be sufficient for this?    Such as a Samson?  Or  one of the less expensive Shure 's
>
> Recommendations? 
> -Qua