Conference room audio: it’s not going to dazzle, entertain, or leave a lasting impression. That is, if it’s done right. Unlike most other tools of the pro AV trade, the goal of microphones in a ...

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A combination of omnidirectional microphones can be very effective for stereo recording. Spacing two omni mics a few feet apart from each other is a good approach if they are rather distant from the ...

Editor’s note: Commercial Integrator has teamed up with the Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA), the New York-based non-profit industry association for unified ...

It's always frustrating when conference room audio doesn't reliably reach parties who've dialed in remotely. Poor acoustics and interference invariably contribute to reduced clarity and crispness on ...

One of the persistent challenges in audio technology has been distinguishing individual voices in a room full of chatter. In virtual meeting settings, the moderator can simply hit the mute button to ...

When a meeting is large enough that not everyone is able to hear all potential talkers in the room, you need to turn to sound reinforcement or audio conferencing technologies. If the meeting ...

Room microphone – or “room mic” – refers to any microphone positioned strategically away from the primary sound source to capture the ambient reverberation, natural reflections, and the sonic ...

Our readers have many questions about audio production and we want to help you find the answers. Consider this a living document — we'll continue to update it with answers from NPR Training and other ...

I'm in the process or building out a bit of a teleconferencing system in our main conference room. I'm quite happy with most of the system that I've got prototyped right now, which includes: a Mac ...

Once mic users understand microphone polar patterns, they can intelligently choose mics positioned for stereo recording. (Of course there are also microphones available with stereo capsules, but many ...