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Need help on recording small conference tomorrow
I'm recording a conference tomorrow that will involve a main speaker at
a podium and several others gathered around a table. I will be recording this setup to 2-track DAT and one other format as backup. This is mainly being recorded for archival and transcription purposes, so quality is only important for the purposes of being able to understand what is being said at any given time. I plan on using a cardiod mic for the main speaker, but I am floundering between several options as to how to mic the rest of it, as well as what other format I should record to. For the micing option, here's the situation - there will be 2-4 people on either side of a large table (possibly two tables with a gap in the middle). Both sides will need to be heard equally as well. Would an omni-directional mic, a bi-directional mic, or one of those flat table mics be best for this? Or would it be in my best interest to use TWO other mics, one for each side of the table? As for the recording process, I plan on panning the main speaker left and the rest to the right, so that when I load the audio into the computer, I can seperate them out and edit them seperately if necessary. (One portion of the conference is requiring me to record two individual groups simultaneously, so this setup will be necessary to make each group's discussion able to be edited). My only concern is that if I do this that there could be potential editing hardships later on. Thoughts? One other option I'm kicking around is hooking up my laptop with a FireWire audio interface and going ahead and recording each mic on its own channel, but the extra equipment required to make that work gives me reason to balk. Is it worth it to carry the extra equipment simply for backup purposes, or would a simple analog cassette deck suffice (again, quality is not an issue with the recording)? |
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Need help on recording small conference tomorrow
On 14 May 2006 20:58:10 -0700, wrote:
I'm recording a conference tomorrow Local time, you've got 51 minutes to plan ahead. No prob. Chris Hornbeck |
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Need help on recording small conference tomorrow
daeggman wrote ...
I'm recording a conference tomorrow that will involve a main speaker at a podium and several others gathered around a table. I will be recording this setup to 2-track DAT and one other format as backup. This is mainly being recorded for archival and transcription purposes, so quality is only important for the purposes of being able to understand what is being said at any given time. I plan on using a cardiod mic for the main speaker, but I am floundering between several options as to how to mic the rest of it, as well as what other format I should record to. For the micing option, here's the situation - there will be 2-4 people on either side of a large table (possibly two tables with a gap in the middle). Both sides will need to be heard equally as well. Would an omni-directional mic, a bi-directional mic, or one of those flat table mics be best for this? Or would it be in my best interest to use TWO other mics, one for each side of the table? If the table is that wide (and PARTICULARLY if there are two tables with a gap between), two microphones, one on each side would appear to be the only practical choice, IME. As for the recording process, I plan on panning the main speaker left and the rest to the right, so that when I load the audio into the computer, I can seperate them out and edit them seperately if necessary. (One portion of the conference is requiring me to record two individual groups simultaneously, so this setup will be necessary to make each group's discussion able to be edited). My only concern is that if I do this that there could be potential editing hardships later on. Thoughts? Illogical to speculate without knowing more about the event and the expectations from the recording. One other option I'm kicking around is hooking up my laptop with a FireWire audio interface and going ahead and recording each mic on its own channel, but the extra equipment required to make that work gives me reason to balk. Is it worth it to carry the extra equipment simply for backup purposes, or would a simple analog cassette deck suffice (again, quality is not an issue with the recording)? Only you can make those kinds of judgement call tradeoff decisions. |
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