[Mike Rivers]

OK, who forgot to press the button assigning the press' wireless mic to
air at Obama's news conference tonight? The first reporter to ask a
question was on in the house but not on the air (at least not on CBS).




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[Chris Hornbeck]

On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:45:52 GMT, Mike Rivers
wrote:

OK, who forgot to press the button assigning the press' wireless mic to
air at Obama's news conference tonight? The first reporter to ask a
question was on in the house but not on the air (at least not on CBS).

I didn't hear any problems on NPR, but the picture
wasn't too good. As usual.

Much thanks, as always,
Chris Hornbeck

[Special Agent Melvin Purvis]

On Apr 29, 6:01�pm, Chris Hornbeck
wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:45:52 GMT, Mike Rivers
wrote:

OK, who forgot to press the button assigning the press' wireless mic to
air at Obama's news conference tonight? The first reporter to ask a
question was on in the house but not on the air (at least not on CBS).

I didn't hear any problems on NPR, but the picture
wasn't too good. As usual.

Much thanks, as always,
Chris Hornbeck

I saw the same problem with the mic on MSNBC.

[Paul Stamler[_2_]]

"Special Agent Melvin Purvis" wrote in message
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On Apr 29, 6:01?pm, Chris Hornbeck
wrote:
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:45:52 GMT, Mike Rivers
wrote:

OK, who forgot to press the button assigning the press' wireless mic to
air at Obama's news conference tonight? The first reporter to ask a
question was on in the house but not on the air (at least not on CBS).

I didn't hear any problems on NPR, but the picture
wasn't too good. As usual.

I saw the same problem with the mic on MSNBC.

It was fine on PBS.

Peace,
Paul

[Mike Rivers]

Paul Stamler wrote:

on in the house but not on the air (at least not on CBS).

I didn't hear any problems on NPR

I saw the same problem with the mic on MSNBC.

It was fine on PBS.

Odd. I would have thought that everyone got the same feed, but I guess
at least the podium and other mics must be separated. It's probably a
computer problem. g

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[Steve King]

"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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| Paul Stamler wrote:
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| on in the house but not on the air (at least not on CBS).
|
| I didn't hear any problems on NPR
|
| I saw the same problem with the mic on MSNBC.
|
| It was fine on PBS.
|
| Odd. I would have thought that everyone got the same feed, but I guess
| at least the podium and other mics must be separated. It's probably a
| computer problem. g
|

I was watching on PBS/WTTW Ch. 11 Chicago... and yes the first reporter's
question was off-mic for the first sentence approximately.

Steve King

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On 2009-04-30 said:
| on in the house but not on the air (at least not on CBS).
|
| I didn't hear any problems on NPR
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| Odd. I would have thought that everyone got the same feed, but I
guess | at least the podium and other mics must be separated. It's
probably a | computer problem. g
|
I was watching on PBS/WTTW Ch. 11 Chicago... and yes the first
reporter's question was off-mic for the first sentence
approximately.

I used to note that quite a bit in white house press
conferences. I wouldn't think even today they put a
wireless lav on each reporter. THat means they've got to be
working strategically placed microphones around the room,
and if the op doesn't have visual lines with the speaker he
might not pot up the right mic immediately. I presume this
was at the wh itself, so their system must remain fairly
constant, and the various sound ops as well.





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[Mike Rivers]

wrote:
I wouldn't think even today they put a
wireless lav on each reporter. THat means they've got to be
working strategically placed microphones around the room,
and if the op doesn't have visual lines with the speaker he
might not pot up the right mic immediately.

Not a mic on each reporter, but one (or maybe two or four that got
handed to the next person to speak. I wasn't watching too closely so
I didn't see how the mics got into the hands of the reporters.

Still, my best practice when I don't know which mic someone is
about to speak into is to keep them all live, at least live enough so
that I can hear something happening, and then make adjustments
when something happens.

What surprised me here (and maybe this happens a lot - I rarely
watch news conferences) was that the reporter's mic was live in
the house - you could hear the question, sort of, muddy with a lot
of reverb - but that apparently there was independent control for
the broadcast mix, and each network had their own controls.

I suspect that this is a product of "I don't want to take a feed from
him because he might screw up and make me look bad to my
audience." And guess what!




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Mike Rivers wrote:

I wouldn't think even today they put a
wireless lav on each reporter. THat means they've got to be
working strategically placed microphones around the room,
and if the op doesn't have visual lines with the speaker he
might not pot up the right mic immediately.
Not a mic on each reporter, but one (or maybe two or four that got
handed to the next person to speak. I wasn't watching too closely so
I didn't see how the mics got into the hands of the reporters.
Still, my best practice when I don't know which mic someone is
about to speak into is to keep them all live, at least live enough
so that I can hear something happening, and then make adjustments
when something happens.
I work much the same way, learned it as a blind man doing
convention audio, both to tape or broadcast and for sr.
Always leave a channel cracked open in that situation so you
can get the right one.

What surprised me here (and maybe this happens a lot - I rarely
watch news conferences) was that the reporter's mic was live in
the house - you could hear the question, sort of, muddy with a lot
of reverb - but that apparently there was independent control for
the broadcast mix, and each network had their own controls.
I suspect that this is a product of "I don't want to take a feed
from him because he might screw up and make me look bad to my
audience." And guess what!

OF course that's what happens, but I've heard what you
describe in a lot of presidential news conferences over the
years.

I know that when potus goes out if there's sound the wh
people handle it all. Anybody know what the drill actually
is during wh press conferences? wOUld be interesting to
find out.




Richard webb,
replace anything before at with elspider

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
Historical review of Pennsylvania