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Wireless handheld USB microphone
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| Topic: | Wireless handheld USB microphone This thread has 3 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 12:32 |
rbhfan Active Member |
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I have a client wants to do some light video conferencing through their laptop connected to a flat panel and wants a wireless mic. Has anyone used or can suggest a wireless usb mic?
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One thing I have learned in this industry. It is easier to pull a wire than it is to push one. |
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| Post 2 made on Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 12:50 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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I think this came up recently and a major drawback was pointed out.
TL, DR: USB audio is delayed, doesn't sound right to the person speaking, makes him stumble around and sound dumb until he gets used to it.
USB is not simultaneous transmission and reception. There's digital processing.
An analog wireless mic kit does analog processing, meaning changing the shapes of the signal, but no digital processing.
Analog audio is delayed only by the time it takes for the analog signals in the equipment and the RF transmission itself to travel the necessary distance to the loudspeaker. USB is delayed by that much PLUS the time for A/D and D/A conversion, and so always sounds to the person speaking like it's echoing.
A person who uses such a mic repeatedly will learn to ignore the echo, but if it's used for, say, boardroom meetings, where a mic is passed to people unfamiliar with the effect, they will sound kind of dumb because their reaction will be to stop talking when they hear the delayed sound, then try to deal with it.
So if there's a USB mic out there, I recommend against using it.
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| OP | Post 3 made on Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 12:51 |
rbhfan Active Member |
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NM just found the Shure X2u so I can use any wireless mic which seems to be a home run. Thanks.
I will definitely do some in house testing before hand, thanks for the input Ernie
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One thing I have learned in this industry. It is easier to pull a wire than it is to push one. |
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| Post 4 made on Wednesday October 8, 2014 at 16:07 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
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why would you not just use a wireless mic and plug it into the Mic Input on the laptop?
a Shure FP-5 will plug right into your Mic Input and you have plenty of Mic options to go with it.
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