On 7 Sep 2004 14:44:42 -0000, Jerry Built
wrote:


Looks a bit big to me.... how good is the microphone? I need to
record voices in a large room.

As others have said your chances of doing this successfully with a
body worn microphone are close to zero. The brain is extremely good
at filtering things you don't want to hear when you are in a room but
nowhere near as good when you are listening to a recording. You will
also get all sorts of odd reflections (conference call and meeting
recording microphones are mounted on big flat plates to reduce them)
and other noises. If you are trying to record one person next to you
or talking directly to you you might get away with it. If you are
trying to record a group discussion around a large table or even
worse rows of seating then the best you can hope for is fragments of
speech.

Also be aware that most recorders are deliberately designed to be
very easy to switch off so how you carry it can be rather important.


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Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/