[SML] Microphones for Board Meeting

[E R Casey]

As a previous response asked, is it being miced for recording only or will it be reenforced as well?  A live PA will mean that boundary mics are not an answer and as you've noted even for recording they are not a good choice when noise sources such as papers are nearer to them than the desired sound source.   We routinely do meetings with 50 mics and occasionally over 100 mics ( your tax dollars at work ) and the standard solution is to use Shure MX412 table mics and auto mixers.  Shure SCM810 auto mixers have been around for years and can be rented pretty cheaply. The Shure gooseneck mics may be harder to source but the larger national rental houses stock them.  Small , hotspot style wedge monitors on the floor inside the U will work for reinforcement while stand speakers can be used to cover surrounding audience and aimed away from the table mics.  Yamaha QL series mixers have auto mixers built into the software.  Even for recording, unless your operator can catch every mic user around the table the auto mixers pay of themselves very quickly.


On 8 Sep 2015, at 1:19 PM, stagecraft-request at theatrical.net wrote:

> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 12:16:06 -0400
> From: nathan best <best.nathan at gmail.com>
> To: Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> Subject: [SML] Microphones for Board Meeting
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> Good Day,
> 
> I was recently asked to mic a board meeting at my college, and having never
> done this, I'm at a slight loss on how to go about it. The setup is usually
> tables set in a U shape with close to 3 people around the outside. The
> organizer wants to have everyone micd, but I don't have the equipment or
> board capacity to mic each individual. I was thinking of putting either
> SM58s (I have a bunch) between pairs of people, but I think the table top
> stands might look a little tacky, plus space is limited by binders or
> materials, lunch, etc. My other thought is to use some boundary mics, but
> I've never really worked with these, so any recommendations on quantity and
> placement would be most helpful. I'm looking at something like this:
> 
> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/898864-REG/shure_cvb_b_c_centraverse_12_cardioid.html
> 
> Should it be cardoid or omnidirectional? Either way, I'd have to purchase
> the boundary mics. Any help would be appreciated.
> 

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