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There is a 20dB mic boost option in the windows sound options.

there's  win32 program out there called mpegrec.exe which records 
straight from mic or line in to mp3

must get mic for speech input

we had two problems with QT last year: first one, on the first speech 
the audio codec was not set up correctly. this was fixed later on. 
second, we had to resort using the mic on the camera (which is a 
cheap camera after all...), and of course the lighting in the room 
was not good at all for a camera (it was dark to allow us to see 
the slides)

the wireless mic I bought for the PA system at the conference ended 
up having a bad lapel mic, and testing the system revealed to me 
that the earpiece was actually a better mic (  strange, but true 
) but no one else knew that, so the first speech did not have the 
PA working, because the Lapel mic was used instead of the earpiece.

oh, for the little mic recorder?

I have been hopping for multi keyboard, mutli-mic input on one screen 
for long time..

I wonder why it took so long for someone to do this. Isn't it obvious 
that multiple mice would be usefull in many cases.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/dec06/12-14MultiPoint.mspx

then you could use a combination of motion, pressure, touch points, 
camera input, mic input to invoke all kinds of complex actions with 
combination "hotkeys"

The mic in there can get hot.

Sorry, no, a "hot mic" is a mic that swings with volume level...so 
when there are sharp increases in sound, it clips.

A good trick is to put foam over the mic.

first post is one on a hot mic.

So you still get a good effect with a new mic ? Do you think the 
devcon mic is a new one or old one ?

New mic in France

So the mic is hot, and the room is hot TOO!

ok, so even a newer mic can be helped with foam in this situation.

Yes, putting foam over the mic would help a little, but it would 
also mean that it would not work as well iat a distance.  What you 
really want is a mic wired on the person (which has foam built in), 
 and no mic on the room.

A directional mic on the person.

It is called a Lanier Mic

R. ok, so there's not the problem of pointing the mic to the mouth 
all the time.

I bought a really cheap mic recently - I think it was $3 - and the 
frequency range is abysmal.

Mics have dropped in price, just like optics for cameras...but $3 
is still TOO CHEAP.  Pay $50+ and you will get a good mic.  I always 
trust Plantronics for headsets.

the Lanier mic obviously has a tight dynamic range.

ok they muted the mic

yeah we muted the mic

Also, there must be a mic up close to the speaker---perhaps a lapel 
mic. Otherwise the audio is awful. The equipment needs to be set 
up a day or two before the event, and some testing done to make sure 
everything is working properly.  It pays to have someone with experience 
do this.

Hi James,


I've got 20 rooms set up already that I use to do live online music 
lessons on a daily basis.  I think the existing format of those rooms 
could work very well as they stand.  I'll create a special room just 
for Rebol Devcon.  I'd like to show you what I've got, to see if 
it'd work for your needs.  The audio/video conference software works 
on PC/Mac/Linux, in any browser that has a fairly recent version 
of the flash plugin installed (I believe version 6 onward will work 
- 8+ will definitely work).  Aside from flash, there's no installation 
required to use the system - just go to the designated web page. 
 It will allow anyone in the room to take turns jumping onto the 
mic/camera to speak (admin can ban unwanted users), there's a text 
chat, and I've got a really simple way of sharing screen shots already 
installed in the existing room setup.  It should take only a minute 
or 2 to show presenters how it works...


I've being doing daily live online music lessons as a part of my 
commercial music lesson business for the past 4.5 years, and this 
system is the most stable and simple that I'm aware of.  It'll work 
through just about any router/firewall configuration, and it's dead 
simple to use - visitors just go the url, and they'll hear and see 
the speaker.  If they want to be seen on camera and speak, they just 
need to have a web cam and microphone installed and working.  If 
flash is running in the browser, it'll work immediately, no download 
or installs to do.


There's a video that I send to students which explains a little about 
it:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sx5qI0GWig


The online lesson page for my business, which has basic info about 
web cams, microphones, and headphones, is here:

http://rockfactory.us/OnlineLessons.html

Please let me know if you have any questions :)


> If someone will email me personally, I can start putting together 
some 

> suggestions about how to organize and manage the presentation. 
 I need

> to get an idea of what sort of software components will be needed: 

> white board, text chat, file sharing, 1-to-many/many-to-many video 

> conferencing, etc...  I'd also need to get a close estimate beforehand

> of the number of people attending, to make sure I prepare enough 

> bandwidth and available connections for the live event (If you'd 
like,

> I've got a little Rebol sign-up script that I use in my business 
to 

> let people sign up for events, you're welcome to use that if you'd 

> like, to help organize things).  Please let me know whenever you 
get a 
> chance!
>
> - Nick Antonaccoio

I'll see everyone at noon EST today at http://rockfactory.us/rooms/room20
.  Please have your mic and headphones ready to go!

Yes, broadcast/viewer is probably the best. But the other one with 
names in the chat and ability to ask for mic was nice too.

The other option, with ability to ask for mic is here:  http://rockfactory.us/rooms/other/presenter/presenterchatv2.html

Ahh, yeah think that was just me though because I didn't use a headset 
and mic.

Graham, I've been on Hangouts with Maarten and he was audio only. 
So my guess is you can ignore the message. It might work without 
a mic as well as they do have a text chat, though we also have altme 
for text.


No idea why Google would use *my* language when other people join... 
I guess they're just silly. :)