victorhooi Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 heya,My audio-technica omni microphone just failed (just get this electrical buzz), so I'm looking at replacing it. I was hoping to get a semi-decent cardoiod microphone, but I just saw the following Giant Squid microphone up on ebay>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Gold-Plated-Microph...1QQcmdZViewItemWhat are member's thoughts on this? I assume from the price that it's just a basic omni (what sort of directionality do you think it has?), but since I'm only using this to record voice only in lectures (auditorium of about 200-300 - noise can be an issue though), do you think it would be sufficient?Thanks,Victor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Looks like you already asked the appropriate questions.An omni mic should pick up pretty much what you hear. So if you're having trouble hearing the lecture the mic won't improve things. A cardioid/directional mic, like the Sony ECM719, would reject some of the room noise, echoes, etc. Your best best is to move closer to the lecturer. Just about any mic will work fine for speech. I haven't checked lately, but Giant Squid used to have pretty awful-sounding samples of its music recordings. Voice is a lot easier to record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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