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Re: [ECS] recommended microphone ckeyes Thu, 08 Jul 1999 16:17:39 -0700

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Ryan,

Just for the 2c ents dept:
In a very quiet household that setup will work fine.
In any other I've personally found that the mics
need to be close proximity and only on when needed,
or the fasle triggers etc.will make you crazy.
If you are determined try HomeVoice, possibly
front-ending ECS.

Carl

Ryan Scott wrote:

> I'm just starting to mess around with VR... I'm wondering what I should
> use for 'whole room' voice pickup.  I need a mic/vr program combo that
> will work for the entire room, no matter where I am in the room.  I'm
> willing to speak loudly to the computer, but I'm not interested in having
> to be 12 inches from the microphone.
>
> And how would one wire up multiple microphones (since I've got multiple
> rooms) to the one sound card?
>
> has anyone attempted this type of thing?  I want to be able to call
> out to the computer from anywhere in the house and have it understand me.
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> Ryan Scott
> PostMasterDirect.com

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