Doug W
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My wife and I volunteer at a place where someone did a 2 hour talk / piano concert partially live and partially on Zoom last week. In addition he requested that the whole thing be recorded. It turns out that the piano was pretty much inaudible on Zoom while he played and in the recording. My wife and I weren't running Zoom but the person running Zoom felt terrible. She is also a volunteer.
As a result, we have been testing zoom on different setups, mics, computers. In all cases, I tested the voice and ukulele close to the mic so you might get different results if you are trying to capture a group of people around a condenser mic.
The mics I used for the tests were a Blue Yeto Nano USB condenser mic, a Shure SM58 plugged into a Mackie 402-VLZ3 mixer with RCA output to a Behringer UCA222 USB interface into the computer. I also used the webcams mics of a couple computers. I will post each setup in a different reply.
As a result, we have been testing zoom on different setups, mics, computers. In all cases, I tested the voice and ukulele close to the mic so you might get different results if you are trying to capture a group of people around a condenser mic.
The mics I used for the tests were a Blue Yeto Nano USB condenser mic, a Shure SM58 plugged into a Mackie 402-VLZ3 mixer with RCA output to a Behringer UCA222 USB interface into the computer. I also used the webcams mics of a couple computers. I will post each setup in a different reply.