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I don't understand--why would you need or want a "digitally phased array of microphones"? What problem is it trying to solve that normal multi-track recording d
by eropple 9y ago
I don't understand--why would you need or want a "digitally phased array of microphones"? What problem is it trying to solve that normal multi-track recording doesn't? Get five reasonable dynamic microphones (elsewhere I linked the AT2005USB for $79 and a Knox knockoff for $59), sit people about four feet apart (you can do closer if you have to), and treat the walls a little.
Professionals will do basically the same thing, only upgrading the mics to ElectroVoices or something.
- gravypod 9y agoIt's more difficult to perform such a setup on the go. You can't bring 5 expensive mics to some places. You can't bring audio insulation to most places. You can bring a laptop, a device to multiplex recording devices, some stands, and a few cheap lapel mics to most places. Maybe you want to, or have to, record audio outdoors. Maybe you need to record somewhere where construction or work is happening in a single direction. Many reasons
- eropple 9y agoWhat you're describing doesn't really parse to me. A laptop, an audio interface, and a few pretty-cheap dynamic mics are my usual setup in the first place, and audio quality, even in relatively hostile rooms, is pretty okay. Outdoors recording has never presented much of a problem (but that's what shotguns are for anyway, yeah?), either. Maybe you're dealing with more specialized stuff than I run into, but something like single-direction noise seems kinda corner-casey to me?