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I would rather give them a few minutes than spend the entire meeting straining to understand people over their echos, terrible mic quality, etc.
by silicon2401 5y ago
I would rather give them a few minutes than spend the entire meeting straining to understand people over their echos, terrible mic quality, etc.
- PragmaticPulp 5y agoThat’s the false dichotomy that lures people into these over-complicated setups. You don’t need a professional podcasting microphone to be understood. Plenty of us do just fine without. I have pro audio gear at my disposal, but I’ll still reach for the MacBook Pro built-in Mic when it’s convenient. It just works and I don’t have to worry about placement, reflections, setting gain and clipping, keeping noise sources away and so on. There’s a lot going on with the directional microphone setups in modern laptops that happens behind the scenes. An improperly setup podcast style cardioid mic will actually catch more echos and stray noise than the finely tuned directional setup built in to a MacBook Pro. Pro gear doesn’t automatically solve problems, but it does introduce a lot more opportunities for incorrect setup.
- Mrnimbus112 5y agoDude literally gave you his experience and called it a false dichotomy. I genuinely hope that your family never believes you and you get raped
- silicon2401 5y agoI agree that it's not black and white. We don't need a full audio studio for a video call. However I will tell you if you're using a macbook mic, I'd find it really painful to listen to you talk. It's not as good as you think. I've only encountered one or two people at work who have good-sounding audio, and the difference is really night and day.