Audio on Skype Call

[maryp]

I'm looking for advice on how to improve that quality of sound on a Skype call to another school. I just used the sound on my laptop and had the speakers on the Whiteboard connected. While the sound appeared fine on a test call from another classroom in my school the participating schools had problems  hearing us clearly. What is the best option?

Many thanks

Mary Purcell

[Hassan Dabbagh]

Using a mic on a laptop for a classroom skype is not an ideal solution, if you turn up your mic too loud so your caller can hear you you'll run the risk of feed back, I would suggest using a handheld mic to be passed around as it's needed, it means that the call has to be managed a bit. 

I hope that helps, if you need to run a few tests just give me some notice and I'll see if I can set something up on our side.  

Hassan Dabbagh

087 9044716 

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[Imogen Bertin]

Or get a USB boundary mic which is for recording an area if you are trying to pick up input from the kids. Last time I looked they were about 80 euros.

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[Nigel M]

Hi Mary,

In the Dissolving Boundaries Programme we use  the Samson Q1U usb microphone for recording audio and for webconferencing. We buy from Thomann.de (http://www.thomann.de/ie/samson_q1u.htm    approx €65 inc delivery) because of their good customer service and they can be persuaded to provide an education discount. There are also some suppliers in the UK. 

Key features are: good quality, good sound quality and hyper cardoid response pattern (ie it rejects noise from behind it, which is a useful feature in stopping feedback etc)

Nigel Metcalfe

Dissolvingboundaries.org

[Seaghan Moriarty]

Blue Yeti is the best USB mic IMHO and approaches the quality of professional XLR mics

http://store.apple.com/ie/product/TY115ZM/A/blue-microphones-yeti-usb-microphone

 

Budget (€140) – well that’s another story …

 

PS Thomann.de fantastic site for instrument / music / sound aficionados

 

 

Kindest Regards,

Seaghan Moriarty

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