My specific planned use is unobtrusively recording normal conversation. So mike has to be very sensitive. Is it? Specifically, I want to record "oral history" conversations with my soft-spoken mother, who gets self conscious if a microphone shows up. Would it work to use this to record a normal conversation, if placed 3 feet from her? Thanks for answers, experience to this specific situation... My specific planned use is unobtrusively recording normal conversation. So mike has to be very sensitive. Is it? Specifically, I want to record "oral history" conversations with my... » Read More My specific planned use is unobtrusively recording normal conversation. So mike has to be very sensitive. Is it? Specifically, I want to record "oral history" conversations with my soft-spoken mother, who gets self conscious if a microphone shows up. Would it work to use this to record a normal conversation, if placed 3 feet from her? Thanks for answers, experience to this specific situation... « Show Less
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I used the recorder in Germany a month ago in a conference room to record conversations and it worked great.
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Get her to a quiet area, preferably just you two. You can then put the unit away from you two and begin the conversation. I have used it in a dance hall setting to record dance instructions and have found it is great. I know that the New York NPR reporters use this device; I was at an event where they were using it and commented that it was the same one I used.
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Yes it's quite sensitive, and software (included) can greatly improve the volume levels. That being said, definitely choose a quiet room, and consider renting or buying a lavolier mic (not sure if I spelled that right) or an interview mic. Rhode makes a nice interview mic, but if it's just her you really want to record speaking, I'd suggest the lapel mic (lavolier). Hope this helps!
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Hello, I use the PCM-M10 for plays. Some of the actors are very young and shy, so they do not project their voice like some of the older kids. No problem for the PCM-M10. It picked up all the actors. I hope this is helpful.
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I have found it excellent in recording oral histories. I place it about 2 feet from the person being interviewed and have had wonderful results. The conversation is easily heard. I suspect the same will be for 3 feet distance. What I would suggest is trying it on yourself at that distance and speaking softly. That should tell you how it will do for the person you hope to interview. Sometimes people are worried and sensitive about such interviews, but if you start out with easy questions and keep it relaxed, they will slowly relax as well and forget all about the recorder. I wish you luck with the interview. I have found it excellent in recording oral histories. I place it about 2 feet from the person being interviewed and have had wonderful results. The conversation is easily heard. I suspect the same will be for 3 feet distance. What I would suggest is trying it on yourself at that distance and speaking softly. That should tell you how it will do for the person you hope to interview. Sometimes people are worried and sensitive about such interviews, but if you start out with easy questions and keep it relaxed, they will slowly relax as well and forget all about the recorder. I wish you luck... » Read More I have found it excellent in recording oral histories. I place it about 2 feet from the person being interviewed and have had wonderful results. The conversation is easily heard. I suspect the same will be for 3 feet distance. What I would suggest is trying it on yourself at that distance and speaking softly. That should tell you how it will do for the person you hope to interview. Sometimes people are worried and sensitive about such interviews, but if you start out with easy questions and keep it relaxed, they will slowly relax as well and forget all about the recorder. I wish you luck with the interview. « Show Less
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Generally speaking yes of course. The variables you need to consider are the size of the room and distance from the microphone of each participant. Assuming you use the built in microphone in a reasonably quiet environment, you will pick up voices very clearly from several feet away. If you use a high quality omni directional microphone, you will do even better. It is really designed to work at close distances. But if a small group in a quiet room, it will have almost no trouble. There will certainly be some noticeable variation in volume if some are much far the from the mic, but in the center of a circular table it should be fine. Generally speaking yes of course. The variables you need to consider are the size of the room and distance from the microphone of each participant. Assuming you use the built in microphone in a reasonably quiet environment, you will pick up voices very clearly from several feet away. If you use a high quality omni directional microphone, you will do even better. It is really designed to work at close distances. But if a small group in a quiet room, it will have almost no trouble. There will certainly be some noticeable variation in volume if some are much far the from the mic, but in the... » Read More Generally speaking yes of course. The variables you need to consider are the size of the room and distance from the microphone of each participant. Assuming you use the built in microphone in a reasonably quiet environment, you will pick up voices very clearly from several feet away. If you use a high quality omni directional microphone, you will do even better. It is really designed to work at close distances. But if a small group in a quiet room, it will have almost no trouble. There will certainly be some noticeable variation in volume if some are much far the from the mic, but in the center of a circular table it should be fine. « Show Less
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We bought several of these for the express purpose of recording wiring instructions on computers.First of all, let's make sure it does what you think it does. It is a microphone that you put in your ear. It hears both sides of the conversation. That microphone needs to plug into something which records. your computer can do that with software, as long as you plug the microphone into a microphone jack on it. Windows comes with "Sound Recorder", or you can download Audacity or any of a bunch of other applications. You may need to open the microphone properties and set the volume and boost all the way up to get reasonable volume on the recording. We bought several of these for the express purpose of recording wiring instructions on computers.First of all, let's make sure it does what you think it does. It is a microphone that you put in your ear. It hears both sides of the conversation. That microphone needs to plug into something which records. your computer can do that with software, as long as you plug the microphone into a microphone jack on it. Windows comes with "Sound Recorder", or you can download Audacity or any of a bunch of other applications. You may need to open the microphone properties and set the... » Read More We bought several of these for the express purpose of recording wiring instructions on computers.First of all, let's make sure it does what you think it does. It is a microphone that you put in your ear. It hears both sides of the conversation. That microphone needs to plug into something which records. your computer can do that with software, as long as you plug the microphone into a microphone jack on it. Windows comes with "Sound Recorder", or you can download Audacity or any of a bunch of other applications. You may need to open the microphone properties and set the volume and boost all the way up to get reasonable volume on the recording. « Show Less
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This microphone will pick up the voices of people talking around the microphone, not just the person speaking directly into it. It picked up too many sounds like page turning when I was recording myself reading text aloud from paper notes. This might work for your setup. However, your question sounds more like a recording module question regarding how many microphone inputs it would have. This is just one microphone. Perhaps you could explain your question a little more? I'd be happy to answer right away.
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I turned off the motion activated setting (I think it's delivered with that setting on) and then set it to record at the maxium 15 min segment. It'll still talk every once and a while, but not nearly as often. After I set it up this way it basically just records continuously ( but it does say 'recording' if a new 15 min segment starts. As far as I can tell there isn't a way to simply turn off that annoying pointless voice that you can't even understand anyway. Hope that helps.
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This microphone works independently of the camera; you can either secure it to the camera or place it nearby. I have one camera with the microphones power and the camera power feeding into a "v" shaped line and then continuing on to the DVR, but the sound has a slight bit of hollowness to it (different power converters) -- but the sound still comes in loud and clear. Good luck! You'll be picking high quality sound from distances greater than you ever anticipated. If you are running your DVR with an HDMI cable to your television, like I am, just adjust the sound level on your television to adjust the sound coming from the microphone. This microphone works independently of the camera; you can either secure it to the camera or place it nearby. I have one camera with the microphones power and the camera power feeding into a "v" shaped line and then continuing on to the DVR, but the sound has a slight bit of hollowness to it (different power converters) -- but the sound still comes in loud and clear. Good luck! You'll be picking high quality sound from distances greater than you ever anticipated. If you are running your DVR with an HDMI cable to your television, like I am, just adjust the sound level on your... » Read More This microphone works independently of the camera; you can either secure it to the camera or place it nearby. I have one camera with the microphones power and the camera power feeding into a "v" shaped line and then continuing on to the DVR, but the sound has a slight bit of hollowness to it (different power converters) -- but the sound still comes in loud and clear. Good luck! You'll be picking high quality sound from distances greater than you ever anticipated. If you are running your DVR with an HDMI cable to your television, like I am, just adjust the sound level on your television to adjust the sound coming from the microphone. « Show Less
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If this is something to connect to the phone to record conversations, i returned both unopened. i have no idea how it works. sorry.
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I have not tried to record with the microphone at a distance from my face so I don't know about the quality of its reception that way. I will say that it will increase the possibility of outside noise getting into the recording and will require a totally quiet environment when recording.
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This is a very sensitive microphone, which is connected to the MIC line of the Recorder. Type: PHILIPS DVT2000 Voice Tracer. This pair of devices can record any telephone conversation. The microphone shall be placed close to the speaker, or between the speaker and the your ear. In both cases, also your voice is recorded.
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Based on our experience with it, I would say it depends on the extent of the person's hearing loss. Our mom is extremely hard of hearing so we need to hold the mic right near our mouth when we speak to her. For others, I think you'd be able to put the mic on a table and it would pic up a conversation with multiple people. I have to say, theis was a great option for a 90 year old lady who regulalrly loses small hearing aids.
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I believe so. I recorded a portion of an interview in a large living room from a distance of about 12-15'. During that time, the recorder was inside my shirt pocket. At one point, I suggested we move to a table, mostly so I could get the recorder closer and obtain a cleaner recording. Nevertheless, the segment across the room, which lasted about five minutes, was clear enough to be heard and understood. That even with the occasional sound of the recorder rustling against the fabric inside my shirt pocket.
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I use it with my Olympus Digital Voice Recorder...record the conversation [two way] once done I plug the Voice Recorder into the laptop and upload conversations to Drop Box...free online storage. Then I give access to those I want to share with. Especially nice recording stories of my fathers youth while he lives in FL and I am in TX...then share his voice recording with other family members.
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It depends on the interview. Using this during a one on one interview would be just fine, recording in a lecture hall maybe not as well. The closer to the source, the better. I would recommend using this with the app Voice Record Pro from Bejbej apps. The app has individual gain and silence detection controls. Of course with any mic, testing it out is essential.
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Yes but care must be taken not to place on hard surface where everytime your neighbor drops a pencil it's like the fall of a giant redwood-- positioning and aiming the mics will be important. If you are too far from the lecturer to get his / her voice loud and clear, pick an unobtrusive place within a few feet of the lectern... no reason you can't give your recorder a better seat than you. Of course you may have to get creative if you don't want the recorder to be seen. Tape your lecturer at slow speed and play it back fast and you'll finish listening in half the time the recording took. (For conference taping when you and others sit with speaker around a big table, there is a special kind of mic you buy). But for a typical college lecture in a large lecture hall just get the recorder close enough, suitably camouflaged as needed. You need to be a bit of a techie to understand all the features, but you won't need all the features. Good luck!
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Where does your audio come from? You can put it near a speaker to record that. When I want to record something on speakerphone, I take it out of my ear and lay it on the telephone speaker. It records that well and also records my voice if I speak out loud into the speakerphone. If the online training is on your PC, couldn't you record the audio directly?
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I'm not entirely sure that can be done. There is no sync button on either device to my knowledge. So out of the box they are pre-synced. You can record one person on the mic and one with your camera mic at the same time but with limited range. The bluetooth mic is fairly sensitive so if the two people you are trying to record are next to each other it would pick up a conversation fine say standing 6ft or so from one another. But that is just a guess as to the sensativety range. I used it for a Christmas program of my daughters and could hear her and the kids around her as well as the teachers instructions clearly. As to your specific question you may need to call a Sony tech to get an exact answer. Hope this helped.
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I haven't used it in this type of setting however even in a outdoors location beside a busy road you get good recordings picking up the voice and not the background (a switch also allows background if required). I used black tape to cover the blue light on the remote mic when recording at night as it was too distracting. But if you don't intend to video the person its not really useable as a simple wireless mic.