Which microphone to use?

[ivanp]

Currently i am testing Telecom features and i am very pleased with the results. All works flawless and now i considering into buying a mic to test anwsering phone on media director. I was hoping to find something to attach to a wall, something like this: http://www.svijet-medija.hr/article.aspx?id=15436&sid=154.
I guess all i have to do is attach it to MIC jack on my MD and LMCE will do the rest?
Thanx in advance for any replies.

[tkmedia]

Phoenix solo ... works great in 0810 pnp 


Thanks to Thom



Tim

[tschak909]

ivanp, watch my demonstration videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNaWUM4bX3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUE9_s6EnI

The Phoenix Solo can be obtained from Hello Direct.

-Thom

[ivanp]

ivanp, watch my demonstration videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNaWUM4bX3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUE9_s6EnI

The Phoenix Solo can be obtained from Hello Direct.

Thom, I have seen Your videos, and i have seen its for 0810 LMCE. I am using 0710 and would just like to test to see how it works. So I was wondering do I just have to plug mic in mic port (jack header) and thats it?

[Techstyle]

So I was wondering do I just have to plug mic in mic port (jack header) and thats it?

That works for me, some have said they have echoing or feedback but when I use a regular mic plugged into the mic port (not even a good one) my intercom works great.  The MD the intercom is talking to has a built in microphone (Dell Latitude D620) and neither has feedback as long as they are in different rooms (i.e can't hear each other)

You may have to experiment with mic gain or boost in ALSAMIXER

[tschak909]

ivanp, there is a reason I deliberately support specific microphones...

If you just try to plug in a typical mic, you will have echo cancellation problems.

Period.

The USB microphones I am adding support for have a phase cancellation loop where the microphone is closely coupled to its own sound card, where a speaker is connected, so that anything being spoken can be phase cancelled...

So, go ahead, bang your head against the wall, or listen to me.

-Thom

[Techstyle]

Thom,

I was just suggesting trying it before spending on an expensive mic.  Like I said I do not hear echo with my setup.  maybe the Dell or my core (Audigy 2ZS) have echo cancellation but I use the Dell with skype and Tesco Softphone on XP all the time without a head set just talking to the built in mic and listening to the built in speakers.

A 10 min trial with a borrowed or very cheap mic (the mic on my core was 2.00GBP)

Thanks,

[tschak909]

SimplePhone (aka LinPhone does not have echo cancellation turned on by default in software, and when it IS enabled, it is very unstable.)

The mics i've added explicitly support needed echo cancellation, which is realistically what you need to be able to implement a speakerphone that can work in a room.

-Thom

[ivanp]

ivanp, there is a reason I deliberately support specific microphones...
If you just try to plug in a typical mic, you will have echo cancellation problems.
Period.
The USB microphones I am adding support for have a phase cancellation loop where the microphone is closely coupled to its own sound card, where a speaker is connected, so that anything being spoken can be phase cancelled...
So, go ahead, bang your head against the wall, or listen to me.

Thom, i really found You smart and intelligent guy. All posts I have read by You were useful, informational and easy to read. And i respect what You say, but all i wanted to do is test the mic function. I dont want to buy anything expensive in the moment, just to test the system. Techstyle gave me an anwser and encouraged me to try it myself ( i am willing to spend around 15$ on mic in the moment). If I do get echo problems, of course i would buy Solo mic for the future.

BTW, can webDT 366 be used as a phone? with solo mic?

[tschak909]

No.

-Thom

[ivanp]

No.

Thanx Thom for the reply. I will try with Sony microphone and report back my progress,

[dean_za]

ivanp, there is a reason I deliberately support specific microphones...

If you just try to plug in a typical mic, you will have echo cancellation problems.

Period.

The USB microphones I am adding support for have a phase cancellation loop where the microphone is closely coupled to its own sound card, where a speaker is connected, so that anything being spoken can be phase cancelled...

So, go ahead, bang your head against the wall, or listen to me.

-Thom

Thom besides the Solo microphone what else is supported. I have tried every on-line store that I can find and they either don't ship to South Africa or the charges are unreal. What about a logitech clearchat wireless ?
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/internet_headsets_phones/devices/4226&cl=us,en

it is detected by linuxmce 8.10 , what would i need to do to get it working ? is there some template i can create , copy ?

thanks
dean

[tschak909]

Trust me, you don't want to use that as a speakerphone. very impractical.

but, if you wish, copy the template for the Solo USB microphone, and change the USB model/vendor ID as appropriate.

-Thom

[dean_za]

Thanks I will try

Besides the solo , what other microphone is known to work that might be more internationally available ?

Thanks Dean