FOAK - Skype Conferencing microphone

Can anyone suggest, from actual experience, a pc microphone good enough to
sit on a large table surrounded by 8 people which will work well with Skype
conferencing.

I've tried a Prosound USB Podcast mic and a Blue Snowball USB mic. Both fine
bits of kit. Shite for the porpoise.

I was trying to avoid something with an internal battery but am realising
this may not be easy (for an analogue item).

Currently the mic in my logitech webcam does better than anything so far.

I was thinking of trying this next:
www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=27414

AFAICT all the integrated USB and Skype Conference phones are shit. Hence I
wanted to use the PC sound and a proper mic.

 

*ahem*

Make sure whatever you get is 'Skype Certified'.

srlsy. In case you didn't know I work for them now.

I know the audio team pretty well, they know their stuff - the sound
quality of eg this
http://shop.skype.com/intl/en-gb/phones/yamaha-usb-microphone-speaker-psg-01s.html
is amazing.

The ideal is to have a mic near each person and an auto switching
device, but that can get a bit pricey.

 

No I didn't know.
I looked at that, don't care what it costs. Not quite right though.
Have a PC sitting here which plays R2 & 4 in the daytime with a small 2.1
sound setup. I've set up skype to autoanswer on this pc. I want a mic that
can sit in the middle of the room and do the needful, as well as serving in
our meeting room.

 

ygm I think, via FB

 

UKRM strikes again.
Skype query > Someone works there.

It's a shame usenet is dying

 

Ah splendid, could you get them to fix the Linux version[1]? Twice now
I've had it drop the recording level down to nothing, so the person on the
other end doesn't hear anything. Of course, these incidents were months
apart, so the second time this happened, I couldn't remember what the
solution was the first time.

[1] No, I really don't want to run Windows.

 

Tried the beta version? http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Somebody has been working with Indians.

 

Umm, err, dunno. I'll check later.

I didn't expect you to respond. Not sensibly anyway.

 

It wants libasound2. I already have libasound2, but it says I haven't.

Fail.

 

I did.

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Simon Wilson wibbled forthrightly:

You're in for it now, I hope you realise. :-D

 

As long as more and more people use it (and they are), then I'm happy.
Most times I'll probably suggest people contact our support - it's got a
lot better recently.

 

Got a valid e-mail addy?

 

I'd use it a lot more often if it didn't eat so much resource and make
my MBP run so hot.

 

I assume you mean for video calls? There was a new Mac release today
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/download/skype/macosx/ give it a try.

 

Will do. Although it's a bit slow to download - 270 KB/sec.

 

<googles>

Doesn't look like it.

You could try this http://blogs.sun.com/twisti/entry/skype_on_solaris if
you're really bored.

 

It seems I'm on Beta1, so downloading that now. Cheers.

 

Simon Wilson wibbled forthrightly:

Do you work in Sales?