I imagine that it's the fact that the mic is
of a
decent quality that makes it expensive, not the fact that it's ceiling
mounted. In fact, I suppose you can probably mount it wherever you want -
though high-up is probably better.
I find myself in a similar position. It's a
lot
of money to spend just to "try out" something which you may or may not
decide
to expand further. That said, I'm not sure how important the limiter/gates
actually are in a set-up - and cutting them out would probably cut a zero
off
here or there from the price.... Presumably if you've only got a few mics
(or
even just one for testing) you wouldn't require a limiter at all. Even so,
if
a minimum set-up is the beautiful 8-channel RM81 from LetsAutomate + a
ceiling
microphone you're still talking about £220 just to see what kind of results
you're going to get.
Personally, I'm planning to buy a couple of
Maplin condenser mics and a cheap (£20 or so) passive mixer to put together
a
simple little set-up and see what kind of results I can get. Then, if I'm
feeling lucky, I can expand it later with a decent mixer and the ceiling
mics
with phantom power.
Am I making any sense here? Hmmm. Probably no
less than usual, anyway.
Oliver.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 8:36
PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d]
Microphones
Its a lot of money to waste if it does not work, I know
the mike on the PC
is not very good. Any ideas why the ceiling mikes are
so expensive?
Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From:
"Eamon O'Gorman" <eamonogorman@xxxxxxx>
To:
<ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent:
Sunday, February 18, 2001 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d]
Microphones
> I'm seriously considering this option also, but
haven't taken the plunge
> yet. I reckon I'm going to do it anyway,
but it would be nice to hear of
> other people who have tried it
also.
I posted a similar query some time
> ago, and by the looks of it, no
one else seems to be using it!!!
>
> Eamon
>
>
-----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Cockerton
[SMTP:alancc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:42
PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ukha_d]
Microphones
>
> << File: ATT00003.htm >>
Those
of you who have played with voice control,
> what microphones have
you
used, has anyone tried the posh ceiling mounted
> ones and the
limiter/gate unit?
>
>
Alancc
>
>
>
>
>