| Clear, reliable audio is essential in any meeting or collaboration space, especially when remote participants are part of the conversation. Choosing the right conference room microphone system, whether it uses lavalier, gooseneck, boundary, or ceiling microphones, helps ensure everyone can hear and be heard while creating a conference room microphone setup designed for the space and how it’s used. |
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[Music] Hi, I'm Doug Brown, enterprise architect and member of the innovation team at FORTÉ. In this video, I'll explore microphone technology. In today's hybrid work environment, almost every meeting includes remote participants, and the remote participants expect to have the same experience as those in the room. While video and shared content are important, the audio signal is most critical. If audio becomes unintelligible, even for a moment, important information can be lost. So, what kind of microphone should you use? For a town hall broadcast, it's hard to beat the clip-on lavalier microphone, like the one I'm wearing. The microphone element is close to what you want to hear, the presenter, and far from what you don't want to hear, like crowd noise or noise created by the ventilation system fan, for example. For a larger group of presenters, like those on a council chamber dias, gooseneck microphones are a good choice. In a typical medium-sized conference room, we might want to consider an all-in-one camera soundbar. The built-in multi-element microphone is designed to pick up and balance out voices or participants seated all around the table. For larger rooms that exceed the 20-to-25 ft pickup range of sound bars, tabletop boundary microphones are a good choice. We can use multiple microphones to cover a large table. Another advantage is the mute status indication and convenient mute control. For spaces with reconfigurable furniture, ceiling mount microphones are a top choice. Modern ceiling mics have multiple microphone elements and onboard digital signal processing to pick up all participant voices and help reduce noise. Multiple ceiling microphones can be installed to cover very large spaces. Since cinema microphones pick up the whole room, acoustical treatment is especially important. So, selecting the right microphone depends on the application and the space. Our FORTÉ design engineers would love to help find the right solution for you. Give your FORTÉ account manager a call or visit ourforte.com for more information. [Music]
