[AG-TECH] Mute button
S.Booth
spb at epcc.ed.ac.uk
Mon Mar 18 10:38:37 CST 2002
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Marty Hoag wrote:
>
> I know that Boston University has table mics with an on/off button.
> I was toying with that idea (it gives the user direct control at the
> point of pick-up). But there is a learning curve as evidenced in
> a demo of the room to a group of people last week.
> I've been told by audio people in the past that they prefer to
> control all the audio so people don't "forget" to turn it on or off.
> Of course that is a bit different situation than the AG so I'd be
> interested to hear how the mute button fits with the AG design
> point of "always on" audio (subject to interpretations of what
> that means ;-).
>
We are using ceiling mics so a single mute button makes more sense.
Our local ISDN suite has a mute button and we sort of miss something
similar in the AG room for the pre/post meeting conversations allong the
lines of "Are we all ready to start?" and
"Well was that meeting worth the time?"
It is also a shared use room and its would be nice if we could ensure the
mics are not live without having to log on as a node operator.
Actually now I think about it maybe its the mics active light that I am
really missing.
"always on" implies no operator present so a simple mute switch becomes
more desirable.
Stephen
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