[AG-TECH] Tabletop-Room mic with integrated echo canceling

[Fred Dech]

Enrique,

I have ours set up that way.  I permanently borrowed a stereo mini extention
cable so i could plug into the mic in instead of the line in and make
use of the 'mic boost'.  but i've still never been happy with the levels
transmitted through RAT.

--fred

On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 08:08AM, Enrique Terrazas said:
> Fred,
> 
> We ran into this same when we first started using the ClearOne  
> AccumicPC with a Dell XPS at UCSF.  We noticed that the sound level  
> according to RAT was very low.  There is an advanced sound setting  
> where there is a check box for a "20dB boost" for the mic input (I  
> don't remember the exact number for the boost as it's from memory).   
> Clicking on this check box increased the sensitivity of the ClearOne  
> tremendously, and now they would great for us.
> 
> Enrique
> 
> 
> On May 24, 2007, at 7:23 AM, Fred Dech wrote:
> 
> >This discussion of the ClearOne AccumicPC  is really interesting to  
> >me,
> >because I've been very unhappy with the performance I've gotten  
> >from them so
> >far.  We have a couple attached to a fairly new Dell and they don't  
> >pick up
> >well at all.  You pretty much need to have the saucer right down in  
> >front of
> >you and speak loud toward it in order for other sites to understand  
> >you.
> >Since quite a few of you like the AccumicPC and I've not really had  
> >a chance
> >to test these on another PC or Mac, I suspect that my Dell's  
> >Sigmatel HD Audio
> >interface could very well be the problem (and there's other  
> >problems associated
> >with HD and rat)... not the Clearones.
> >
> >--fred
> >
> >On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 09:09PM, Mike.W.Daley at cs.cardiff.ac.uk said:
> >>Hi Michael
> >>We use Clearone Accumic in one of our nodes. It works well and plugs
> >>straight into a 3.5mm PC-audio-in.
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>Quoting Michael Braitmaier <braitmaier at hlrs.de>:
> >>
> >>>Hello everyone!
> >>>
> >>>I am a bit in trouble as I need to order a tabletop mic with  
> >>>integrated
> >>>echo cancelation quite fast, however don't have experience with  
> >>>them.
> >>>So I would like to rely on your experiences.
> >>>So can anyone recommend one or two of such mics, which work fine and
> >>>produce good results, for direct connection into a 3.5mm PC-Audio- 
> >>>in?
> >>>I have just had a look at the follwoing Clearone Mic (
> >>>http://www.clearone.com/products/product.php?cat=4&prod=17 ),
> >>>which seems to be able to work on PCs directly. Does anyone of you
> >>>already have experience with this one?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Thanks in advance
> >>>Michael
> >>>
> >>>-- 
> >>>------------------
> >>>Dipl.-Inf. Michael Braitmaier
> >>>HLRS - Visualization / Video Conferencing
> >>>University of Stuttgart
> >>>Germany
> >>>Website: http://www.hlrs.de/people/braitmaier/
> >>
> >>
> >>
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