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p s wrote:
i am recording on location a conversation in a meeting room whilst it is
being videoed (recording straight to audio track of the video). this
video will then be played back in a large hall on a big screen, at a
loud volume. i am toying with the idea of using a PZM mic mounted on the
table in the middle of the three people, out of camera shot, to record
the audio track - straight into the cameras XLR input. my other choice
would be to use an omni-directional mic on a boom stand of some sort but
i have left it a little late to sort this out. does anybody know if the
PZM will be a good choice? i will be doing some post production on the
audio track (noise gate, compression etc.)... if not then can someone
recommend a better solution.

It's not by chance that personal mics are used for this sort of thing in
broadcast. Not, hopefully, drama, but in discussion progs etc it's the
best way.

The next best way would be three cardiod desk mics as close as possible.

And omni or PZM will pick up too much room acoustic and sound dreadful.

If one mic could do a good job of this the pros would use it. But it
can't.

Hire three personals and something like an SQN mixer - won't cost a
fortune.

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