World: r3wp

and they'll all be drunk, which won't look good on the live stream

Some how I think this group can handle a lot of wine...

We're closed for lunch now.

Back in a Parisian hour for Carl speaking on: "The Motivation for 
R3"

looking forward to it!

Wow, that clapping was LOUD!

OK, so I can finally play some of Iron Maiden songs here .... uaaaa 
...!

Have them turn the video camera towards the room (people)

Should I be waiting, or am I being skipped?  I'm good either way....

I think that you are skipped. Hmm, so maybe after lunch?

Actually I might be back on in 1 hour.

would it be possible to pipe skype audio to the stream?

That should be interesting.

I do plan to use the list I posted for my session as my lead points 
for my talk.

<slam!>

slam?

just relaying the sound of the door...

Ah.........yes.

The mic in there can get hot.

temperature-wise ? you mean it becomes more sensitive with heat ?

Sorry, no, a "hot mic" is a mic that swings with volume level...so 
when there are sharp increases in sound, it clips.

ahh

A good trick is to put foam over the mic.

http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=93171

first post is one on a hot mic.

obviously there must be a solution to this problem already, but I'm 
just thinking two mics, one soft, one loud, and a "compressor" box 
that selects the loudest signal which does not clip.

How would foam help ? Are "loud" sounds typically biased towards 
the parts of the spectrum foam blocks effectively ?

YEs.  Foam knocks of the high freqs

I thought foam would only help against wind, popping sounds, etc.

Also cuts down on pink noise and static.

http://www.dvuser.co.uk/images/img/articles/diy-boom-pole/mic.jpg

oh, that wouldn't work on my headset. would get hair in my mouth.

Actually, up until a few years ago (when mics got a lot better) they 
used to have foam covers.

So you still get a good effect with a new mic ? Do you think the 
devcon mic is a new one or old one ?

http://hpbimg.cambrianflyingschool.co.uk/HeadsetTELEXEchelon20sm.jpg

New mic in France

It is pretty good given teh room (which is all walls and windows, 
not much to absorb sound)

So the mic is hot, and the room is hot TOO!

ok, so even a newer mic can be helped with foam in this situation.

A big glass room is a nightmare for sound.

Yes, putting foam over the mic would help a little, but it would 
also mean that it would not work as well iat a distance.  What you 
really want is a mic wired on the person (which has foam built in), 
 and no mic on the room.

So you localize the sound and the source.

I think there is often a problem with the sound being too strained, 
as if you're holding your nose while talking or it sounds like you 
have a cold. Mine suffers from that, as well as not handling the 
pronounciation of P sounds properly.

A directional mic on the person.

It is actually a omni directional I think, but has a peak range of 
1 meter.

It is called a Lanier Mic

Henrik, that sounds like it doesn't have a good response. Have you 
checked a frequency response.

R. ok, so there's not the problem of pointing the mic to the mouth 
all the time.

anton, no I haven't. I'm unsure if some of these problems are solvable 
in software

I bought a really cheap mic recently - I think it was $3 - and the 
frequency range is abysmal.

Right, sound is pressure, it falls of with distance,  although th 
edesign itself makes it somewhat directional, it is really not.