Dual Microphone?

Heavy Duty in the Booty · June 22, 2016

Hello,

How can I use 2 microphones at the same time during a skype call to combine the audio together to create a really clean sound. I'm also going to use my other microphone to transmit other audio to the call aswell.

Using 2 Rode NT5

Thanks (:

BbsMentos · June 22, 2016

I think one of these should do the trick, just plug your 2 mics in and voila

Heavy Duty in the Booty · June 22, 2016

I thought of that but I don't know if skype will detect both microphones :((

kasugatei · June 22, 2016

More microphones does not equal to better sound.

It is just introducing phase issues and in the end you will end up with thin and lifeless sound. Unless you REALLY know what you are doing.

ALwin · June 22, 2016

3 hours ago, Heavy Duty in the Booty said:

I thought of that but I don't know if skype will detect both microphones :((

If you use an external mixer, you can set one mic as left channel and the other as right channel, and the mixer will take care of sending the audio to the computer as a single dual channel source. Stereo mics are basically a single housing with two mic capsules inside.

But more mics does not equal better sound. Knowing how to setup the mics, mixers, i.e. the audio chain properly equals better sound.

Additionally, just know that you can have the best mic in the world but Skype and other VOIP applications do not sample audio in quality such as 48khz 24-bit. It's lower.

Heavy Duty in the Booty · June 24, 2016

I plan to use the 2i2 so will it be possible to make one microphone my voice and the other my otehr sound source to come out as one for the left and one for the right?

ALwin · June 24, 2016

2 hours ago, Heavy Duty in the Booty said:

I plan to use the 2i2 so will it be possible to make one microphone my voice and the other my otehr sound source to come out as one for the left and one for the right?

Yes. Additionally you can try to mix both mics to be heard on both the left and right channels. That's why you call it a "mixer".

I don't really know what the FocusRite Scarlett devices are capable of doing, but with my field recorder/mixer/interface (the Zoom F8) I can do a lot of things and even mix up to eight microphones.

Hmm this guy and I have the same bag for our Zoom F8's