Wired or Wireless for Corporate Presentations?

John Froton

John Froton

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I have avoided using wireless mics up to this point but, more and more, I find myself recording corporate presentations and monologues at business meetings, usually in conference rooms or similar settings. I have been placing wired hypercardiods in close, but not close enough at times, proximity to the source but need to move to using a lav I suspect.

Would it be feasable to try and wire a lav to the speaker if he's going to move about, back and forth a bit? There may also be potential instances where a speaker will sit next to other speakers (presenters) and take his turn to speak.

I am trying to figure whether the convenience and need of a wireless lav would outway the reliability and cheaper cost of wired lav in a situation like this.

Any recommendations?

I am currently looking at trying out a Sennheiser EW100 G1 receiver with a G2 transmitter that a local audio shop has. Wondering if I should still try to steer clear of wireless altogether.
 
usually the executives would more appreciate not to tied for anything be able to go out and get b.. j from secretary in the middle of boring meeting :-)
 
Your application is perfect for wireless lavs...and an industry standard for that application.

Get the "C" frequency range. It seems to be the least crowded for Ohio, per the Sennheiser web site.
 
Thanks for the input.

I went ahead and purchased the Sennheiser G1/G2 combo at my local sound shop. Piecing together a G1 reciever with a G2 transmitter was all that he could do without ordering and I needed this for tomorrow. I am not sure what the frequency designation is on these pieces yet.

I agree that this should make things easier in a live presentation environment where the speakers just keep pacing around.
 
double check which freq. - I've heard that the c block may go away next year with the switch to digital. I don't know if this is true. So, don't quote me. Just worth researching before chosing "c".
 
This is true. The transmitter/reciever will still work in the C block, but the FCC has recently auctioned off this block as well as others possibly opening it up to more traffic/interference than A and B.
 
I produce a new web show and I've been looking at the ew G2 100 systems. We'll be using the system mostly for run and gun shooting while our host speaks and interviews in the field. However, the system is also going to be used frequently to record presentations that are going to be setup similarly to corporate presentations.

The system we want to buy has a portable receiver (link) but I'm worried it won't work very well since the transmitter will be across a large room. Do you think it would be okay anyway? What is the range on that system anyway? There won't be any obstructions between the transmitter and receiver.

I know there is another system available with a large receiver that would probably work better, but we don't want to buy two systems when we don't have the demand for it.

Thanks for the help!
 
How large is the room? Unless it is 150' or so, you should not have a problem. You can also always move the Rx closer using an XLR cable (I've done this numerous times - a little gaffer tape and an XLR and the Rx goes on a wall closer to the Tx.)

Phil
 
I honestly don't know how large since each presentation will be held in a different location. I can't imagine the room being more than 100' long or that the receiver will be that far away. I figure that the transmitter and receiver will never be more than 50' apart.

Will that be okay?

Thanks,
Conrad
 
How important are your presentations and what is your budget like? I have used g2 systems for a lot of things and they work really well, but when you really have to get it...

We use high-end rackmount Sure wireless systems with mke2 gold lavs at the large Redmond based software company I often work for.

lectrosonics venue system would also be a good choice, but won't give you quite the range of available frequencies or software tweaking options.

I realize you don't want to buy two systems, but at least you will know what is out there.
 
Hey, sane, which model Shures are you using? I'm guessing the UHF-R series?

Conrad--the size of the receiver doesn't really mean a darn thing. :) What matters is antennas. The G2 portable receivers are single-antenna systems, which theoretically is going to be more susceptible to dropouts than the non-portable, dual-antenna, "diversity," receivers. (The reason I asked sane which Shure he's using is that I have crazy problems with dropouts with the Shure systems I have access to.) The non-portable receivers also typically have the option of swapping the stock antennas for better ones, which is something I really need to look into...
 
5 Shure UR4D-L3 Dual Wireless Receiver

10 Shure UR1-L3 Transmitter = Sennheiser MKE2 Gold Lavs

4 Shure Beta 87A UR2-L3 Handheld Microphone

1 Shure UA-845 US Antenna Distribution System
 
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