TLDR; The last paragraph asks my true question.
We are holding in-person meetings and we have some people that "Zoom" into the meeting. I operate the Zoom meeting and the soundboard(s). I need a way to get 2-way communication between local and Zoom participants.
We currently have a podium mic (SM-57) and a Peavey USB PLAYBACK INTERFACE (to capture computer sound from videos), plugged into a Behringer Xenyx Q802USB Mixer. The mixer feeds into a PA system. The USB connection from the mixer plugs into my computer (not the same one playing the videos locally).
Normally, the "microphone" for the Zoom meeting is the USB feed that is coming from the mixer. This lets the Zoom participants hear what is coming through the PA system. This has 2 downsides. 1) The sound is 1-way only, so I have to flip a switch on the mixer each time we want to hear one of the Zoom people over the PA. 2) If anyone in the local group askes a question the person at the microphone has to repeat the question into the microphone so the Zoom people can hear it.
By accident at the last meeting, the microphone being used for the Zoom meeting was my computer's built-in microphone rather than the USB feed from the mixer. This inadvertently allowed 2-way communication between the groups. But for an audience member to be heard, they would have to be close to the microphone at the podium or close to my computer. But this got me thinking about adding a mic for the audience. I would need a 2nd mixer so that my computer could separate the microphone USB from the output USB. No problem, I am planning on getting the Berringer UM2 for that. And I would need an omnidirectional microphone so the audience members would not have to come to the microphone to ask their questions.
So I need a recommendation for an omnidirectional mic to be placed in the audience to pick up questions and comments made by the local audience members that would be fed to the Zoom participants. Cost is an issue so I would like to keep this in the $75-$100 range. I was considering the Behringer C-3, but it appears to be sold out everywhere at the moment and I need this setup in about 10 days.
Thanks for your help.
We are holding in-person meetings and we have some people that "Zoom" into the meeting. I operate the Zoom meeting and the soundboard(s). I need a way to get 2-way communication between local and Zoom participants.
We currently have a podium mic (SM-57) and a Peavey USB PLAYBACK INTERFACE (to capture computer sound from videos), plugged into a Behringer Xenyx Q802USB Mixer. The mixer feeds into a PA system. The USB connection from the mixer plugs into my computer (not the same one playing the videos locally).
Normally, the "microphone" for the Zoom meeting is the USB feed that is coming from the mixer. This lets the Zoom participants hear what is coming through the PA system. This has 2 downsides. 1) The sound is 1-way only, so I have to flip a switch on the mixer each time we want to hear one of the Zoom people over the PA. 2) If anyone in the local group askes a question the person at the microphone has to repeat the question into the microphone so the Zoom people can hear it.
By accident at the last meeting, the microphone being used for the Zoom meeting was my computer's built-in microphone rather than the USB feed from the mixer. This inadvertently allowed 2-way communication between the groups. But for an audience member to be heard, they would have to be close to the microphone at the podium or close to my computer. But this got me thinking about adding a mic for the audience. I would need a 2nd mixer so that my computer could separate the microphone USB from the output USB. No problem, I am planning on getting the Berringer UM2 for that. And I would need an omnidirectional microphone so the audience members would not have to come to the microphone to ask their questions.
So I need a recommendation for an omnidirectional mic to be placed in the audience to pick up questions and comments made by the local audience members that would be fed to the Zoom participants. Cost is an issue so I would like to keep this in the $75-$100 range. I was considering the Behringer C-3, but it appears to be sold out everywhere at the moment and I need this setup in about 10 days.
Thanks for your help.