Please mic the table!!!

BJTyler

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This is very odd and not as enjoyable. Not being able to hear the break or other sounds is strangely annoying!
 
I've always said Turn up the table volume and turn down the commentators volume. Properly mic'ing the table is very easy. It's as though the streamers pay no attention to the audio element of the stream. (but I'm a former/reformed recording engineer so I'm overly sensitive to audio elements...like pool, it's a curse).

Plus, we'd get to hear exactly what Earl is saying!
 
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I've always said Turn up the table volume and turn down the commentators volume. Properly mic'ing the table is very easy. It's as though the streamers pay no attention to the audio element of the stream. (but I'm a former/reformed recording engineer so I'm overly sensitive to audio elements...like pool, it's a curse).

Plus, we'd get to hear exactly what Earl is saying!

Hanging a small mic above the table wouldn't be difficult. Especially since it's only over one table.
 
Hanging a small mic above the table wouldn't be difficult. Especially since it's only over one table.

I suspect they're relying on the camera's built-in mic. That's okay for a close up (person talking, etc.), but once you're beyond 5-6 feet away the quality drops off dramatically.

(In some of the InsidePoolmag videos you'll hear the audio change (volume, tone) when they switch to a different camera view. Different camera, different audio. No excuse for that one.)

You can hang one shotgun mic up to 10-12 feet off the table top and have excellent audio (you don't need stereo; just send the one-mic feed to both R and L channels...it ain't music). If even you have to be 15-20 feet off the table, you'll have far better sound than a camera mic. Run the mic into a quality pre-amp with a nice compressor. Play a little bit with light reverb if you want to add a "hall" type sound.
 
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