<div dir="ltr">I apologize for that mishap. I'm not sure how that happened.<div><br></div><div>It seems to me that we're making a bit too much of this. Are we likely to get perfect audio? Of course not. That doesn't preclude transmitting imperfect audio, does it? What is harmed by transmitting subpar audio? If people have trouble hearing, there were members of the LNC who would prefer we not livestream the meeting in the first place - including Dr. Lieberman. In essence, what is gained by doing nothing over transmitting audio that may be less than perfect?</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Scott L. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank">scott73@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">If Mr. Katz did not
intend to send the e-mail from Mr. Olsen to lnc-business – sorry –
it’s too late…<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">I am sure that the Banquet and Meetings personnel at hotels that
are vying to hold our LNC Sessions know the dbA levels in their meeting rooms.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">And if you believe that, I have a nice bridge that runs from
Brooklyn to <u></u><u></u>Manhattan<u></u><u></u>
that I would like to sell you.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">If we really need to pursue that angle, perhaps an electronically
literate LP member in the candidate citiy can bring a db meter to the hotels in
question and actually measure the ambient noise levels in the meeting rooms
that the hotel is offering to us.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">However – do we really want to add yet another constraint
that LPHQ staff has to take into account while they are looking for a suitable
hotel to hold an LNC Session?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Are we LNC members willing to pay $20 more per room night just to
get an acoustically quiet meeting room?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">It looks successfully transmitting the audio is not going to be
easy…<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">I bet Mr. Olsen is not only LNC member who has heard of Shure:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><a href="http://cdn.shure.com/publication/upload/398/us_pro_audio_for_meetings_ea.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.shure.com/publication/upload/398/us_pro_audio_for_meetings_ea.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT";color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">“In addition to interference problems, the use
of multiple microphones creates other potential difficulties.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">One of these is due to the fact that </span></font><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">as
the number of active microphones in a sound system increases, the overall <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">potential for feedback also increases </span></font><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">.
And of course, each active microphone is adding more ambient noise<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">pickup to the system. This leads to a final
general rule for microphone use: Always use the minimum number of microphones. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">If additional microphones are not needed, they may actually
degrade the sound system. If the application can<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Bodoni MT"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Bodoni MT"">be satisfied with one microphone, use one microphone!”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Good luck!<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"> Scott Lieberman <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">“</span></font><font size="1" color="#1f497d" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1f497d">To assist in analyzing
sound quality, I have attached two sample audio files. The first is from
the <u></u><u></u>Chicago<u></u><u></u>
meeting which was held in a relatively small and quiet room, and the
second from the Westin Alexandria meeting, a relatively large and noisy room
(and also exhibits the constant tweaking necessary to obtain usable
results). The same equipment was used in both cases. The
differences are significant. In selecting venues for LNC meetings in the
future, we should insist on quiet rooms (ambient noise level at 35 dbA or
less), and arrange for the “rectangular table array” to be of the
smaller dimensions as was the case in <u></u><u></u>Chicago<u></u><u></u>.</span></font><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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