<div dir="ltr">The problem that the Insignia and the Pyle devices share is they have analog connections which often carry line noise/emi. Which is part of why I liked the condenser mic we use I wonder if the Pyle will connect easily to the KWLUG laptop.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 2:56 PM Andrew Sullivan Cant <<a href="mailto:acant@alumni.uwaterloo.ca">acant@alumni.uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have being doing a little bit of research on this, and I am willing to<br>
spend some money on something that could be used by KWLUG and KWRuby.<br>
<br>
The Pyle mic that has been using right now has worked pretty well, so I<br>
found a Pyle 2-channel wireless system. Which has a lapel and hand-held<br>
mic system:<br>
<br>
> <a href="https://www.pyleusa.com/uhf-wireless-microphone-system-kit-includes-handheld-mic-headset-mic-lavalier-mic-beltpack.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.pyleusa.com/uhf-wireless-microphone-system-kit-includes-handheld-mic-headset-mic-lavalier-mic-beltpack.html</a><br>
<br>
I was planning to order one of these from ebay after the Christmas holidays.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2018-12-03 12:48 p.m., Chamunks wrote:<br>
> Yeah this would just be this at half<br>
> price <a href="https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-omnidirectional-lapel-microphone/4779600.p?skuId=4779600" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-omnidirectional-lapel-microphone/4779600.p?skuId=4779600</a><br>
> <br>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 12:45 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I have a USB mic that works fine connected to the laptop, and a tiny<br>
> shell script starts the recording. But it is bulky and I aim is to<br>
> replace it.<br>
> <br>
> So, I ordered this $1.32 lapel microphone just because it is so<br>
> cheap, and has a 3.5mm which should fit an Android phone as well as<br>
> a laptop.<br>
> <br>
> Don't know how it will perform, but for that price ...<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-Clip-On-Lapel-Microphone-Hands-Free-Wired-Condenser-Mini-Lavalier-Mic-3-5mm/322648429680" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-Clip-On-Lapel-Microphone-Hands-Free-Wired-Condenser-Mini-Lavalier-Mic-3-5mm/322648429680</a><br>
> <br>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 12:38 PM Chamunks <<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> We nearly always have a decent recording, I may have the ability<br>
> to get some $25 lapel microphones that could be attached to an<br>
> old android device for recording audio from presenters as well.<br>
> <br>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:48 AM Ronald Barnes<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ron@ronaldbarnes.ca" target="_blank">ron@ronaldbarnes.ca</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ron@ronaldbarnes.ca" target="_blank">ron@ronaldbarnes.ca</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> /me raises hand<br>
> <br>
> Not as stenographer, but transcript reader.<br>
> <br>
> If there's a decent recording, I'd consider typing it up,<br>
> time permitting.<br>
> <br>
> On Dec 2, 2018 11:05 PM, Chamunks <<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:chamunks@gmail.com" target="_blank">chamunks@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Do we have any stenographers in the group? I feel like<br>
> there's people who would love transcriptions.<br>
> <br>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 10:03 AM CrankyOldBugger<br>
> <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I can't make it (it's Wifeski's birthday), but<br>
> please let me know if anyone has any transcripts or<br>
> videos of the talk.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 03:31, Paul Nijjar via<br>
> kwlug-announce <<a href="mailto:kwlug-announce@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-announce@kwlug.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kwlug-announce@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-announce@kwlug.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Here we are again. December. To commemorate the<br>
> last meeting of the<br>
> year we will box ourselves in and communicate in<br>
> tricky ways.<br>
> <br>
> LXD offers sysadmins and enthusiasts lightweight<br>
> containerization that<br>
> is easy to experiment with, and which attempts<br>
> to be secure out of the<br>
> box. LXD exposes a REST API and some tools to<br>
> set up containers and<br>
> control them. In his first KWLUG presentation,<br>
> Mikalai Burukou will<br>
> show us what LXD is and how it works. He says<br>
> this will be a good talk<br>
> for beginning systems adminsitrators or those<br>
> who would like to dabble<br>
> on the commandline.<br>
> <br>
> Many of us are familiar with SSH. We often use<br>
> it to communicate with<br>
> remote computers interactively. Some of us use<br>
> it as a transport for<br>
> other commands, such as rsync or git. But SSH is<br>
> a flexible, powerful<br>
> tool. Jason Eckert will demonstrate some of that<br>
> power by showing us<br>
> some SSH tricks.<br>
> <br>
> In other news, tickets for the grassroots<br>
> conference StarCon are now<br>
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> <br>
> This month's meeting will be held at the KW<br>
> Innovation Centre:<br>
> <br>
> 283 Duke Street, Unit 225<br>
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