Richchip Bluetooth microphone (top) and Richchip wireless lavalier microphone pair with USB-C receiver (bottom)
For this recorded-in-person podcast, I was joined by Paul Lawler at the Heavenly Island Lifestyle restaurant in East Honolulu where he had the Bibimbap plate and I had a Chicken Katsu plate for lunch.
The main purpose of this mini-podcast was to field test three microphones in a busy noisy restaurant
We used:
- An iPhone 15 Pro Max built-in microphone
- Richchip Bluetooth wireless microphone connected to an iPhone 15 Pro Max. This is a single microphone designed to be used as a lavalier clipped to a collar. However, for this test, I placed the mic in between us with an 18 to 24 inch distance from the mic to each of us.
- Nearstream AWM10T wireless lavalier pair of microphones connected to a Google Pixel 7a. In prior tests, I found that Nearstream recordings were nearly inaudible when using an iPhone. However, it produced acceptable audio volume when used with an Android phone. Each mic was clipped to a shirt collar roughly 6 to 7 inches from the speaker’s mouth.
All three audio files were processed by Adobe Podcast Enhance (a cloud based service). Generally speaking, my opinion is that the best post-processed audio came from the Nearstream lav mic pair. In all cases, my speech had the most audio aliasing artifacts while Paul’s speech sounded much better than mine. I suspect it has something to do with our respective “timbre”.
Our actual discussions were mostly about Paul’s recent 3D printing efforts and aspects of Adobe Podcast Enhance and Adobe Podcast Studio beta.
Paul Lawler’s 3D printed dragon with articulated joints
Bibimbap plate. Heavenly Island Lifestyle restaurant
Chicken Katsu plate. Heavenly Island Lifestyle restaurant
Available via Google Music Podcasts and Apple iTunes.