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Hi Everyone,

I am new to this forum and had a questions that I just could not find after hours of research. I am new at this PODCAST recording and we are getting a Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro ISO Live Stream Switcher. I see there is only 2 microphone connections to the switcher. My question is how easy or what can I do to add 4 microphone to the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro ISO?

Any suggestions I can get I will really appreciate.

Angel

AngelESP wrote:Hi Everyone,

I am new to this forum and had a questions that I just could not find after hours of research. I am new at this PODCAST recording and we are getting a Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro ISO Live Stream Switcher. I see there is only 2 microphone connections to the switcher. My question is how easy or what can I do to add 4 microphone to the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro ISO?

Any suggestions I can get I will really appreciate.

Angel

Angel you can't add them directly. You need to go through a mixer and send the mixer output to the ATEM. A 4 channel mixer is relatively cheap, but you do need to configure the mic port to "line" to handle the mixer output signal. I recently recorded a choir using 8 mics like this.

A mixer will probably give you options for managing the audio that you won't get with an ATEM. Many of them have an "Auto Mix" facility which is useful for group discussions. It silences mics that people aren't actually speaking into, which reduces the possibility of squeals etc coming from open mics.

HTH
Darryl

Darryl