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Quick Tips for Recording Meetings with the Microcone

To achieve the best quality recordings of your meetings, give thought to the position of the Microcone device and the meeting participants before you start. The optimal configuration is for the Microcone to be placed on a small table with participants seated around it. In particular:

• Each person should try to align with one of the flat facets of the Microcone and sit within 1-2 metres of it.
• People should try to be evenly distributed around the Microcone. That is, for a 2 person meeting, have the people face each other with the device in the centre. For a 3 person meeting, have people seated approximately 120 degrees apart with the device in the centre.
• As one of its features to reduce background noise, the device favours speech directed towards it. This means that people should speak towards, or "over" the device as much as possible, rather than face away from it.

• To minimise noise and distraction, it is best to have the recording computer placed away from the group and facing away from them.
• While the Microcone enhances speech and reduces background noise, best quality is obtained in a quiet room, so always close doors and windows and turn off any noisy equipment if possible.

• The above points should be taken as guidelines to achieve optimal performance, rather than strong constraints on the group's interaction.

During recording, the software is continuously streaming high quality multi-channel audio to the storage directory on disk. For this reason, it is best to have your database stored on the computer's internal hard disk, rather than an external drive. You should also avoid using other disk-intensive applications during recording.