Martel Mic

[Cathie]

I have one of those expensive :( usb Martel mics that's only a few months old.  I'm listening to the audio from the depo I took today and I have intermittent static.  One of the attorneys had his Iphone (which kept going off on vibrate) on the desk very close to my mic.  I recall hearing somewhere that the Iphone and some Blackberrys can cause an issue with audio.  I'm curious if anyone out there has experienced this or knows about this issue.

[Martha R]

I have never experienced it with my Martel but I know videographers complain of it with their systems.    Unfortunately when I have had static it was because my Martel mic had a loose wire.

[Linda]

It's my experience that it's Blackberrys only.  That's what videographers always tell attorneys to turn off.  So I follow suit, and anytime I see an attorney w/a Blackbery, I'll ask very nicely if they'll please turn it off only during the depo b/c it interferes w/my audio.   I feel like a flight attendant ordering the cell phones off.  Shame I don't have any peanuts or pretzels to offer them.  Ha!  

BTW, I bought a 20 some dollar mic at Radio Shack a year and a half ago, and it works beautifully.  Haven't even had to change the battery.  That was suggested to me when I bought my Diamante, and they were right.

[JoRita Meyer]

Yep, it does happen.  Blackberry Curve is the worst.  Had a witness take a call on one six inches from my computer and I got the blue screen.  Everything was fine, but I was so annoyed and absolutely scared to death before it came back up.  I have been told it's provider-specific, but it always seems to me it's the Blackberries that are the culprit.  I ask them to be turned off.  Of course, they just put them on vibrate.  Don't blame them; it's a tool they need.  Have them put it on paper instead of directly on the glass or wood.  That helps.

[Kerry F]

I've had static on my audio with the Martel mic before.  Sometimes I'm sure it wasn't phones, but some other interference in the room.  I think Iphones are a problem, too, not just Blackberrys.

[Tina MacKellar]

I had the same thing happening.  There is a little gray filter that clamps onto my plug that I bought through martel and I have never had this problem again.  I think I got two for like 50 dollars.  Best investment I ever made.

[Cathie]

Tina,

 

I have those filters and it still happened.  I'm sure if I did not have them on it would have been a lot worse, but was surpirsed I still had the problem with the filters on.  The job I took the next day was very short and I did not have the static issue.  Must have been the iphone and/or the other attorneys computer so close to mine.