Improve the quality of your Media Interviews and Business Conference Calls

Working from Home In the Age of COVID-19
In the Age of COVID-19 working from home has become the norm and media interviews from the lounge-room are now commonplace. For a most of us, our smartphone headsets serve fine when talking one on one, but in conference calls and media interviews audio quality does become more important.

​Improve the Quality of your Media Interviews using Skype
The best way to Improve the quality of your Skype interviews and conference calls is to use a condenser type lavalier / lapel mic. This the same type of microphone used in broadcast studios and on film sets. The Comica V05 is a perfect solution and it's extra features including headphone output, make it superior over a standard lavalier mic.

• the V05 works on any device PC/MAC/PHONE. The Camera/Phone switch basically toggles between TRRS/TRS output, so anything with a 3.5mm size input works. New phones, may would just need a USB-C or Lightning to 3.5mm converter which we stock.

• use your smartphone headphones/headset, just as 'headphones' so you can hear audio/questions etc. You either plug into 3.5mm headphone output on the V05 if input is TRRS, otherwise you must be a on an older laptop (aka. Camera setting) and you will need to plug into 3.5mm headphone output you must have on your laptop.
   
• mic gain control is on the side, handy for being able to tweak your volume easily when you are getting to go live for an interview.
   
• tie clip included so you can get the mic in the ideal position, for good clarity, and no distortion. As you may have seen on the news, on the front/top of the shirt is best.

Lavalier/Lapel Mics for Direct Smartphone Connection
We also stock cheaper lavalier condenser mics that plug directly into phones and laptops, but any TRRS devices (phones/new laptops) will have the result of output for headphones. We have a simple TRRS splitter that can solve this, but some can just use your devices speaker instead.

Condenser type lavalier mics can be a little difficult to shop for due to the different jacks, and requirements for headphones etc. We found the V05 is ideal -- it actually covers all bases so you don't really have to worry about figuring it out all.

We are also here to help answer any questions!