
I Recently came across this small list of microphone basic tips, and thought I would share this! I guess this is something similar to "re-tweeting"... so would this be called a "re-blogging"???
Well, just passing on some good sound tips for those who are interested!
Two of the most fundamental building blocks of getting great sound are Mic positioning and Gain structure. They both go hand in hand if you are to achieve an awesome sound in the end. I've been doing sound for years, and I still experiment with mic placement to this day. "If it sounds right, then it is right" is the general mentality to have when setting up a stage... What may have worked yesterday may sound different today, so we must adjust to what we are hearing at the moment.
With that, happy miking!
- Try first to get the instrument to sound good acoustically before miking it.
- Use a mic with a frequency response that is limited to the frequency range of the instrument.
- To determine a good starting mic position, try closing one ear with your finger. Listen to the sound source with the other ear and move around until you find a spot that sounds good – put the mic there. Remember, this may not be practical (or healthy) for extremely close placement near loud sources.
- Remember that the closer a mic is to a sound source, the louder the source is compared to reverberation or ambient noise.
- Place the mic only as close as necessary, keeping in mind proximity effect.
- When possible, use as few microphones as possible due to the Potential Acoustic Gain rule which tells us (among other things) that the volume level of a system must be turned down for every mic added in order to prevent feedback.
- If the sound from your loudspeakers is distorted even though you did not exceed a normal mixer level, the mic signal may be overloading your mixer’s input. To correct this situation, use an in-line attenuator or pad to reduce the signal level from the microphone, or just back it away from the source some.
- More than anything, experiment and listen!
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