Microphone Etiquette

MICROPHONE ETIQUETTE

Microphone etiquette is an attribute engineers welcome.

Always remember the following:

a. Never move the microphone or the microphone stand. The
positioning of the microphone is critical - slight movements can
drastically affect the sound quality. So after the engineer places
the microphone, do not change it.

If the position of the microphone causes a shadow on your script, or
is too high or low for your comfort, simply ask the engineer to
adjust it.

b. Never blow into or tap on the microphone (as characters in movies
do during sound-checks). First of all, microphones are very fragile
- a slight touch may damage them.

Secondly, microphones are very sensitive. They're intended to pick up
and amplify sounds coming from a few inches away - and they do this
very well. So when the sound is created at the microphone, it will
be overly amplified - possibly causing damage to the recording
room's speakers and in your headphones (damaging your ears).

c. Never hang the headphones on the microphone stand. First, this
can cause feedback.

Feedback is an audio loop that produces a high-pitched squealing
sound. It occurs when a headphone is too close to a microphone. It
is caused by sound leaving the headphones and being picked up by the
microphone, amplified by the amplifier, and sent back into the
headphones (louder this time due to the amplification), then
resonating back into the microphone - thus creating a loop. This
loop will eventually destroy the speakers and your hearing.

Second, hanging headphones on a microphone stand creates the
possibility of the headphones falling off and breaking.


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