I agree with your last suggestion, I think training people to have good mic technique is so quick and easy. For my church, the singers had horrible mic technique, I just cut up some 2-5 inch foam gave each foam a number, and told them to use a certain one depending on how loud their voices were, eventually they all learned to do it without the foam.

I was just testing my old mic out again after watching this and I got the perfect mic settings to where you can put it under your face but it still sounds the same with very little background noise

You didn't mention anything bout a high-pass filter to reduce the proximity effect =/

I am a mic and audio engineering noob, which is why I really like your channel(s)....but is the audio on this video very hot, when compared to your other videos? Or is it me being psychosomatic because you were talking proximity effect and noise?? Anyway, love your shows.

What would be a good choice for song cover(Vocal+Instruments) recording in a ceiling fan noise?

Old sound guy techniques is to put the mesh screen about where you want them to be when talking and then tell them to talk into the screen. This trains people not to be too far OR too close.

Hopefully u can answer this question I live in a Main Street and I’m looking for a microphone that will not pick up the traffic in the background any suggestions? Please help :(

Looks like I'm investing in to blankets for treating my room for noise 😆🤪😁 BM-8000 with FocusRite Scarlett Solo sounds amazing, but picks up noise from across the street. Frisby FA-7910M barely picks up my voice 6in away without gain.

If the bg noise is constant & consistent how about that trick of recording 30 sec, making a copy of it as long as the recording (many DAWs let you extend it many times with copies), put that on a second track with polarity flipped and mix down/render both? Haven't tried it but that's (mostly) what noise reduction software is doing anyway, right?

The re20 os my person favourite mic.

Hi Bandrew. There seems to be this annoying myth going around that condenser mics pick up more ambient noise than dynamics and it's a very entrenched belief. What you are saying isn't entirely inconsistent with the truth, but it seems a little ambiguous. No knock on you, by the way! This is my favourite audio podcast. But I found this article in Sound On Sound which explains why dynamics and condensers -- assuming they have the same polar pattern and are the same distance from the subject -- pick up the same amount of ambient noise, it's just about how they're used. Anyway, this explains it well: Myth: Capacitor mics ‘pick up more of the room’ than dynamic mics. If mics have the same polar pattern and are placed at the same distance from the source, they’ll pick up the same balance of direct and reflected sound, no matter whether they are dynamic or capacitor designs. If mics have the same polar pattern and are placed at the same distance from the source, they’ll pick up the same balance of direct and reflected sound, no matter whether they are dynamic or capacitor designs. Fact: Unless it’s in an anechoic chamber, no microphone will pick up only the direct sound coming from a voice or instrument. Some of that sound will always bounce around the room and be captured in reflected form as ambience or reverberation. Assuming the sound source and the room remain unchanged, the balance of reverberation to direct sound that is captured depends on two factors. The first is distance: the closer the mic is to the sound source, the more the direct sound will tend to dominate over ambience. The second is the polar pattern of the microphone, and the position of the sound source in relation to it: pointing a cardioid mic directly at a singer ensures that it is on-axis to direct sound while offering maximum rejection to reflected sound arriving at the back of the mic. When a microphone is being used specifically to capture room ambience, you might wish to do the exact opposite, and ensure that direct sound arrives at the deepest null point of that mic’s polar pattern. The actual operating principle of the microphone is irrelevant. Assuming that a dynamic and a capacitor mic have the same polar pattern, and that their diaphragms are the same distance from the sound source, they will pick up exactly the same balance of direct to reflected sound. However, this myth does contain a grain of truth. Many of the most commonly used dynamic microphones are designed specifically to be employed very close to their sources. Until recently, by contrast, there have been very few ‘stage capacitor’ microphones intended to be placed right in front of singers’ mouths. So, when used as intended, a Neumann U87 will indeed ‘pick up more room’ than a Shure SM58 - but only because it’s further away from the sound source! Sam Inglis

1. Attach metal curb finder 2. Record “Oh, my eye! My eye!” 3. Profit?

An easy noise fix would be to denoise your vocal or a noise gate with a DeEsser.

Would you think that a shotgun mic hanging above the talent would do the trick? Like an Rode NTG1. Cheap enough, easy for the preamp, a little isolation from the room noise. A 'dummy' mic could be used, just to help the talent to find the right position.

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You could try using a pop filter to help guide them to the proper distance from the mic.

How about using headworn/ headband microphones? They'll keep the microphone a constant distance from the speaker's mouth.

Love the sound of the BCM 705, just that the hangdown mounting is just weird to use on camera if you don't want to cover your face.

Would stedman ps101 eliminates proximity effect? Or just plosives?

okay i am trying to record commentary videos and i want my brother to not be heard as my brothers xbox setup is in my room as his room is full and i was looking at the Rode Podmic as it is a good budget mic and i heard dynamic mics are good at eliminating background noise. if there is a mic that will do better at eliminating siblings screaming in the room that is 120 pounds or less please tell me as i need abetter mic

PLEASE, PLEASE someone answer this: I am looking for a mic that I can use to plug into my phone for making videos. I don't mind it being attached to my shirt, but here is the kicker... I am going to be hammering on an anvil (VERY loud metal noises) and don't know what type of microphone I should get. Is there any that cancel sound out above a certain decibel (similar to headphones used with guns), or would I just have to edit the video so the sound is lower? in which case, I still don't know what type of mic. I plan to get sound sound canceling pads in the future but will be recording in my garage, which will probably reverberate sound a bit. I don't want to damage the mic with the loud sounds either. I'm not super tech savvy, so please explain in crayon level. Please help. Thank you!

Can anyone suggest mics for asmr cooking channel beginner level ?

hi, Im trying to get a mic that do cardioid like Shure SM7B but i accidentally come across AEA KU5A and wondering how much does this mic pick up compares to shure's SM7B. Will you do recommend me to get the AEA KU5A or Shure's SM7B. I have already had a condenser mic but due to a small area with people moving around, it always picks up the background while recording and they just wont stop. Therefore, Im now looking for a dynamic Mic like Shure sm7b but now i wondered if AEA's Ku5a will do the job too since it seems recording a better sound than Sm7b. I main records vocal singing and some narrative and I wish the mic will only pick up the sound not more than around 2m away from the mic. Thank you.

Noisy environment - dynamic mic. Proximity effect? Low pass filter will help. But technique is probably the main thing, so why not have the talent wear headphones so that they have real time tactile awareness of how they sound in the mic?

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not reflecting just noisy environment. if you have echoing just fill your room with junk and fix but background noise is horrible you can't remove it no matter how much you edit it

Put a pop filter on the microphone and get it far enough away from the mic. Keep the guy from being able to get physically close enough to the mic to get into the proximity effect.

My condenser picks up everything and I have acoustic foam in my room, even the ticking from my clock above and behind the mic... I use OBS to record and just put a noise gate,and EQ on it and its fine.

Theres multiple Cats, Dogs, Pigeons, Chickens on my house i need a mic that reduce the background noise really well and not more than $50

People were still using curb feelers in the 90's? I haven't seen anyone put curb feelers on their car since the late 70's. I guess they were more or less popular on a regional basis.

i just bought my first streaming level mic and i made the mistake of taking a condenser, even though my room is completely normal and not even slightly sound proof thankfully OBS helps with that.

Waves NS1.... FOR NOISE REDUCTION

i stream on twitch, i bought blue yeti, it captures everything and i dont like that. i need a noise canceling mic around $200-300 mic, any tips?

A great way to keep somebody off a mic pop filter on a arm let the ride the filter mic wont care.

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You’re confusing. Not helpful at all