Intro let’s talk about microphone technique for voiceover oh okay that’s completely wrong first of all that’s a dynamic mic and you want a condenser mic yeah but that’s another video and secondly Grandmaster W is holding the mic way too close to his mouth great for beatbox but not for voiceover so what is the best mic technique for voiceover here’s a few suggestions that will improve your vo sound first of all Check your microphone check your microphone is it assigned address microphone or an end address microphone this mic I’m using is an ADK and it’s a site address microphone so as annoyin u87 a sennheiser 416 is an end address microphone if you talk in the end of a site address mic the sound will be distorted and if you talk in the side of an end address mic you’ll lose all the high-frequency and here’s the graphic from the blue microphone company where they remind you that the yeti mic is a site address mic not an end address mic most microphones for voiceover are cardioid microphones a cardioid microphone is unidirectional that’s a fancy word that means it only picks up sound from the front of the microphone and rejects sound from the back that’s good because you want to hear your voice in the recording and nothing else if your microphone has several settings choose the cardioid setting unidirectional microphones have what we call an access that means you want to be directly in front of the microphone when you talk think of the microphone like a flashlight that’s shining in your face you want to stay where the light is or for you Millennials you can think of it like a laser so don’t move from side to side or the sound will drop off and don’t move forward and backwards or it will get louder and softer and the tone will change now that doesn’t mean you have to stand at attention you could still gesture and move your body just keep your head still kind of like golf so what’s the correct distance Distance to be from the microphone a good starting point is the famous Hawaiian hang-loose sign this distance is good for normal speech but since all our hands are different sizes a good distance is 6 to 12 inches or 15 to 30 centimetres for the rest of the world except the countries of Burma and Liberia but what if the performance requires you to be really quiet or really loud well you can vary the distance from the mic to compensate for this each time you double the distance you reduce the volume by 6 decibels so here’s some possible distances to try 2 inches or 5 centimeters if you just whispering 4 inches or 10 centimeters for quiet speech 8 inches or 20 centimeters for normal supported voice and 16 inches or 40 centimeters if you’re screaming and talking loudly all directional microphones also have a proximity effect that means as you get closer and closer to the microphone the sound picks up more and more of the base in your voice and if you get too close it gets kind of muddy also if you get too far from the mic you’re gonna pick up room ambience in the recording you Pop Filter also need a pop filter when we say P’s in English we say it with a puff of wind and when that hits the mic it makes a kaatham sound that you don’t want any recording now some people recommend talking slightly to the side of the mic to reduce these plosives I don’t recommend that because I believe you lose some high-frequency if you do that high frequencies are very directional and they are important to assure your speech is intelligible and natural sounding if you go to a professional recording studio remember don’t touch Recording Tips the microphone it’s not that you’ll get electrocuted it’s just that the engineer sets the mic for the best recording and if you move it you’ll alter the sound and you’ll probably alter the mood of the engineer you want to keep everyone happy so you get employed again finally always remember that your voice performance is the most important aspect of recording don’t alter your performance to meet your recording requirements instead adjust your recording techniques to match your performance if you’re whispering turn up the mic gain to get the correct recording level and if you’re screaming back off from the mic a bit and turn the gain down okay so let’s review first remember to Review talk into the correct part of your microphone don’t get too close or too far remember six to twelve inches a bit closer for soft recordings and a bit farther for loud recordings stay in front of the mic don’t get off axis or turn your head use a pop filter to avoid the plosive P sounds don’t touch the mic in a recording studio unless you have permission and decide exactly how you want to perform a read and do it that way adjust your recording to capture the performance don’t adjust your performance to get the required recording levels for further information on all things voice-over go to Aliso Creek dotnet if this video was useful please share it and click like and hit that notification bell for updates and 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