003 – 3 Common Mic Technique Mistakes

Use your microphone properly! You've thought about your performance, your room is tuned up and you just pulled your brand new Yeti from its cardboard shipping vessel. Time to fire it up! WAIT! Sure, you can flick it on and start talking. It can be that easy. But how do you know you're doing it right? How do you know you're using it properly? I can hear you already, "Josh... you talk at it and it records you." Well, yes. But if you don't think about how you use your mic, you may make a mistake that costs you extra time in editing, sounds terrible, or worse... Annoys your learners! In this episode, I'm talking about three mistakes that are commonly made when it comes to mic technique. In this episode, I discuss: Common mistakes you might be making with your mic technique. Ways to fix them Signal to Noise ratio I also laugh at myself way too much. But that's nothing new. Subscribe! Be sure to subscribe. Find all the links here. Question? I'd love to start incorporating a Q&A section into each podcast. If you have any questions for me, please email them over to [email protected] or send me a message on my fancy new Questions Page. That's all for now. Be sure to subscribe in your podcatcher so you can catch the next episode. Get Notified! Be sure to sign up for updates about new episodes and resources. Especially things that are not part of the podcast! #btn_1_092e40a8514ed3d7365b7d53af014031 .text {font-size:28px;color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;}#btn_1_092e40a8514ed3d7365b7d53af014031 {padding:16px 24px;border-color:#000000;border-width:1px;-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;background:#004a80;box-shadow:0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);}#btn_1_092e40a8514ed3d7365b7d53af014031 .gradient {-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;}#btn_1_092e40a8514ed3d7365b7d53af014031 .shine {-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;}#btn_1_092e40a8514ed3d7365b7d53af014031 .active {-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;}#btn_1_092e40a8514ed3d7365b7d53af014031 .hover {-moz-border-radius:6px;-webkit-border-radius:6px;border-radius:6px;}Get Notified We value your privacy and would never spam you