Saturday, February 14, 2015
Let’s Go Small: Application Of Miniature Microphones
Pro Sound Web: What are generally categorized as “miniature” microphones come in three basic configurations: lavalier, headworn and suspended. As someone who does a lot of corporate shows and events, I’ve got quite a bit experience with all three types.
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Over the course of the past two weeks I’ve learned a lot about wireless mics thanks to Wolves and Production Audio (actually, the day that Joe taught us about wireless mics and why they shouldn’t be used in a warehouse was the first day that I miced the performers). This article had a lot of great information on wireless mics, and the author had some really cool solutions and uses for them. I really liked what he said about taking vintage mics that no longer worked but still looked good and replacing the internal components with a wireless lav. He also had a cool solution for backup mics that involved taping a lav subtly to a podium mic instead of just having two podium mics. I’ve also wondered about the use of wireless mics on instruments before, and he had a lot to say on the subject. He’s done some cool stuff with these mics, and I’m definitely going to try to apply some of these things at some point in the future. The one thing he said that I didn’t really agree with was not using omnidirectional mics in theatre. His reason for not doing it is logical, but the omnidirectional issue isn’t a problem if you adjust the gain, and it helps to get rid of the problem that cardioid mics have that causes low frequencies to be boosted if you get too close to them.
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