kato
Well-known member
Does anyone here have experience getting good spoken voice sound with an omni lavalier?
My long-winded preface:
I bought a couple of cheap lavaliers to do a podcast for work. They sound great if you put them right up to your mouth.
But once on the tie clip, the voice sounds distant and muffled and loses all high end.
Here's the cheap lavalier in question.
I've already suggested proper desktop mics for better sound. But the producer is mandating lavalier mics for the comfort of the speakers, who have no recording experience and will surely feel more comfortable without big mics stuck in their faces. It's a good point. The producer has a previous career in broadcast television and believes we can get good sound with lavaliers, but no technical experience with them.
The recording date is Friday, with no chance for a re-do because we're flying in a guest from the UK as the voice talent.
I am responsible for the sound. So I'm to blame if this sounds like butt.
My question:
Would it help to buy more expensive microphones? I could overnight new mics before friday if I order soon. Or is this a technique problem? I've angled the mic several different directions but it's impossible to get a non-muffled sound without directing the mouth right into the mic. Any more experienced guys want to hazard a guess? Thanks, Kato
My long-winded preface:
I bought a couple of cheap lavaliers to do a podcast for work. They sound great if you put them right up to your mouth.
But once on the tie clip, the voice sounds distant and muffled and loses all high end.
Here's the cheap lavalier in question.
I've already suggested proper desktop mics for better sound. But the producer is mandating lavalier mics for the comfort of the speakers, who have no recording experience and will surely feel more comfortable without big mics stuck in their faces. It's a good point. The producer has a previous career in broadcast television and believes we can get good sound with lavaliers, but no technical experience with them.
The recording date is Friday, with no chance for a re-do because we're flying in a guest from the UK as the voice talent.
I am responsible for the sound. So I'm to blame if this sounds like butt.
My question:
Would it help to buy more expensive microphones? I could overnight new mics before friday if I order soon. Or is this a technique problem? I've angled the mic several different directions but it's impossible to get a non-muffled sound without directing the mouth right into the mic. Any more experienced guys want to hazard a guess? Thanks, Kato