tip for the day 4.3

The speaker, Gabriel Zaromski, discusses mic placement in voiceover recordings. He suggests that instead of speaking directly into the microphone, it is better to position it slightly above nose level and offset from the mouth to reduce mouth noise. He also mentions that a well-treated recording space is important. He advises against always speaking straight into the microphone as it can create more editing work later. He offers assistance with voiceover work and can be reached through his website. Hello everybody, my name is Gabriel Zaromski, and I'm here to give you a VO tip for today. Today we're going to talk about mic placement, because it's something I hear quite a bit about as far as questions go. People are always confused, where do I put my microphone? So what I'd like to talk about is the typical way that people talk into a microphone is just straight into it. But the question I hear a lot about is mouth noise. How do I get rid of all the cracks and pops and the flabber noises in your mouth? And the truth is, is it's very hard to mitigate, especially if you're talking straight into your microphone, and if you're within that hang loose sign, or even closer. If you have bad room noise, it's very important to be as close to the microphone as possible to get rid of the room noise, but it doesn't really fully get rid of it, it just makes it a little less noticeable. It just makes it a little less noticeable, because the microphone's catching more of your voice. But if you have a well-treated space, like I do in my booth, what's important is to put the mic in the perfect position. So rather than being straight on from your mouth, what you can do is you can put it at about nose level. When I say that, where you would normally talk straight into the microphone, you would have your nose kind of level with it, and then your mouth is just a little below it. And what's nice about that is it's not straight on, catching all the mouth noise. Now with what I've found out, is that it still catches some of that mouth noise, because it's still within the line of sight from your mouth. So what I do when I record my audiobooks especially, is I have it at about that nose level, and I have it a little off to the side, offset from my mouth. So now what you're hearing is my voice without all the extra mouth noise being caught right there. It'll get rid of plosives, your S's will be a little more drowned out. Everything that you wouldn't want in your recording is going straight that way, and your microphone's over here. So it's catching those sound waves coming out of your mouth with all that extra crap. Now, you can use a pop filter to help, but it won't get rid of everything. So remember, don't talk straight into your microphone. If you have to, you have to. Some reads are nicer when you talk straight into the microphone. But don't do that all the time, because you'll have a lot more to clean up afterwards. Unless you don't mind. This has been my VO tip for today. Thank you for being here, and I do appreciate you listening. If you need any help or assistance with what you have going on, whether you need help with a voiceover from me, I do character and commercial work. Or if you have any questions about mic placement or anything else voiceover, just let me know. You can catch me at my website at archangelvoicestudio.com, or comment on this video. It's been good. Thank you for listening. My name is Gabriel Zaromski, and I'm here to keep voiceover real.