Mic Placement Matters!

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In this week’s episode, we discover how much of an impact microphone placement can have on how your dialogue recordings sound. Is higher or lower better? To the side or straight ahead?! Let’s explore and find out!

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX. See https://school.learnlightandsound.com for more info!

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Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases):

Neumann U87 Ai Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone — https://geni.us/phYZH
Impact Turtle-Base C-Stands — https://geni.us/8a8tt
Aputure Light Dome III Softbox — https://geni.us/AVHU1p
Rosco Prismatic Glass Gobo in Cool Lavender — https://geni.us/GWKt
Canon C70 Cinema Camera — https://geni.us/ABYB
Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8 lens — https://geni.us/qwsEs
Panasonic GH5 camera — https://geni.us/InspOl
Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 II lens — https://geni.us/gr47

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Copyright 2025, Curtis Judd

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Index
00:00 This video is brought to you by…
00:06 Does Curtis know what he’s doing?!
00:18 My issue: sibilance
02:00 Do foam covers help or hinder?
02:51 Additional ideas
03:09 Don’t hoard microphones!
03:40 Please buy my courses