This is a directional microphone and when I point it away from my face You might expect it to be quieter than this But the thing is when you hear me, you’re not just hearing me in one place You’re hearing me and you’re hearing the sound as it bounces around the room and that might surprise you Because even this shoddy Designed to reject as much of the environment as possible still picks up a lot of sound off-axis Where it might feel more like 60/40 rather than 80/20 I like to think of any microphone as if it has two signals and not one There’s the room sound which never really changes and a direct signal where you do have some control and what you should Understand from this is that maybe more important than this mic or this one or this one is the room You’re in and which way are you facing? Particularly what’s behind you what’s behind you particularly what’s behind you? There are a lot of things in any recording environment that are out of your control But there are hundreds of little decisions that can make a big difference in your recordings And this is one of them if you’d like to learn some others or if someone who belongs in a Beat Kitchen Class share this post
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