Proper microphone placement can greatly improve clarity and minimize distortion. This sounds silly but some mics, like the Blue Ember, require you to place the capsule even and parallel to your mouth, rather than speaking directly into the top of the grill. What’s more, make sure you’re speaking into the correct side of the microphone. If all else fails, you can apply and tweak a high-pass filter in Audacity, or your Digital Audio Workstation of choice. When recording, try not to sway too far toward or away from the mic. Read: Home Studio recording: Everything you need to get startedĪn easy way to neutralize this effect is by speaking at a consistent distance from the microphone 6” is a good rule of thumb.
Some mics, like the venerable Shure SM58, minimize bass response to counteract the proximity effect. While this isn’t as detrimental to conference calls, it can negatively impact professional recordings-forcing you to spend more time processing your audio track. In today’s video I teach you how to get rid of that annoying hiss or white noise from your videos when using ANY mic. As you speak closer to the mic, low-frequency sounds increase in volume. The proximity effect is something many of us experience when using microphones. The Shure MV5C has a Speech Enhancement mode for you to choose when appropriate.
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