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Clip the lavaliere microphone about 6 to 8 inches away from your subject’s mouth

Ask your subject’s permission to clip the lavaliere microphone on their shirt

Look out for jewelry or stray hair that might interfere with the lavaliere microphone

Aim the shotgun microphone at the sound source you want to capture

When it’s your sole microphone, keep the shotgun mic within close range to your subject, about 4 to 6 feet away

When capturing general environment sounds with the shotgun microphone, just aim the direction you want to capture

Topic 3 - Microphone Placement

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Nick Donnoli

Multimedia Professional

Learning Design and Technology Graduate Student

ndonnoli@purdue.edu

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