0525 – Finding The ‘Sweet Spot’

2022.06.09 – 0525 – Finding The ‘Sweet Spot’

Having said that, a greater mic-to-mouth distance will give your voice a lighter pitch, with more treble, a thinness to the sound and more of the room acoustics, especially if you turn up the recording level.

Conversely, standing away from the mic and raising the voice can make it sound as though you are speaking live on location – useful for giving a lift to studio commentary over outdoor scenes or sound effects.

But somewhere in between will be a ‘sweet spot of sound’ where the mic will enhance the deeper bass tones in your voice.

With the help of a studio sound engineer if you have one, try various mics and positions according to you and your surroundings to find that the ‘Goldilocks’ position of the mic (not too close, not too distant, but just right).

Another consideration is not to speak directly into the mic, but across it or from one side. Again, this will depend on your personal preference of mic location (within the parameters of it still working well!), and the kind of mic it is (different designs of mic pick up sounds from different areas around the head: its ‘pick-up pattern’).

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