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When to use an external microphone or recorder to make your podcasts
BBC Sound designer here! Lavalier mics actually do sound quite a lot worse than standard studio mics when you hear them side by side. Lav mics are quite susceptible to clothing noise and have a restricted frequency response so can sound a bit muffled compared to standard mics. Also you can't get an ideal mic placement with a lav mic (you ideally want it in front of the mouth rather than on your chest) so you also lose high frequencies that way. I have had a few clients come to me with radio interviews recorded on lav mics and it's pretty impossible to get them up to the quality we're used to for radio.neutrino23 said:I'm curious what you think about using an app to clean up the sound from the iPhone mic. After hearing about it on an AppleInsider podcast I tried using the Spire app and was quite impressed (for an amateur) at how it made my voice sound. I make short videos for small numbers of our customers. Till now I've used an Audio Technica AT2020 USB mic with a pop screen. I've also worked at changing the position to greatly soften the "esses" in the recording. Any ideas for apps that will clean up your voice from the existing mic?
Separately, I have a general question about microphones. People generally tout a nice desk top or boom mounted mic, yet if you watch TV the hosts all use lavaliere mics and they sound fine. What gives?
