"WillStG" wrote:

For a TV application example if a lavalier mic is a bit too far
from someone's mouth than I'd prefer, I might tweak up 5-6kHz a bit
to compensate for the distance, and maybe add a bit of low end as
well to compensate for the loss of any desirable "proximity effect"
bass you get when the mic is closer to an anchor's mouth.


Ha! You got placebo'd! There *is* no proximity effect with a lav.
It's an omni (even the ones that claim to be cards are, let's face it,
just NOT).

I've found that with *most* anchors (there are, of course, exceptions) I
actually get better bottom by lowering the mic a little. Getting it
away from their throat gets rid of all that low-mid larynx muck while
capturing better chest resonance.

Of course, then your direct/reflected ratio goes down so you can't win.

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"It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!"
- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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