Pop Clapping

[Gary Eickmeier]

I don't know if there is a better term for it, but I have been annoyed of
late by individuals who try to clap really loud in your microphones. There
will be some, usually sitting right up front, who think if applause shows
approval, then loud applause must show even more, so they don't just
applaud, they CLAP as loud as possible, even to call attention to
themselves. So you end up with these popping sounds in your track. I wonder
if you have encountered this phenom, and if you have edited it out or
something.

Gary Eickmeier

[Walt]

On 5/21/2011 9:48 PM, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
> I don't know if there is a better term for it, but I have been annoyed of
> late by individuals who try to clap really loud in your microphones. There
> will be some, usually sitting right up front, who think if applause shows
> approval, then loud applause must show even more, so they don't just
> applaud, they CLAP as loud as possible, even to call attention to
> themselves. So you end up with these popping sounds in your track. I wonder
> if you have encountered this phenom, and if you have edited it out or
> something.
>

Audience members? Not too much of a problem since you can always
relocate the mics. Where it dives me nuts is the MC who insists on
clapping into his/her announce mic, with the effect that one pari of
hands is 20 times louder than any other. No much you can do about that
other than to educate the MC (good luck)

[Gary Eickmeier]

"Walt" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/21/2011 9:48 PM, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
>> I don't know if there is a better term for it, but I have been annoyed of
>> late by individuals who try to clap really loud in your microphones.
>> There
>> will be some, usually sitting right up front, who think if applause shows
>> approval, then loud applause must show even more, so they don't just
>> applaud, they CLAP as loud as possible, even to call attention to
>> themselves. So you end up with these popping sounds in your track. I
>> wonder
>> if you have encountered this phenom, and if you have edited it out or
>> something.
>>
>
> Audience members? Not too much of a problem since you can always
> relocate the mics. Where it dives me nuts is the MC who insists on
> clapping into his/her announce mic, with the effect that one pari of
> hands is 20 times louder than any other. No much you can do about that
> other than to educate the MC (good luck)

The worst one was when the dance company owner was sitting in the control
booth at the back of the auditorium, with me and my cameras and mikes. She
tried to outclap everyone in the house. Sounded like gunshots.

Gary Eickmeier

[Gary Eickmeier]

"Dick Pierce" > wrote in message
...
> Gary Eickmeier wrote:
>>
>> The worst one was when the dance company owner was sitting in the control
>> booth at the back of the auditorium, with me and my cameras and mikes.
>> She tried to outclap everyone in the house. Sounded like gunshots.
>
> Good, that should make it easy to mask the sound of
> the gunshot taht puts an end to it.

Nope. She was clapping out of phase - instead of "clap clap clap" it was
"palc palc palc." Can I equalize that?

Kidding, I'm a kidder.

Gary