Voice Over Body Shop

Episode 148, June 30, 2014 John Melley on Marketing VO George on noise reduction on the mic side Dan will talk about normalization 0:00:44  Show opens 0:02:26  What is wrong with this picture?  You CAN snowmobile the beaches of Puerto Rico. 0:04:13  Microphone choice affects exterior noise.  George discusses. Band-aids are common, but if you can eliminate the noise from the source.  Use a mic that rejects noise.  Mics not good at this: omni-directional mics. 0:05:32  Cardioid mics are the most common VO mic tend to pick more of what’s in front.  Supercardioids and hypercardioids tend to have a more limited pickup pattern and will pick up less noise. 0:06:37  Shotgun mics are the first that come to mind that do reject background noise, but they’re not miracle solutions.  They pick up a “node” of what’s behind the mic.   0:07:26  These mics are more sensitive, that means more sensitive to noise in their pickup patterns.  So, positioning these mics is key.   0:07:56  George shows dead zone for his