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Effective Use of the Microphone Using a handheld microphone takes some level of skill to ensure that you can be heard and that your voice is properly picked up on the recording (which is most likely occurring). Here are a few microphone “tips”: • Always do a microphone check before the service/event begins to ensure that everything is working properly and so that the sound engineer can set the volume levels for your voice. Also, find out where the power button(s) is/are. • Just before going up to speak, check to make sure the microphone is on. Some microphones have two buttons – a power button and a mute button -- so make sure they are both on BEFORE you go up to speak. • Since you have checked to make sure the microphone is powered up before walking to the podium to speak, should you not hear yourself coming out if it, it is probably because the sound engineer has turned your microphone down. Therefore, you need not recheck your buttons or bang on the end of it, blow in it or say something like, “is this thing on?” Just take a breath and look at the sound engineer. Then try again. If he/she doesn’t respond, ask politely to have your microphone turned on. Then, begin again. • Think of the microphone as an extension of your mouth, holding it out directly from your mouth in a straight line, rather than dropped down by your chin. Please never hold the microphone down at your chest. • When you move your head, move the microphone. • When you make arm gestures, make them with only ONE arm. Guess which one!? • Hold the microphone about an inch away from your mouth. • If you
hear your “Ps” popping or your “Ss” hissing,
move the microphone away about another inch. |
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