Lapel mic position or tricks to avoid hearing breathing?

5 months 5 days ago #759413 by Conner
What is the trick to getting on person audio, but without hearing all their breathing and sighing?  Every time I try to get audio with using a lapel mic, which I have positioned with a clip usually center of chest.  Now my mic has a foam cover.  Would a fuzzy work?  Seeing that the breathing and sighing isn't creating those sounds by hitting the mic, I wasn't sure this would even work.  Perhaps different position?  

Hoping I can learn a trick about this, thank you in advance.  


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5 months 4 days ago #759423 by CharleyL
My suggestion, for starters, is to-
1. Try clipping the mic to your lapel or fabric on your shoulder.

2. Wearing a hat and clipping the mic to the hat, not out in front, but off to the side.

3. You can also hide a smaller mic in your hair, if you have enough to cover it. A small piece of Gaffer tape can be used to hold it in place under your hair, of you have enough to cover it. One of the very small diameter mics (like about 1/8" diameter) is best when doing this. This works best when indoors and out of the wind.

4. The same tiny mic can also be taped to one side of the eye glasses so the tip is out near the hinge of the eyeglasses, with the wire running down behind your ear.

5. Most of my outdoor video work has involved the foam covered mic, but with some flesh colored masking tape (the old style tan masking tape) holding it somewhat loosely in the hollow of the center of your chest and under your shirt. This helps significantly with wind noise. A woman can clip it to the bottom center of their bra with similar results. This has worked well for me because your breathing noises come from your mouth, high above this location and not through your chest.

Some times one of these will work well, and some times not, but then there the other ways to try. The mic does need to be a little farther away from your mouth though, for reduction in the breathing noise. Spoken words should not be a problem when you use one of these methods, but none will work well for all occasions. Some experimentation will be needed to find what works best in each situation though.

Charley 


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5 months 3 days ago #759479 by Stanly
They make these fuzzy tape things that you can use under their shirts that will prevent rubbing noise against the mic as well. 

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5 months 1 day ago #759532 by Prago
Dead cat should do the trick 

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5 months 1 day ago #759548 by Razky

CharleyL wrote: My suggestion, for starters, is to-
1. Try clipping the mic to your lapel or fabric on your shoulder.
2. Wearing a hat and clipping the mic to the hat, not out in front, but off to the side.
3. You can also hide a smaller mic in your hair, if you have enough to cover it. A small piece of Gaffer tape can be used to hold it in place under your hair, of you have enough to cover it. One of the very small diameter mics (like about 1/8" diameter) is best when doing this. This works best when indoors and out of the wind.

Having the videographer wear the mike certainly ought to prevent the subject's breathing from being heard!


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4 months 3 weeks ago #759857 by Conner
Thank you all, good tips.  I have a couple items ordered from Amazon that should help now.  Merry Christmas all!  


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4 months 2 weeks ago #759925 by Frisco
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