Quick tip uned 4.2

The tip for voice actors is about mic placement and how it affects the recording of mouth noises. When the mic is directly in line with the mouth, it picks up more clicks, pops, and breaths. To minimize this, the mic can be placed slightly above nose level or off to the side and tilted towards the mouth. The distance from the mic depends on the noise level of the recording space. More insulation is needed for a quieter space. The tip concludes with a plug for the speaker's website and contact information. Hello, fellow voice actors. This is my quick tip of the day. My quick tip for you is mic placement and why you're getting more pops and mouth noise. I see the question come up a lot, actually, and I'd like to clear it up for you. So when your mic is straight on from your mouth, it's catching all of those noises straight out of the gate. When you're level with it, it's going to catch a lot more of that mouth noise, those clicks and those pops, and even your breaths will sound a lot louder. I'm not sure if you can tell right now, but it's picking quite a bit of mine up. So something you can do if you like it straight on from you is you can put what catches your sound, and some mics are flip-flopped in the way that they're created, you can make it just a little at nose level so at least it's not catching it straight on from your mouth. Now, what I personally do, and we can try to make sure that you guys can see it, is when I sit down for my audio book, is I will have it not only at about nose level, but off to the side, and then kind of tilted towards me. So then, it's still fairly close to my mouth, about that hang loose sign away, but it's not directly on. It's not catching as much of those mouth noises. And I'm even very close right now for what I'm comfortable with. I'll be even a little farther away than that hang loose sign just because I have a really nice quiet space in here, and I have that affordability. Now, if you have a noisier space, it's better to be more on the mic, which is more of just your voice, except you're going to have more of those mouth noises that are caught. So it's whatever you want. Do you want to edit more with those noises, or would you like to back up a little bit, have it catch a little less of those mouth noises, but you've got to make sure you have the space for it. You've got to make sure you have insulation in your booth, whether it's the sound squares, or you have the homemade panels where you can put the six inches of insulation inside of the panels. This has been my quick tip for the day, and I hope you enjoyed. Make sure to check me out at my website, archangelvoicestudio.com. Thank you. And if you need a commercial or a character voice for your next project, just shoot me an email. You can find it at my website. Thank you.