A Guest Using Two Microphones in a Recording Studio

A recent guest was connecting from a College recording studio. He used a USB mic and connected with me via Zencastr, and IN ADDITION (at my request) the studio engineer there set up an additional mic to record the guest locally.

The engineer placed the two microphones right next to each other so they would both pickup the guests voice equally. In cases like this I believe it’s extremely important for the two microphones to be right next to each other AND picking up audio from the same direction. This way the guest’s mic technique will work well for both microphones. Plus, what is heard during the interview will be almost exactly the same as what’s on the local recording, and this is important in case the guest drifts off mic too much you’ll hear that Live and you can coach the guest to stay more on-mic, etc.

After the session the engineer sent me their high-resolution local recording and it was great, making me a happy camper! 🙂

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