Set up Your Microphone To Point Away From Any Sources of Noise

If there is anything in your room that is or will be making noise (like road noise coming through a window, or an air vent in the ceiling, etc.) – be sure to set up your microphone so that it’s pointing AWAY from those sources of noise. And then, of course, you should talk into the front of the microphone as usual.

Btw, the only scenario in which this would NOT work is if you’re using an omnidirectional microphone, which you shouldn’t be using anyway (unless you’re recording 2 or more people with the same microphone, but you shouldn’t be doing that unless it’s an “emergency”).

Where are you set up in your room, and which direction are you facing?

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