Today I learned…

Today I learned that a unidirectional microphone is the most appropriate mic to use if you will be recording only yourself and not interviewing others or having an interest in picking up sounds outside of your own voice.

I also learned that a USB microphone will usually provide the best sound when you use a USB mixer to edit the audio on the way to your computer, if you are using a microphone with your computer in order to digitally record the sound of your voice.  I learned that there are various levels of quality in USB mixers and that it might be worth the investment to some who are very interested in producing truly quality sounding voice recordings to spend a bit more on the better, more capable USB mixer.

Additionally, I learned that it is relatively cheap to get a pop guard to prevent those popping sounds that can be so irritating when people use hard consonants, such as the letter “p.”  I remember when I was doing a bit of recording for the radio station commercials that I had trouble with the P’s at times and would re-record over and over again in an attempt to not have the bad “p” sound.  At the time, I found that if I turned my head a certain way, and kept it in basically the same position, that I had the best results when recording, however I love the idea of the pop guard…

I probably learned a few other things today, but this is what is fresh on my mind at the moment….