Microphone Alternative
To get an excellent voice recording you need not lay our a fortune on a microphone for the sort of work. You should utilize any kind i.e. Dynamic, Ribbon, Condenser or Electret because the frequency vary of the human voice will not be that nice and usually you will be positioning the microphone pretty near the particular person doing the commentary, so microphone sensitivity will not be a difficulty.
Acoustic Issues
By getting the microphone near the commentator you cut back the impact of room acoustics and any background noise resembling laptop fans.
It is best to make use of a cardioid sample microphone to assist reject such noises. Place the microphone about six inches from the commentator’s mouth, that is extra vital for dynamic vocal microphones such because the Shure SM58 which is designed for very shut up work. If it is too distant its lack of sensitivity and tailor-made frequency response will give a skinny sound and require extra achieve on the mixer which implies extra digital noise/hiss.
If acoustic noise continues to be an issue then think about hanging duvets in entrance of and behind the commentator (and even throughout) to assist take in the noise.
Windshield concerns
Microphones might have an integral windshield however they’re usually not able to fully eliminating wind noise, so it is advisable to spend money on a separate windshield to mount between the commentator and the microphone. The commentator can go proper as much as the windshield and the microphone generally is a few inches behind it (significantly the dynamic vocal kind).