Shotgun microphones are industry standards in many ways. They are far from being perfect, but look at how they are commonly used by radio hosts and filmmakers-it is safe to say that they are good at what they do.

However, seeing that none of us are professional filmmakers or radio hosts (although we may aspire to be a host), we decided to review some useful tips to make shotgun microphones record better dialogue sounds. So, let us stop wasting time and let us go directly to it.

A gun microphone is a directional microphone. As we have already said, this kind of microphone is most commonly used in movie or TV production, but since we live in the age of YouTube, Twitch streaming and video blogging, it can be said with certainty that gun-style microphones have entered life for ordinary people.

The defining characteristic of a directional microphone is its ability to focus, process, and amplify the sound directly in front of it without picking up too much ambient noise or sound from the side (just like an omnidirectional microphone).

Therefore, shotgun microphones should be ideal for recording conversations, and more than one way. However, things are not that simple. In order to get the best sound quality, you still need to do a few things. Merely getting a high-quality mixer and an XLR shotgun microphone for streaming media does not solve the problem. On this point-here are some tips.

We know that we are actually just saying that getting a good microphone is not enough to get the best conversation audio-but this is the beginning. Obtaining a good microphone will be a good foundation, and you will learn the following skills on this basis.

Advice-don't worry about getting the latest and greatest equipment on the planet. With correct settings, correct placement, and a few other adjustments, the sound quality of the best budget shotgun microphones can be as good as the most luxurious and high-quality microphones on the market.

At this point, the Chinese microphone manufacturer SYNCO offers more than a few excellent microphones, which you can find here, and may add one of them to your work to help improve dialogue quality.

If you might think that headphones have nothing to do with the quality of dialogue, then you are right. However, if you don’t have the right earphones or earphones-you can’t know if your microphone sounds good. why is that.

Imagine you went out to shoot a video blog for a day. You have purchased a shotgun microphone for your iPhone and plan to make a video on the go. Well, unless you test your microphone beforehand, you won't know if it is working properly. It may be that the battery is dead, or the iPhone is interfering too much. Either way, you will not know until you finish recording everything and then go home to listen. And, at that time, it doesn't matter, because there is nothing you can do.

Although the pickup pattern of the shotgun microphone is one-way, this means that the microphone will not pick up too much ambient noise-a noisy environment will still affect the quality of the sound. Despite its directional nature, the shotgun microphone will receive some sound from all directions, which may interfere with the quality of the conversation you are trying to record.

So, if possible, try to record your voice as quietly as possible. We know that if you use the shotgun microphone of a SLR camera to shoot outdoors, it may not be possible, but for example, if you are making a podcast, please do not use the GPU to mine Ethereum when recording unless you want to overclock the fan’s voice Disrupt your recording.

As we said before, getting a good microphone is a solid foundation, but it is these skills that will make your conversation sound from good to outstanding. One of the best tips we can give you is to learn how to position you correctly Microphone.

For the recording studio environment, there must be a gun microphone stand. The stand will help you to place the microphone perfectly. You will be able to point it in the best direction, and you don't have to worry too much about the difference in sound quality if you hold the microphone in your hand.

Another thing about microphone placement has to do with its actual placement in the room or space where you are recording. As you know, sound bounces off the surface (which we will discuss later), which means that placing a shotgun microphone close to a flat surface such as a wall will not produce the best results. Your voice will bounce off the wall back to the microphone, which will not make your conversation sound muddy and echoing.

Another ingenious technique to improve dialogue quality is to record the sound in a well-insulated environment. It doesn't even have to be that quiet, but unless you want echoes and hollow sounds-you need to pave the way in the room where you are recording.

You can buy the most expensive camera gun microphone in the world and point it at a speaker 15 cm away, but if you record in an empty abandoned warehouse, the sound quality will be terrible to say the least.

Now, we understand that if you plan to record there, you can't completely fill the entire warehouse, but your home studio can handle it in some way to prevent your voice from bouncing off the walls. You don’t even need a soundboard. Just add enough soft surfaces and furniture to the room, and you should be golden.

As you can see, we don’t want our recommendations to be too technical. Mainly because we firmly believe in starting with the basics, but also because when you are exposed to advanced things, you almost have to deal with details that not everyone will notice.

Regardless, we hope you find these tips useful. Hope we have successfully taught you a thing or two.