GAIN THE ADVANTAGE
Not to be confused with volume, the Gain setting on your
mixer, interface or portable recorder can ensure that you're
creating the absolute best – and noise free – signal possible.
This magical knob controls how sensitive the microphone
is and has a dramatic effect on the quality of the sound
that you'll get. Set it too low, and no one will ever hear a
word you're saying. Set it too high and the microphone will
pick up everything from the echo in your room to the air
conditioning, your noisy chair, your loud neighbors and the
voices in your head. Either way, it's not ideal. So grab the
gain knob, speak and listen. As you turn the gain down,
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