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***Microphones and The Soft-Spoken
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Nancy Daniels, the Official Guide to Public Speaking |
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For public speaking purposes, many people wrongly believe that the use of a microphone will solve their problem if they are soft-spoken. Unfortunately, a microphone for the soft-spoken usually exaggerates the problem.
Whether you are standing at a lectern with a stationary mike or wearing a mike on your lapel, if you are soft-spoken and you turn your head from one side to the other, your voice will be lost because the soft-spoken voice does not carry.
1. One mike that can solve this problem is that which is handheld; however, with a handheld mike you will find that you will have to hold it very close to your mouth. And, the closer you place your mouth, the more explosions you will hear on your plosives (those words that begin with the letters p, b, t, d, k, or g). So while your audience may ‘hear’ you with the handheld mike, they most definitely will not miss all those words which begin with your t’s, your b’s and the like!
2. Even with the wonderful technology of the headset mikes, you will experience a similar dilemma that you would encounter with the handhelds: your volume will need to be electronically increased so that your voice is heard. And, along with that increase comes your plosives and distortion!
3. If you’re using a stationary mike while standing at the lectern, you will have to address your audience straight on meaning you will not be able to acknowledge those on the left side of the room or those on the right because if you move the direction of your mouth away from the microphone, your words will die. They will not be picked up.
4. Most people who wear a lapel mike will usually clip it to the right or left lapel of their jacket. For example, if you clip it to your right lapel, you will not want to look to your left side because it will affect your volume. Of course there is the possibility that someone in the sound booth can up your volume level; however, the louder they increase your volume, the more distorted your sound.
Learning to increase your volume to what I refer to as Volume Level 1 (our normal everyday volume level) is really the best answer in all respects. People will stop asking you to repeat yourself; people will stop interrupting you; and the microphone will pick up your voice no matter where your mouth is. And, that is a win-win proposition from every direction!
Author's Bio
Nancy Daniels is a voice specialist and president of Voice Dynamic as well as The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to Public Speaking. Holding corporate and 2-day workshops throughout the US and Canada, she launched Voicing It! in April of 2006, the only video training course on voice improvement. You can watch a clip from her DVD on her website, ‘before’ & ‘after’ takes of her clients, and learn more about Your Volume Control at:
http://www.voicedynamic.com/softspoken.htm
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