Yelling, shrieking, and so forth, is rather difficult to do. First there\u2019s the fact that you don\u2019t want to damage the ears of your listeners. And secondly there\u2019s the technical aspects of the hardware \u2013 the microphone is rather sensitive.<\/p>\n
When the microphone is set to comfortably pick up a normal talking voice from a foot away, suddenly switching to a shout will blow it out entirely, and the audio will sound like a garbled mess in play back. One possible solution is to back away from the microphone, but that changes the acoustics noticeably. More common is the \u201cstage shout\u201d where you try to pitch your voice like you\u2019re shouting but without changing your volume. This is demonstrated by Daphne and Neville in this episode, and while it\u2019s not ideal, it\u2019s the only practical approach for the casual participant. (This is not to criticize, I don\u2019t expect anyone to blow $100 on a mic just for a few lines. I\u2019m immensely grateful to everyone that\u2019s contributed voice work!)<\/p>\n
The best solution I\u2019ve found so far is to turn the gain way down during the loud bits, then turn it back up again when returning to normal speech. This allows you to get the tone and inflection of an actual yell while getting decent audio quality and also preserving the eardrums of listeners. It\u2019s a bit of a hassle, and it requires a slightly more expensive set up, but it\u2019s worth it. I didn\u2019t do it for Draco\u2019s \u201cSomnium, curse you!\u201d and \u201cLuminos!\u201d, as I hadn\u2019t thought he\u2019d be yelling loud enough to blowing out the mic, and you can tell. Harry\u2019s \u201cStupify\u201ds aren\u2019t perfect, but they were quite a bit louder and don\u2019t fuzz out as much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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