Daylight Recording

[Teralus]

Hi, the only show I have recorded was done so at night in complete darkness...thus I wasn't all that worried about having my mics clipped onto my shirt...and they are only tinny.

Now here's my question, I want to record in a summer festival in daylight, and wanted to know if having the mics under a cotton shirt would affect the sound I gather....also...I was wondering if certain materials are better...I assume the mesh used on speakers doesn't affect sound, so if I was the make a fake 2nd collar on my shirt with some speaker material and have the mic hidden underneath that...would that affect the sound...I am gonna do some tests, but I wanted to know if anyone has opinions on my speaker material idea.

Cheers, sorry for the ranting.

[greenmachine]

The problem with putting mics under clothes - besides the unideal position - are rubbing noises when you move. Put them up close to your ears. - you'll gain sound quality and don't have to be afraid of such noises. Ideas for fixing the mics to this position and hiding the cable/mics can be found in various threads. I've tried the 'mics under shirt' technique myself and was rather unimpressed/disappointed with the results.

[g8rken]

i record with mics under my shirt all of the time and (perhaps i don't know any better) am impressed with my results. i have never had any rubbing or other noises that would affect the sound quality, though granted, having the mics as high as you can is best.

i record with a black cotton tshirt with a hole cut on each top shoulder. i run the mic cables under that shirt with the mics coming thru the holes and resting on the front side of my shoulders ... not too low. i then put on another black/blue shirt over top that is mesh ... like a sport shirt or whatever with alot of tiny holes in it.

the sound passes right thru the holes in the shirt and is virtually undetectable since my mics are out of site.

i've tried some other methods, including the collar method and i do see it could work well, but it doesn't beat my double shirt method.

perhaps i don't get any rubbing noises cause the shows i record are all loud as shit. in fact the only noises i sometimes get are when i get smashed into from the mosh pit

-g8rken

[reefbeef]

I get very good results under a really thin, light linen shirt. Mics can be clipped to an undershirt.

One way to test the affect of using a shirt is to listen to your stereo and pull the shirt over your ears. I think you'll notice that there isn't much sound lost in a pourous shirt.