Hiding a Lav Mic in a Tie

Here Poul takes us through a method for mounting a lavalier mic in a tie knot so that it's totally invisible and provides a clean and clear sound. He also shows how the cable is managed for this method.

We used a Sanken COS-11 and The Lav Concealer for this and to demonstrate how effective this method is we've left the mic's channel live for the duration - you can hear the noise while fitting it and how it sounds when Caleb talks. No processing has been applied to the sound.

The Lav Concealer is made of soft rubber to absorb as much of the vibration and friction as possible, with a removable fabric guard to give the mic capsule as much air as possible. As well as the Sanken COS-11 version, it is also available for DPA 4060, 4061 and 4071 lavalier mics, with more models on the way in 2019.

[wezlam]

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[edcweddingfilms]

So it's not clipped to anything? It looks like it's staying in place by taking advantage of how tight that hole is.