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lav mic

/læv maɪk/

lav mic noun: clipped compound of lavalier microphone.

Noun

lav mic (plural lav mics)

  1. (sound engineering) Clipped compound of lavalier microphone.
    • A two-person team (with lav mic clipped to a chop stick and the cable taped to it) can produce quite acceptable audio.1987, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, volume 10, number 7, New York, NY: Foundation for Independent Video and Film, page 15
    • In most applications a really good lav mic, properly placed, will sound like a lot like a boom mic. A bad placement will sound chesty, throaty, muffled, have obvious clothing rustle, or wind noise.2010, Richard Patton, Sound Man: An Introduction to the Art, Science, and Business of Location Sound, Location Sound Ltd., →ISBN, page 126

Forms of lav mic

plurallav mics
alternative formlav mike

Questions about lav mic

What does lav mic mean?
Lav mic means clipped compound of lavalier microphone.
What part of speech is lav mic?
Lav mic is a noun.
How do you pronounce lav mic?
Lav mic is pronounced /læv maɪk/.
What is the plural of lav mic?
The plural of lav mic is lav mics.

Words near lav mic in the dictionary

  1. lauyah
  2. Lauzier
  3. Lauzon
  4. Lauzons
  5. lav
  6. lav mic
  7. lav mics
  8. lav mike
  9. lav mikes
  10. lava
  11. lava bear

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