ABSTRACT

This exercise furthers your ability to appreciate the nature of ‘one ear’ – a mic capsule – substituting for both human ears in the real world – the essence of balancing on location. For this you will need two differing sound sources about six feet (2 m) apart. I suggest using your radio and television, since you can easily change stations/channels to give you a variety of sounds to experiment with. Set both to deliver as equal a volume of sound as is practical, and mount your mic on a pole.