I just want to make people or lets call them broadcasters aware of something that will shoot you in the foot when making a video or audio recording.

Its called ambient noise or surrounding noise. I am not talking about the dog in the background or the phone ringing which are also distractions . I am talking about the annoying noises in your recording.

With the technology improving daily and everyone is starting to use good sensitive microphones that pick up sound extremely well.

Here is a list of the more obvious turnoffs-

-When a speaker uses a headset the Mic is to close to their mouth and the listener me can hear the snapping of the tongue and saliva as he speaks. To me there is nothing that will shut me down faster. Listen to your recording with headphones and see if you are a tongue snapper or lip smacker.
When you do a multi person conference call and one speaker switch’s to the other the person in the background should mute his Mic so the audience doesn’t hear him doing his thing in the background .

- And probably the biggest No No is, if you are using a laptop to broadcast with don’t Use it for typing on while you present.

If you are talking and typing the typing sounds like hammering to the audience if you must type:

Put the laptop on a soft surface to reduce the jackhammer sound of your typing
or use an external microphone that is not attached to your Laptop.
Or plug a second Keyboard in to use that is not attached directly to the built in mic of the laptop.

- And finally set your levels using the programs VU meters and in multi person conferences all speakers should set this up to be the same level before the Webinar to ensure uniformity between all speakers.

When a listener uses a home TV/Sterio system or a headset if a speaker is low the audience will obviously turn it up.Only to have their ears or speakers blown out by someone who is 2 DB higher .

(by the way 1 DB is double the sound. 2 DB is double the sound then double that result).

So just so you folks are aware of these common flaws of broadcasters .

There is nothing that will make me tune out more than the above examples and I am sure I am not the only one.

I look at your presentation as a statement of professionalism either one has it or they don’t.

And I am sure you didn’t spend all that time crafting your presentation to come off as annoying or not professional.

Robbie Broatch