miking

Attaching audio equipment

Miking is the process of setting up microphones to record or amplify sound.

Audio engineers spend considerable time miking drums, amplifiers, and acoustic instruments to capture the best sound.

The band spent an hour miking the stage before soundcheck.

The spelling distinguishes it from "mike" as a name.

audio

sound

Audible wave phenomenon

mixer · soundcheck · feedback · broadcasting · podcast · volume · stage · performance · concert · public address

livestock

bovine

Of the cattle family

  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • goatHorned, bearded livestock
  • sheepWoolly farm animal

buffalo · camel · alpaca · yak · dairy cow · herd · doe · ewe · nanny · yield

dairy

udder

Mammalian mammary organ

homogenization · creamery · colostrum · milker · foremilk · stripping · mastitis · suction · bulk tank · parlor

Opposites
sound capture vs output

mikingplayback

Reproducing recorded media

amplifying · outputting · sound reproduction · broadcasting · monitoring

recording process state

mikingpre-production

Filmmaking preparation phase

striking · tearing down · wrapping · post-production · mixing

amplification method

mikingunplugged

Disconnected from power

unamplified · acoustic

Family

microphone, mike, mikes, miked

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G