Meanings
verbovermike (third-person singular simple present overmikes, present participle overmiking, simple past and past participle overmiked)
present singular third person overmikes · participle present overmiking · participle past overmiked · past overmiked
- transitiveTo make too loud by means of a poorly positioned microphone.
No, they don't sing, but on the plus side that means they're not overmiked either.
2007 November 21, Charles Isherwood, “Broadway Is Mostly Dark, but Oh, All the Other Places to Go”, in New York Times1 more example
If the recording is misequalized, overmike, or poorly reverbed, the C/II will expose these faults.
1988, High Fidelity - Volume 38, Issue 2, page 28
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