lav mike

English

Noun

lav mike (plural lav mikes)

  1. (sound engineering) Alternative form of lav mic.
    • 2003, Peter Utz, Introduction to Audio[1], Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, →ISBN, page 37:
      Another trick is to run the cord carefully from a lav mike down the inside of a person's shirt and down their pants leg so that all the tugging occurs at their ankle rather than at the mike end of the wire.
    • 2011, Stuart Sweetow, Corporate Video Production: Beyond the Board Room (and Out of the Bored Room)[2], Burlington, MA: Focal Press, →ISBN, page 228:
      Bring with you one or more of your own wireless lav mikes and your own portable mixer.
    • 2012, Tim Gordon, Feeding the Beast: an Insider's Guide to Local TV News[3], →ISBN, page 145:
      Once you set the lav mike clipped on and transmitting, the goal should be allowing the interview subject to relax enough to give thoughtful answers.