overmike

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ mike.

Verb

overmike (third-person singular simple present overmikes, present participle overmiking, simple past and past participle overmiked)

  1. (transitive) To make too loud by means of a poorly positioned microphone.
    • 1988, High Fidelity - Volume 38, Issue 2, page 28:
      If the recording is misequalized, overmike, or poorly reverbed, the C/II will expose these faults.
    • 2007 November 21, Charles Isherwood, “Broadway Is Mostly Dark, but Oh, All the Other Places to Go”, in New York Times:
      No, they don't sing, but on the plus side that means they're not overmiked either.