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Recording Clean Voiceover
Room treatment matters more than microphone price.
A $60 microphone in a treated room beats a $400 microphone in an untreated one.
Record in the smallest room you have, with soft surfaces around you — a closet with clothes works well. Keep the mic a hand-width from your mouth and slightly off-axis to avoid plosives.
Record a few seconds of silence at the start of every take. That gives your editor a noise profile to work from.
Quick checklist
Treat the room before upgrading the microphone
Keep the mic off-axis to avoid plosives
Capture room tone on every take