Reduce handling noise while demonstrating small products

Small-product demonstrations need clear speech even when lids, wrappers and objects touch the table. Separate the sounds viewers need from accidental handling noise.

A useful audio check follows the signal from its source to the recording that a viewer actually receives. Keep a short reference sentence and change one control at a time. Write down the source, device, playback route and recording route so a later adjustment can be reversed. Listen to the saved result as well as the monitoring output; those are different checkpoints.

A practical procedure

1. Rehearse opening, placing and turning the actual item while recording the host's sentence.

2. Move the microphone away from the contact surface and mark a separate landing area for objects.

3. Repeat the loudest movement, then listen for missing words before adjusting the voice level.

Worked example: a fictional session

A fictional jewellery seller puts an earring tray on a soft mat, opens the clasp first, then explains its mechanism without tapping the microphone stand.

Check the limits

Do not remove meaningful product sounds if hearing them is part of the demonstration.