When you are working with someone’s headset mic and it must be used for someone else it is a good idea to take a picture of it next to a known reference. Even if you don’t have a ruler then then a book, card or in this case a tithes envelope. It can be just about anything you just want that is a flat object with something on it that you can use as reference points to help you get it bent back to the same position. You may want to take a side and top view picture of the mic so you can can be more accurate in the bends.

Sometimes you get some people that will bend the mics like paperclips. You want to do everything you can to get them back to the correct shape so you can get back to tweaking the effects or downloading a new song to test the PA. No one wants to spend 30 minutes bending a headset mic back and forth several times to get it right. Worse yet…some of these mics break like paperclips. Believe me. I have done it before.

So grab your camera phones and snap away. Send me pictures of any weird bend configurations.

What are your tips and tricks that you use to help your life in the AV world easier?