overmike

English

Etymology

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^[1]:

     No, they don't sing, but on the plus side that means they're not overmiked either.