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"text": "1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, \"The Pod in the Barrier\", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, →ISBN, page 28,\n\"Then I say to the recording, for the record,\" I barked, right into the mike, […]"
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"text": "1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, pages 118–119,\nObviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike."
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"text": "2007, John Sellers, Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 85,\nWhen the haggard bartender informed us that there would be an open-mike event later in the evening, I got my first sense that not everyone in Manchester cared about the music the city has produced."
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"code": "yue",
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"word": "咪"
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"text": "1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, \"Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines\", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), →ISBN, page 81,\n“And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.”"
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"text": "1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, →ISBN, page 72,\nHe knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use."
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"text": "2006, Glenn Haertlein, Project Vectus, Lulu, →ISBN, page 108,\n“Zeb, is everything go on the AV equipment?” I heard Jim ask. ¶ “Yep,” Zeb replied. “I just need to mike him up.” […] “All set,” he said once he clipped the wireless microphone to my shirtfront."
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"word": "మైకు"
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"text": "1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98,\nMeasure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101."
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