As long as people understand what your talking about, it really doesn't matter. It is an improper word that is being used as verb in either case.

I always thought that "mic" can be used as a verb.

"I will mic the kit."

Actually you 'place the mic'....mic is always a noun at this point.Micing/miking the set, would be a shortened and certainly slang terminology for 'placing the microphones on the set'...

And like Gaff...er?!!Be as proper as you wanna be...

'Miking' sounds like hunting a guy named 'Mike' for sport.

"RELEASE THE HOUNDS AND LET THE MIKING COMMENCE!!"

(bugles sound... horses gallop)

greg

For me it's mic'ing.

of mic and men... :D

Originally posted by teleharmonic:
'Miking' sounds like hunting a guy named 'Mike' for sport.

"RELEASE THE HOUNDS AND LET THE MIKING COMMENCE!!"

(bugles sound... horses gallop)

greg

I hope it's not Miking season yet...

Wow, check this out.. http://m-w.com/cgi-…

Mighking, Meiking, Meicking, Miquing (I'll try to stick with this one), Mycking, Myquing (maybe I'll switch to this one), it's all good.

MyQueen

as in, My Lord, My Gosh, ect..

Originally posted by teleharmonic:
'Miking' sounds like hunting a guy named 'Mike' for sport.

"RELEASE THE HOUNDS AND LET THE MIKING COMMENCE!!"

(bugles sound... horses gallop)

greg

hee hee hee ... that's funny greg.

I have always thought that Mike was someone I knew and that he actually prefered to be called Michael ... but acording to Yons link I must be wrong (good one Yon).

I think the confusion stems from the word microphone being spelled with a "k" in German, mikrophon ... But seeing that I speak English, I spell it microphone.. and mic and micing..

In all recording related magazines I read I found they use "miking" but....who really cares? :)

chris

Originally posted by Mike Tate:
I hope it's not Miking season yet...

not to worry... miking has been banned in most countries...

i'd watch my back in tunisia if i were you though...

I'm sure there is no one following this thread any more, but it came up in a Google search today and made my day. Particularly because I'm Michael, looking "to mic" something, which I'm certain is a verb by now. I'm going with "mic'ing" for now, but am completely off the fence about Tunisia. Thanks for the warning!

These days, we're just trying to get a good sound over Zoom...sigh....

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I signed up just to respond.

Cheers!

Mick or Michael is mic'ed!

I've been miking things for a very long time. My mic collection is pretty decent. I'd never put a Mike on anything, and as for micing or even worse, mic'ing they leave me cold.

I used to get rattled by it but don't really care. Fifteen years ago I used to justify it - now it's a waste of heartbeats. If you want to say mic'ing and I say miking, let's call it a draw.