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One of the presenters at an outdoor event I filmed brought his own microphone + portable speaker. Not knowing what to do, I mic'ed him up with my clip-on shure mic as usual and recorded. Result was horrible compared to the other six speakers I recorded that day. His presentation voice did not pick up to the Shure standards I'm used to. Also there was a slight delay from the portable speaker he brought (placed maybe 8' away).

My only question is this: Do you think the Shure Movemic 2 clipon mic seeks out the loudest voice it can find and focuses on it? Because the loudest voice here was from his portable speaker. (His own natural talking voice is not loud at all.)