Guides

Find guides for your favourite Bubblebee products here and learn how to get the most out of your sound tools. If there's anything you'd specifically like help with, get in touch via our contact page and we'll do our best to help.


The Lav Concealer metalwork: Clips, Fabric Guards and Extreme Fabric Guards

The Lav Concealer metalwork: Clips, Fabric Guards and Extreme Fabric Guards

The Lav Concealer comes with pieces of metalwork that can be used to help mount your lav microphone, and lift clothing away from the lav mic's capsule to reduce clothing and friction noise. In this video, Caleb explains the differences between these metalwork pieces and how they can help you mount your lavalier mic.
How to stop unwanted noise when hiding a Lav Mic

How to stop unwanted noise when hiding a Lav Mic

Clothing noise and fabric rustle can be a real pain when hiding a lavalier microphone. Thankfully there are tools that can help to reduce this noise. In this video, Caleb demonstrates how you can use these tools in your lav mounting process for great sounding audio. 
How to colour the white Lav Concealer | Tea Break Tips

How to colour the white Lav Concealer | Tea Break Tips

In order to maintain the biodegradable nature of The Lav Concealer, they are only available in Black and White - naturally occurring colours of organic rubber. However, there may be situations when a beige Lav Concealer is required to better match the costume of the talent to ensure maximum efficiency in hiding your lavalier microphone.
The Lav Concealer - How to Mount and Unmount your Lav Mic quickly and easily

The Lav Concealer - How to Mount and Unmount your Lav Mic quickly and easily

The Lav Concealer is the essential lav mic tool for film, TV, theatre and any other time your lavalier mic needs to be hidden, yet still sound good. The Lav Concealer is a soft, pliable rubber mount that covers many different mounting options for your lavalier microphone.
Using The Lav Concealer with The Invisible Lav Covers - Fur Outdoor

Using The Lav Concealer with The Invisible Lav Covers - Fur Outdoor

Caleb talks us through how to use The Invisible Lav Covers - Fur Outdoor in tandem with The Lav Concealer to protect your lav mic against the wind and clothes rustle.
Cleaning Radio Mic Accessories and Wind Protection Equipment

Cleaning Radio Mic Accessories and Wind Protection Equipment

We've compiled some equipment cleaning best practices to help our community overcome some of the foreseeable challenges in the future of film and television production. It's important to be aware of how these changes will affect protocol for working on set.
Hiding a Sennheiser ME2-II Lav Mic in a Shirt and Tie

Hiding a Sennheiser ME2-II Lav Mic in a Shirt and Tie

Should you need to mic someone up with a Sennheiser G4 wireless system and the included ME2-II lavalier mic, we have created a step-by-step guide to using The Lav Concealer for ME2-II in a shirt and tie. This method requires very little time and will give you very good sounding results.
Cleaning The Lav Concealer

Cleaning The Lav Concealer

Sometimes it may be necessary to clean your Lav Concealers, removing unwanted grime, dust and any other contaminants. The Lav Concealer is made of 100% biodegradable rubber, so we show you how to clean it properly while protecting the material in this guide video
A SUPER QUIET RIG FOR HIDING LAV MICS

A SUPER QUIET RIG FOR HIDING LAV MICS

Here's a quick tip to help you get a super-quiet hidden lavalier mount under clothing for when it's windy out or when you feel you might need extra protection from fabric friction noise. As used in the Windchasers series of interviews.
A Starter Guide to Using The Lav Concealer

A Starter Guide to Using The Lav Concealer

In this quick guide we show you how to get started using your Bubblebee Lav Concealer with the Fabric Guard, Clothing Clip, and Lav Concealer Tape.
Mounting a Lav Mic in a Tie with The Lav Concealer

Mounting a Lav Mic in a Tie with The Lav Concealer

Here Poul takes us through a method for mounting a lavalier mic in a tie knot so that it's totally invisible and provides a clean and clear sound. He also shows how the cable is managed for this method of mounting.