Others will argue, no doubt, but it's mike and miked. That's the traditional spelling and use.
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Hmm... I'd like to see a magazine article where they used the word. My searches say that mic'ed the the proper way to do it, and grammatically I believe that's true - but it looks so wrong. I'm still on the fence here. Thanks.
Any other thoughts on this?
When I read " I miced my amp" , my first thought is : How the hck did he turned his/her amp into a mouse.
Dictionaries -- good ones -- reflect common, contemporary usage. Mike appears in Webster's as a verb. Mic appears only as a noun. The past tense verb is miked. Mic'd and mic'ed do not appear. The dictionary is your friend. 
Noted. I do see some audio engineers incorrectly using the term "mic'd" though. It's fairly common, although technically incorrect because of the apostrophe misusage. Anyway, this gives me a great excuse to post a video of a drummer I gigged with this week... the YouTube page says the drums have "been mic'd up".Dictionaries -- good ones -- reflect common, contemporary usage. Mike appears in Webster's as a verb. Mic appears only as a noun. The past tense verb is miked. Mic'd and mic'ed do not appear. The dictionary is your friend.
If enough folks with enough weight use the term mic'd, or even the impossible-to-pronounce-correctly miced, in published writing -- it eventually will be recognized as acceptable. (The grammarians eventually lost out to the tech world with email versus E-mail -- as in T-shirt, A-frame , G-string and S-curve.) Until then, it's nonstandard usage, and any experienced editor would correct it. Words is my business.
Yes, I was thinking along similar lines. Non-standard usage becomes standard usage for many examples each year. But I suspect that there might be an additional obstacle to mic'd ever becoming acceptable to grammarians, because of the apostrophe. I could be wrong.If enough folks with enough weight use the term mic'd, or even the impossible-to-pronounce-correctly miced, in published writing -- it eventually will be recognized as acceptable. (The grammarians eventually lost out to the tech world with email versus E-mail -- as in T-shirt, A-frame , G-string and S-curve.) Until then, it's nonstandard usage, and any experienced editor would correct it. Words is my business.
Anyway, what do you think of my drummer?
The apostrophe D probably won't be accepted, you're right. There's no other use of an apostrophe D replacing "ed" in Modern English to create a past tense verb except for acronyms -- e.g., OK'd, RSVP'd, OD'd, etc. Buy hey, I said the same about email. My advice, if you're writing for publication, it's best to employ widely accepted word-use unless you're an authority on the topic. If Sir George Martin wrote "mic'd," that's the way it would be.Yes, I was thinking along similar lines. Non-standard usage becomes standard usage for many examples each year. But I suspect that there might be an additional obstacle to mic'd ever becoming acceptable to grammarians, because of the apostrophe. I could be wrong.
Anyway, what do you think of my drummer?
If miked really doesn't work for you, let me suggest mic'ed as the best C-spelling alternative. There's probably more room for acceptance there.
And your drummer --
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As someone who worked in radio professionally beginning in 1968, I've used the spelling "mic" as a short form of microphone ever since then. Perhaps it's not common among those outside the professions which use mics on a regular basis, nevertheless it has been a common industry term and usage for at least the past 46 years.
Therefore, although I'm a bit of a spelling and grammar purist, I have no problem with the use of mic, mic'd, or similar contractions. To me they are usage which reflects a degree of familiarity with microphones and professions which use them. Frankly, I would expect anyone with a musical hobby, and especially anyone who considers themselves to be anything resembling a professional in any aspect of music, to be familiar with and comfortable with variations of "mic."
Therefore, although I'm a bit of a spelling and grammar purist, I have no problem with the use of mic, mic'd, or similar contractions. To me they are usage which reflects a degree of familiarity with microphones and professions which use them. Frankly, I would expect anyone with a musical hobby, and especially anyone who considers themselves to be anything resembling a professional in any aspect of music, to be familiar with and comfortable with variations of "mic."
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I can't resist:
Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike Mike.......
Not to be confused with mic, mic, mic, mic, mic!
Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike Mike.......
Not to be confused with mic, mic, mic, mic, mic!
