NevilleThis may sound a little crazy, I've used my wardrobe as a booth. I Open up both the doors and put a small flat matress across the top. This creats a pretty dry space for vocal work.
I would say that 4 to 5 inches is a little close.I've been advised to have the pop shield about a hands width from the mic and the singer to be, as already mentioned, about 8 or so inches further back especially if they have a strong voice.
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I want to thank you all for responding to my question about recording vocals. I have a Road NT 1000 and I'm not sure but I think this is fairly recent. I think that I might be too close, but then again is 4 to 5 inches too close? If I move too far away I get the ambiance of the room which I don't want because it's harder to add affects after. I would prefer to beable to place the vocal in a room of my choosing rather than have my reverb mixed with the sound from my record space. Did someone say that I should beabout nine to ten inches away? IN that case I should look for a different place to record my vocals. Thanks again for your ideas. May the peace of God which passes all understanding gard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you! Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of Dave Hillebrandt Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:17 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about recording vocalsYes, very important for many reasons to be about nine inches to a foot awayfrom a decent condensor. some really cheap condensors distort or sounddistorted no matter what. Of course your AKG is a very nice mic for vocals.Just picked up a Rode NT2A which I love and it has padding in case of something being way too loud but have a feeling its mostly being a bit tooclose unless using a dynamic mic of some kind like an SM57 or SM58. For me, good condensor is only way to go and there are some decent ones that aren'ttoo expensive. Been real happy with Studio Project C1 and the Rode NT1A is very affordable for real good sound and quite sensitive. Dave----- Original Message ----- From: "Annabelle Susan Morison" <foristnights@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:21 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Question about recording vocalsMaybe you're using a condenser microphone, and you might be too close. I found this out the hard way, as I have an AKG414, and these microphones are very sensitive. I'm naturally an alto, but I could sometimes go into the mezzo Soprano and the soprano ranges, the soprano range is the one that causes my voice to distort, as I project the high notes, and sometimes I sit too close to the microphone, which in turn causes distortion. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of neville Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:14 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Question about recording vocals I'm wondering if anyone can give me some ideas about this. I have a very dynamic voice. What I mean is that my dynamic range is very wide Which is why I don't get why my vocals always seam to have a slitely saturated sound with or with out compression. Maybe the best way to describe it is that they always sound a little distorted. At first I thought that maybe I was recording with too much compression on my pre/amp. So then I made sure that the compressor was very light and I still had the same problem. Then Idecided to turn off the compressor all together, but still no luck. Anyonehave suggestions for me? I have run out of things to try. Oh and I always make sure that my input meters don't go below -6.0. May the peace of God which passes all understanding gard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you! Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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