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Recording Secrets for the Small Studio, 2nd Edition
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Recording Secrets for the Small Studio, 2nd Edition

by Mike Senior
November 2022
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
18h 50m
English
Routledge
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Chapter 5 Beyond Vanilla Vocals

DOI: 10.4324/9781003274896-8

The vocal setup I described in Chapter 4 is a great workhorse, especially when you understand how to get the best out of it. However, there are some scenarios where going slightly off the beaten track in terms of studio technique will better serve the music, so in this chapter I'd like to concentrate on why and how you might want to stray beyond the vanilla approach.

5.1 Alternative Microphone Types

5.1.1 Other Polar Patterns

‘Omni mics exhibit no proximity effect and are virtually immune to “popping” on plosives, so you have more freedom to position the mic, plus you get much less level/tone variation if the singer moves around while singing.’

Useful as directional mics can ...

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