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Originally posted by Curve Dominant
Mids, and lows too. That's the "proximity effect." |
actually i didnt mean mids at all, i meant lows. i dont know why i typed mids
but it is true, sometimes you just have to get really close to the mic to get the vibe. for that slightly distant mic'ing, i was thinking of a more typical rock, forte kind of vocal. for quiet, intimate stuff, up-close on the mic can be very nice. especially on an E47
(nice mic, sometimes i wish i had one)
i was doing LOTS of of low-cutting on my vocal tracks, until i started giving it a little more distance on the lead vocals. with the last 2 or 3 songs i recorded, i didnt need to eq the vocal at all (which was possibly a first for me).
another trick ive been trying to varying degrees of success is this- stick up a mic like a green bullet, dictaphone mic, a crystal mic, etc next to the regular vocal mic. if it doesnt need mega mounts of gain to get recorded well, it can add a great vocal presence to the track. if it needs too much gain it's not gonna work cuz it'll just be noisy. you also might have to slide it around in the DAW a bit to get it happening phase wise.
yet another one i used to do in an apartment was-
i would feed the vocal to a little mini marshall amp (like the thing that is 5 iches tall). i put it in the bathroom on the sink. i mic'd it up in the shower with a LDC in omni (or sometimes cardioid) and blended it in. id have to set the marshall up just right so that it wasnt distorting too much. once it's good, it sounds more hi-fi than you might think. using a good pre for the marshall mic helps too. ive done this with DAW drums as well and it sounds good too. dang, i gotta start rockin that one again
have fun