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MotionPictureMan · 20th September 2008

Hi!
I'm not sure this is the right section for this post but I'm sure you can help me. It's about recording LEAD vocals.
The thing is I've learned during my SAE studies and in books about recording that the mic should be placed AT LEAST 10 cm away from the vocalist's mouth to avoid the proximity effect (at least when using a cardoid pattern). But I've assisted some sessions where the producer asks the vocalist to eat the mic. And it wasn't always rock or hiphop. I must say it sounds very good, very "in your face". So I'm thinking: the closer the better. Especially if love, like me, to hear the grain of the voice. But will it be a nightmare for the mixing engineer?
What do you think?
BTW I mostly use a U87Ai on vox, through a TubeTecj MP1A.

20th September 2008	#1
MotionPictureMan Gear interested Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 15 Thread Starter	The right DISTANCE between MOUTH and MIC Hi! I'm not sure this is the right section for this post but I'm sure you can help me. It's about recording LEAD vocals. The thing is I've learned during my SAE studies and in books about recording that the mic should be placed AT LEAST 10 cm away from the vocalist's mouth to avoid the proximity effect (at least when using a cardoid pattern). But I've assisted some sessions where the producer asks the vocalist to eat the mic. And it wasn't always rock or hiphop. I must say it sounds very good, very "in your face". So I'm thinking: the closer the better. Especially if love, like me, to hear the grain of the voice. But will it be a nightmare for the mixing engineer? What do you think? BTW I mostly use a U87Ai on vox, through a TubeTecj MP1A. __________________ "le souffle c'est la vie" www.louxorstation.com