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Originally Posted by joninc apparently steve albini has a technique (probably other use this too) - i think used on some of the songs:ohia stuff where he'll close mic the vocalist with another mic several feet back which he'll gate in the mix and they only open up when the vocalist lets loose a bit so you hear the room more on the loud stuff. |
interesting idea, for sure. i heard that this technique was pioneered by tony visconti on david bowie's "heroes". apparently he used three mics (close, mid, far) with the mid and far ones gated and set to open when required. as bowie's vocal gets progressively stronger in the song, the vocal sound changes as the middle mic opens, and when bowie starts belting it out, the far room mic opens and really changes the vocal texture in a most positive way.
nice.
-J