Quote:
Originally Posted by gtrguru  I agree with the height, but aim at the mouth. I guess it's splitting hairs, but aim at the sound source you want to record not the chest. What if it's a female MC with a big chest?? I'm just sayin... |
Then I aim at her phone number.....
....?
edit: DAMN, Langston beat me to it!
edit edit: Chris Lago is my evil twin brother??
edit edit edit: Sibilance, while annoying, can be extremely useful. If a voice is captured well, but getting surprisingly sibilant in the mix it's a good chance that the attack setting on your compressor is too fast. Logic will tell you that if you set the compressor faster you will clamp on more of the attack of the sound which is where the "effs" and "esses" hang out. However, those upper frequencies need far less level than lower frequencies to stand out. Compressors have circuits, not ears - since there's less energy in the esses, the comp doesn't slap em around as much so they poke out. Also, the fast attack makes them "spikey" sounding which is accacerbates the matter. Slow down the attack and it will keep the lower frequency assonant sounds more even with the "esses" and those won't be perceived as being exaggerated. Then you just need to determine whether or not the overall tone to the vocal is balanced correctly.
edit edit edit edit: apprently I run on batteries now.