recording vocal with 2 mics

[Wrangler]

Is setting up 2 different condenser mics to record 1 vocal a good
move?

If so, can anybody offer ideas about mic placement, do's, don'ts,
or any tips and techniques in general?

Thanks to all who answer.

 

[TexRoadkill]

There is no real point in capturing a stereo vocal unless you were distant micing in a room to capture natural ambience or close micing to do some weird panning type effect. Close, stereo micing vocals will just give you a shifting stereo image and probably some phase cancellation issues.

 

[Wrangler]

Hey Tex,
Thanks for the reply. Advice heeded.

 

[MarkoPolo]

I am finishing up a project from a band called Autonomy,
For one song I put a rode NTK and an AT4033 side by side
I then had him sing the song between both mics, reason being
I used a radio voice on a couple of verses and put the radio voice
on the 4033 as the pre chorus comes in I slowly droped the fader on the 4033 while bringing up the fader on the rode, giving a morphing effect that worked perfectly, hence another way of
useing two mics.

 

[BrettB]

I used to mikes once, one clean and the other went to an small overdriven amp in another room. they were recorded on different tracks so I could chose between the distorted and the clean one. It worked out pretty ok.