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[frist44]

My v67 seems to be pretty sesitive to silibance when i sing. I've helped the problem with using a pop filter and singing somewhat off-axis. I've also tried the whole sing past the mic with some degree of success. My question is:

Is this a function more of the mic or my voice? It seems like really high end mics in the studio and everything that you hear on the radio and things like that don't have any problem like that. I guess it's a good thing they don't for the money some of them get paid to make it.

Is it a common technique even in super professional studios to use some kind of de-essing in the signal chain either during tracking or mixdown, or do the really high end mics like the U87 not pick up as much silibance?

Thanks,
Brandon

 

[knownuttin]

You may recall me whining about this very thing a while back. The answers I finally got were pretty much yes to all you covered. The V67, like a lot of less expensive Chinese mics, has some hype in the ess danger zone. Higher end mics are generally speaking able to smooth those things out better. Some voices and bodies which contain them are physiologically predisposed to sibilance. Most commercial studios do at least occasionally have to practice de-essing if they record vocals by a variety of artists regularly.
-kent