Mic position...

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I used to record in a (very)small room ...but i've moved now and my room is alot bigger and quite a strange shape...


where is it best to position my mic... should have it right in the middle so the vocals aren't bouncing off walls

or somewhere a little hall section where the is 3 walls close

will putting up towels etc help the reverb

any tips or w/e

thanks

ps - using at3035 and recording hip hop vocals.
 
It depends on what sound you're looking for.


Generally a few inches away from the mouth to get a good pick up of sound from the mouth.

If you want more low end, then you'd get closer to the mic to accomplish that.

Another tip is to avoid highly reflective surfaces like brick and cement.

My two cents
 
absense. try this for cheap.
put up the mic somewhere. and on the wall behind your back as your singing into the mic, hang some kind of abosrbent panel or material . try various positions. the idea being to stop reflections bouncing back into the mic.
try also having the back of the mic facing a room corner with once again the panel behind you. tell me if this works. some people use egg cartons or a curtain thick drape. just be aware not to use something that could be a fire
hazard. twell me how it works out.
search under my name for lots of other tips posted in last year. peace.
 
Take a drum that has some bottom to it... walk around the room hitting the drum. When you find the spot with the least amount of bottom in the room that's usually a good place to try to cut vocals.

Best of luck with it.
 
Fletcher said:
Take a drum that has some bottom to it... walk around the room hitting the drum. When you find the spot with the least amount of bottom in the room that's usually a good place to try to cut vocals.

Best of luck with it.
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haha I got a great mental picture from this!
 
Sometimes my friends tease me about my sophisticated acousical analysys.... I like to shout "check" when I'm in a neat sounding room and listen to the sound.
 
at3035

How directional is the at3035 mic? In case you don't know what I mean by "directional", does the mic pick up sounds from just the front, or from nearly all around like some condensers seem to do? With an extremely directional mic that picks up from just the front, an frequent solution is to sing "into a corner," having the singer facing a corner of the room and the mic placed in the corner, facing out. Generaly speaking, if your mic picks up in nearly all directions, having it farther away from the walls would be advised, as well as treating the walls/ceiling/floor for reflections to some extent. http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html has some great info, especially in the FAQ section.
 
JasonB93117 said:
... With an extremely directional mic that picks up from just the front, an frequent solution is to sing "into a corner," having the singer facing a corner of the room and the mic placed in the corner, facing out.
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First admitting I have never actually tried this...ok.. :rolleyes: it strikes me as a recipe for smearing reflections and box-like freq. bumps (unless it was well treated, in whcih case, it would be good for isolation.
Just wondering about it.
Wayne
 
Fletcher said:
Take a drum that has some bottom to it... walk around the room hitting the drum. When you find the spot with the least amount of bottom in the room that's usually a good place to try to cut vocals.

Best of luck with it.
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you can also just walk around clapping, listeing to the flutter echos and find a spot that is pretty neutral. that's how we decided where to put all of our absorband pands etc. in the studio at least. it worked really well.
 
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