Recording Vocals...

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I use a Audio Technia AT4040 and a Rode K2 for vocals. I mainly use AT4040 the AT4040 and I record using Reaper. I record in a 30"30 room and have been just putting the mic in the middle of the room and letting our vocalist record that way. Is there a better position I should have the mic? Should I make something to put behind the mic? Any advice would be great! Thanks :)
 
What are you NOT getting out of the situation that you desire?
 
Well I'm getting pretty good relults but the vocals sometimes sound a touch airy. I was just wondering if there is a better way for my case. perhaps record with it closer to the walls?
 
Well from what I've picked up from others, there's no specific rule for better vocals, just testing and testing until your more than satisfied and have got the best possible sound for your vocalist. Airy-ness, I dunno if you mean say when he does 's' and 'p's and so on and exhales you can hear it clearly, a popshield could fix that unless you already use one.
 
If by "airy' you mean it sounds like you may be getting a bit too much of the room, try deadening the path behind the vocalist. A few cheap tricks (not to be confused with the band of the same name):

Stand the vocalist in front of an open closet door where the closet is pretty full of clothes like hanging shirts and/or jackets. Or, hang one or two heavy moviing blankets behind the vocalist; or barring that, stand up a futon mattress behind them.

Expiriment with sliding the distance between the vocalist and whatever you put behind them; the closer the distance, the "closer" the sound, the further back, the more "air" you let in.

G.
 
I read that people hang loads of cloth from things and mattresses, that could be for recording drums, though. Or maybe for sound-proofing things.
 
MtEith4 said:
I read that people hang loads of cloth from things and mattresses, that could be for recording drums, though. Or maybe for sound-proofing things.
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It'll never provide true soundproofing, but it's good for any instance where you need to partially deaden either direct or reflected sound.

In this case it's to help partially block reflected sound ("room air") from getting back to the microphone without making things completly dead like in a vocal booth.

It can also be used to put between instruments to help partially isolate them from each other. that's probably where you heard the drum reference.

G.
 
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