I noticed recently that my nylon pop filter was dulling some of the highs. I sang while moving the filter back and forth, between my mouth and the mic and away. I decided to take it away and try singing at a slight angle across the mic instead of straight on. The vocal sounds more clear w/o the filter and plosives have not been a problem. My mic technique has gotten better as a result. I've been doing this with an LDC.

is there any reason why would we use dynamic mike for vocal recording in a studio?

^^^ Tight patterned dynamics will pick up less room sound so they are especially useful if you have a bad sounding room. Some voices may sound better on a particular dynamic.

offnote




is there any reason why would we use dynamic mike for vocal recording in a studio?

oh, oh, i can answer this one!!!


heheh


cuz it sounds good.




i've done killer vox tracks with a lowly sm57.

In a book I have they talked about and show the "pencil" technique. This is done on a condenser where you tape a pencil vertically on the front end of it, facing the singer, and this creates a small enough diversion to quell plosives....

offnote




is there any reason why would we use dynamic mike for vocal recording in a studio?

I compared my vocal on a Nuemann M149, SM7, Rode K2 and SM58. Two dynamics and two condensers. I think overall the SM7 and SM58 (which sounded close to identical on my voice - but this isn't always the case with different singers) sounded better than the $7000 Nuemann and $700 Rode. This was in a decent studio. So yes, a dynamic and definitely work. I'll probably still use a condenser on my softer singing parts, but for main vocals, the dynamics (or at least compared to the condensers I tried) seem to give a better sound over all.


I would personally take the grill off the dynamic (in my case the 58) and then use the pop filter. Pop filter does the best job, and remove the grill to limit any high end loss.

silvercn


In a book I have they talked about and show the "pencil" technique. This is done on a condenser where you tape a pencil vertically on the front end of it, facing the singer, and this creates a small enough diversion to quell plosives....

I've never heard of that one for plosives before. I thought it was for sibilance? Must try this one day.

I stand corrected - the pencil technique is for sibilance -

Just looked into it a little, it seems it's also used for plosives too. How effective it is for each problem seems to vary from person to person.

Anytime I record, dynamic or condenser, I use a pop filter. Though I wouldn't mind too much if I didn't have one on dynamic. Now its just habit as the pop filter never leaves my main mic stand.