(Table 2)
3.7 Hints on
Microphone
Placement
3.7.1 Lead Vocals
Fig. 7: Solo vocalist.
3.7.2 Choir/
Backing Vocals
++ Highly recommended
+ Recommended
As an introduction to the "secret science of making good
recordings", the following sections describe some proven
miking techniques.
• Working distance: 6
to 12 inches (15 to
30 cm)
• Polar pattern: car-
dioid
• Bass cut: ON (40 or
80 Hz)
• W 414X windscreen
or PF 80 pop screen
recommended
• To give the talent bet-
ter control of their
own voice, we recom-
mend adding the tal-
ent's track to their
headphone monitor
signal.
To record
large mixed choirs
, we recommend using one stereo
microphone plus one spot microphone each for the soprano,
alto, tenor, and bass sections.
In rooms with good acoustics, a single stereo microphone or
two matched mono microphones will often do the trick.
Backing vocals/technique 1:
If you have enough tracks available, we recommend overdub-
bing each voice separately (refer to section 3.7.1 Lead Vocals
above).
Backing vocals/technique 2:
If you use a separate microphone for each of several vocalists
simultaneously, set each microphone to hypercardioid to pre-
3 Using the Microphone
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C 414 B-XLS / C 414B-XL II
Bass drum
Toms
Cymbals
Bongos, congas
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+
+
+
+
Sound source
C 414 B-XLS
C 414 B-XL II
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