3.1 IIntroduction
3.2 W
Working
Distance aand
Proximity E
Effect
3.3 A
Angle oof
Incidence
Refer to fig. 1.
Fig. 1: Typical micro-
phone position.
A handheld vocal microphone provides many ways of shaping
the sound of your voice as it is heard over the sound system.
The following sections contain useful hints on how to use your
microphone for best results.
Basically, your voice will sound the bigger and mellower, the
closer you hold the microphone to your lips. Moving away from
the microphone will produce a more reverberant, more distant
sound as the microphone will pick more of the room’s reverber-
ation.
You can use this effect to make your voice sound aggressive,
neutral, insinuating, etc. simply by
changing your working
distance
.
Proximity effect
is a more or less dramatic boost of low fre-
quencies that occurs when you sing into the microphone from
less than 2 inches. It gives more "body" to your voice and an in-
timate, bass-heavy sound.
Sing to one side of the micro-
phone or above and across the
microphone’s top. This pro-
vides a well-balanced, natural
sound.
If you sing directly into the mi-
crophone, it will not only pick
up excessive breath noise but
also overemphasize "sss",
"sh", "tch", "p", and "t"
sounds.
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