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Diagram 4 - Positioning the microphone for vocals
Microphone placement:
Placement of the microphone and relative to the vocalist may be varied on several
factors including room acoustics, the vocal performance, and whether the vocalist
has a high or deep voice.
An ideal starting point for the reference is to place microphone directly in front
of the lead singer.15 cm (6") distance. Moving the vocalist a little closer will make
the vocal sound more intimate and full, while moving the vocalist back will give
the vocal a little more 'air' or room sound, and will reduce the proximity effect
(increased bass or low frequency response when the sound source is very close).
Experimentation should be made with the angle from which the microphone is
addressed, as different results can be achieved when the vocalist is ' o ff-axis' to the
microphone (and the gold dot