Recording vocals in the studio, the vocalist has to be prepared , identify with the microphone and comfortable in the studio, there also other things to consider like:
– Perfect headphone mix
– Confidence
– Pitching
– Delivery
– Clarity
-Lyrically content
-Mic quality
-Plosives (Pop shields can help filter)
-Proximity effect (Mic position matters)
-Polar pattern
we used three microphones for our recording to find out which one was suitable and sounds great, this is a process that producers go through to know what microphone works well with the vocalist. During our session we used the Shure SM 57 which is similar to the Shure SM 58 but slightly different frequency effect, it has a low frequency effect and it is a highly versatile cardioid dynamic microphone, the Electro-voice RE-20, this is a broadcasting microphone commonly used in recording kick drums and has a flat frequency response we also used was a APG-414, this microphone has a flat frequency response,its versatile,it operated with a phantom power , No SPT, low shelf (160 Hz).After recording we concluded that the each microphone had an advantage, the Shure SM 57 manage to filter out the S’s , T’s and C’s , the Electro-voice RE-20 had a nice warm smooth effect and APG-414 also had the same effect. We concluded that the Electro-voice RE-20 microphone was a great microphone for the vocalist.There were a couple parts that re-recorded and we were had a short lecture on markers and playlist.