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I've just been reading up on some mic technique and i've read on a couple places that I should be singing from slightly off centre into the mic? i.e. a few degrees
Anyone know the science of that? or is that just a fib?
Hi Hann,
I'm new to this board but your question caught my eye. I don't know anything about the Helicon but find it interesting. Your question has an easy answer. The advice you were given is excellent. By approaching the mic in this way helps to avoid plosives as a consequence of your breathing directly in to you mic. Also it averts spitting into your mic which you never want to do. Yes a pop screen is advisable for that but this approach ensures it's effectiveness. It is also important that you understand what type of vocal pattern your mic works with and be working within that pattern (Cardiod for example).
Hann, while it is certainly ok to use an off/center or skewed approach to singing into a mic, it's important to understand near-field audio wave characteristics(in this case the ones coming from your mouth). I could go into a long answer to all this, but it's very easy to just experiment with it. As you probably know through experience, the closer to the mic diaphragm, the more lows will be mixed in with the highs. When coming out of the mouth, the audio's low frequencies are quite directional, and moving that direction away from the mic's diaphragm's center, will effective change the "eq" mix of your vocal reaching the mic's diaphragm. this doesn't mean it's not going to sound as good. Just know that it will have that affect on the wave hitting the mic's diaphragm. I use this "skewed" technique in some recording situations.
Russ from Coral Springs, Fl
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