Recording Vocals
Recording & Mixing
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Using a Cardioid Microphone for Vocal Recordings
The upper chest, throat and nasal areas are also influential in projecting different tonal characteristics. If you're using a cardioid microphone which for most vocal recordings is the preferable polar pattern then the closer the vocalist is to the microphone you get less impact from the ambiance of the recording space. But all the same closer placements can also result in the recording being compromised by plosive consonant breath blasts. It's worth asking the vocalist to sing a line such as satin solemn silence in a blackened prison block so that you can establish whether those aspects will be problematic or not. So if you do get the opportunity it is time well spent focusing on establishing the optimal mic to
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