Getting rid of the "Shhh" noises

[O.G. Killa]

Originally Posted by chrisdee

+1 for windscreens. Also try with several popfilters simultaneously. Standing further from the mic should also help.

Also place the mic at nose or eye level, instead of directly in line with the mouth. That helps more for pops than Esses though... Another great trick for pops is the "pencil" trick. Tape a pencil to the windscreen of the mic so it is centered over the diaphragm. It acts as a windbreak for the mic diaphragm but doesn't change the tonality of the singer at all.

[DrFord]

Ooooh, cause I though the pencil trick was when you make the singer put a pencil in their mouth, bite down on it, and then enunciate the entire song... only to remove the pencil right before singing - like taking the weights off a baseball bat.

[O.G. Killa]

Originally Posted by DrFord

Ooooh, cause I though the pencil trick was when you make the singer put a pencil in their mouth, bite down on it, and then enunciate the entire song... only to remove the pencil right before singing - like taking the weights off a baseball bat.

LMAO... that is great!

[Bob Olhsson]

Originally Posted by aka21stCentury

...Motown recorded all their early hits with the RE-20's predecessor the EV 667a.

United Sound in Detroit used 667as and RCA BK-5s for vocals during the mid '60s.

At Motown we used Neumann U-67s, an SM2, occasionally a U-47 and in the late '60s almost all KM-86s for vocals. To the best of my knowledge we never owned a 667a and the last vocals we recorded at United happened several years before the 667a became available.

[Keybeeetsss]

this place is so wonderful because u neva kno when the horse is hangin around to speak from his own mouth

[chrisdee]

Originally Posted by netnoggin

Having them sing while inhaling instead of exhaling will eliminate the need for a screen altogether. Then you can even take the screen off the microphone and really get that intimate-with-the-diaphragm sound.

I'v tried this some times, but I can't get a decent sound out

[netnoggin]

Originally Posted by chrisdee

I'v tried this some times, but I can't get a decent sound out

I know. And getting artists to inhale isn't normally a problem, but singing usually isn't involved.

[TOM@METRO]

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

United Sound in Detroit used 667as and RCA BK-5s for vocals during the mid '60s.

At Motown we used Neumann U-67s, an SM2, occasionally a U-47 and in the late '60s almost all KM-86s for vocals. To the best of my knowledge we never owned a 667a and the last vocals we recorded at United happened several years before the 667a became available.

We did a lot of work for Motown/Jobete with the Holland brothers producing. Our U47 fet was the big hit back then.

[Keybeeetsss]

Originally Posted by TOM@METRO

We did a lot of work for Motown/Jobete with the Holland brothers producing. Our U47 fet was the big hit back then.

We hav an original 47 in Nashville; didn't hav the dinar for another 1 but THIS BABY should be here(Memphis spot) nexweek

& I've cut the Erika Badu as well as Funk brothers even tho I'm only 34 so I guess I hav a motown story too

[Rayvenx2208]

great tips!