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<blockquote data-quote="Per SÃ¸vik" data-source="post: 97110" data-attributes="member: 1285">Re: Need help on Vocal Mic Selection Female Soul Singer Lead Vocalist&quot;Good&quot; mikes comes in two categories, the &quot;studio sound&quot; type that typically will have very little foam and other crap in front of the membrane, mainly relying on two layers of mesh to reduce plosives, and the &quot;good for kissing&quot; mikes that have more layers and tricks to allow for extremely close miking. The latter will obviously pick up less from stage and will be less prone to feedback simply because of lower gain/less sensitivity that comes from having the singer closer. Singers that are good at controlling their plosives and breathing might get away with french kissing any mike, others not so much.One of my favourite tricks to bring the hoarseness forward is to run a sidechannel with a huge boost from 5K-15K adding 25-30 dB and then limiting that channel 20-25 dB below the main channel. Brings out the hoarse and the whisper, but keeps the sound from getting sharp when the singer goes louder. Caution: The limiting absolutely have to kick in early enough to stop feedback from happening since the gain in those frequencies is absolutely massive and there is no way you want feedback problems above 5kHz in a modern system capable of earshattering highs. I don&#039;t run it into the monitors though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Per SÃ¸vik, post: 97110, member: 1285"] Re: Need help on Vocal Mic Selection Female Soul Singer Lead Vocalist "Good" mikes comes in two categories, the "studio sound" type that typically will have very little foam and other crap in front of the membrane, mainly relying on two layers of mesh to reduce plosives, and the "good for kissing" mikes that have more layers and tricks to allow for extremely close miking. The latter will obviously pick up less from stage and will be less prone to feedback simply because of lower gain/less sensitivity that comes from having the singer closer. Singers that are good at controlling their plosives and breathing might get away with french kissing any mike, others not so much. One of my favourite tricks to bring the hoarseness forward is to run a sidechannel with a huge boost from 5K-15K adding 25-30 dB and then limiting that channel 20-25 dB below the main channel. Brings out the hoarse and the whisper, but keeps the sound from getting sharp when the singer goes louder. Caution: The limiting absolutely have to kick in early enough to stop feedback from happening since the gain in those frequencies is absolutely massive and there is no way you want feedback problems above 5kHz in a modern system capable of earshattering highs. I don't run it into the monitors though. [/QUOTE]

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