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What is your preferred polar pattern for vocals?
Cardoid? Omni?
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For field recordings I prefer directional. For rooms I prefer cardioid. For stage I prefer super-cardioid.
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Personally and since I only record myself , I use Cardioid for vocals, I like intimate, present, and up close and personal.
I would only use Omni if the vocals were intentionally to be pushed back into a larger mix as a secondary feature, to augment the music as the primary focus (something like say a New Age ambient piece)
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Hi J-D
Yes. For solo singers, cardioid. I've had some really fun sessions with small acoustic ensembles (think Bluegrass group), I've had them stand/sit in a circle and placed an omni in the center of the group from overhead (and that produced a mono output). I did once do a modified mid-side array with a pair of figure 8 mics with only one set to figure 8. |
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Thanks guys.
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Mic pattern preference…
Hi JD
I was hoping more would weigh in. By far the most recordings I've done were mics set to cardioid pattern. I rarely used super/hyper cardioid because then the player cannot move much. And some players move while they play. |
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I've often heard it said that a good portion of what is produced by a vocalist originates from the upper chest / sternum. If that's true then I'd think that would be another reason not to use a hypercardiod mic for an intimate vocal recording.
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