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Originally Posted by 6ftstudios
NOTE: I do disagree with Timmy - there are time appropriate to "pull back" off the microphone. I do tell beginners not to, but seasoned singers can use it effectively. ALSO....It may be PART OF THE SOUND they are looking for. Allow your artists room to be creative!
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If the mic is one of those rare few that has no proximity effect, so its sound remains the same regardless of distance, this can work OK. A singer backs off when s/he is loud, which is usually also when her/his tone is thin. Backing off of most mics makes the tone thin. So you have thin + thin, which is not something I care for or like dealing with as a mixperson. If s/he stays on the mic, the tone is much more consistent (thus much more appealing), and I can deal with the level change. (If singers knew anything about sound, there would not be so many of them holding the mic by the ball.)