Jay Ashworth
Well-Known Member
In his signature, @Ben Stiegler says:
> Pet Peeve of the Week - vocalists who pump their mic toward/away from their face to self-moderate their dynamics. Who teaches them to do this, anyway? Might have been wise in the 50s, but ...
Um... that's how I was always taught to work a mic, and while I don't require it of singers (compressor per channel is *really* nice) I certainly don't object -- and professional vocalists seem to do it all the time too, Ben. Why does it bug you? Cause they do it *badly*?
> Pet Peeve of the Week - vocalists who pump their mic toward/away from their face to self-moderate their dynamics. Who teaches them to do this, anyway? Might have been wise in the 50s, but ...
Um... that's how I was always taught to work a mic, and while I don't require it of singers (compressor per channel is *really* nice) I certainly don't object -- and professional vocalists seem to do it all the time too, Ben. Why does it bug you? Cause they do it *badly*?