Here's a video on proper mic technique...from my studio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlNHrbyeCxE

Well, maybe not exactly.... I sing 45 degrees off axis ..."past the mic" rather than right into it. When going straight in, I use a pop filter on a stand, which you see later in the video.

I caught a ton of grief in another forum when I originally posted this video of me holding the Rode NT2A. Holding the mic was a spoof.

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