Originally Posted By: Mike Halloran
A lot of the advice is good but the presenter doesn't understand why some of it works.

Interesting that, while discouraging the use of an SM58 due to sibilance, he's holding a cheap RØDE. Yea, right… one mic was designed for preamp circuitry that's been obsolete for over 50 years while the other is just poorly designed.

So, of course, one needs a De-esser. With the right mics, no, not really except for singers with terrible technique.




Rode mics are 'poorly designed'? Really? They are a common mic around here, and people are making some pretty good tracks with them. They aren't a Neumann or Telefunken, but most people that do this as a hobby can't afford to dabble in such esoteric mics.

The whole point of the video was how to record tracks without plosives with mic placement and show that you don't need a de-esser by singing across the capsule instead of directly into it.

I think that's good advice, and it actually works quite well.



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Bob

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