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Question about vocal recording.

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Topic Question about vocal recording.
I've been recording off and on for about 2-3 years. Normally when I record vocals, I use a typical stage mic to get the job done.

Recently purchased a condencer mic, Audio Technica AT3035, but I'm having trouble getting any decent sound from it.

My first attempt, I placed the mic in a pretty large, wood floored room. The mic seemed to pick up a lot more ambient noises than it did the actual voice.

My second attempt, I placed the mic in a room about the size of a small bathroom. I placed blankets on all the walls of the room, to reduce echo. That take came out sounding less ambient, but the voice sounded as if the singer was recording in a plastic box.

Maybe I'm making some rookie mistakes. If anyone could help me out, that would be great.
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I work as an anouncer in spanish, I used to record in a radio station with a senheisser microphone , can't remember the model, but its sound was very warm as it should be. Recently I bougt the audio Technica AT 3035 and happenned to me exactly the same as you. It seems that it's a cheap version , a commercial one, becouse other models of the brand such as the AT 4050 sound completely different but it is much more expensive, as I been told by some radio colleagues who are using it on the air and also in studio recordings.
So I think we better get rid of it and buy another one with the advise of an expert depending on the use we want to give to it.
I've heard about the brand "Behringer" and also heard some recordings made with them , they sound very good and cost significantly less than the AT 3035 .
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hey guys!!

I happen to have a Behringer b-1..
This is an amazing mic, Roll of filters...the works...
I use it in my bedroom with a korgd1200 an the results are amazing..
I can honestly say it sounds better than top end numens and groovetubes..

and its only 99.99 great buy if you ask me..
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Quote: I've been recording off and on for about 2-3 years. Normally when I record vocals, I use a typical stage mic to get the job done.

Recently purchased a condencer mic, Audio Technica AT3035, but I'm having trouble getting any decent sound from it.

My first attempt, I placed the mic in a pretty large, wood floored room. The mic seemed to pick up a lot more ambient noises than it did the actual voice.

My second attempt, I placed the mic in a room about the size of a small bathroom. I placed blankets on all the walls of the room, to reduce echo. That take came out sounding less ambient, but the voice sounded as if the singer was recording in a plastic box.

Maybe I'm making some rookie mistakes. If anyone could help me out, that would be great.



Put an a large area rug over your wood floor, and set up blankets to control unwanted reflections.

Try to position yourself off-center in the room so that you don't get any cancellations due to standing waves.

Hang a blanket on the wall behind you, so that it minimized any reflected coming back into the mic.

Small spaces will make your voice sound just like it... small and boxy... unless you've got acoustic treatments going on to take care of resonance.