Immediate, Intimate, Intense Vocal Sound - How?

Also try this Donationware VST on the vocals, HTH :)

PS- experienced studio vocalists who are accustomed to good monitoring will use "mic technique" (moving closer to and further from the mic) not only to maintain consistent levels, but also to control the sound. Really good "throaty rock" vocalists will intuitively move back from the mic when they go into "scream" voice (at any volume), and move in closer when they go into "smooth" voice, and stuff like that, exploiting the differences in volume and sound almost the way that an electric guitar player "works" the amp overload.

Nice one Yep! That was a really good explanation of what's going on with close mic techniques :) Any one who is unsure what Yep is talking about here should read through it again and/or copy and print and keep reading it For those people who don't have quite such a good understanding of mic technique they will get a lot of benefit from this Thanks Yep Cheers Anton

pardon me from injecting on this topic but my issue is relevant... I have only 1 mic, it's a small diaphragm condenser (Rode NT3). I had bought it as a general purpose mic a few years back but I do not like it for recording my voice. It has a bright brittle sound (good thing for acoustic instruments though). Plus, there's some ambient noise in my home studio which is hard to block and the mic picks it up easily. So to the point of this thread... I also want a more suitable mic for a male vocal sound (pop/rock stuff). Not bright, no exaggerating the sibilances. I want low sensitivity on distant ambient sounds. Am I going for a dynamic mic? Lots of decent options at 150euros or less? I am focusing on low-budget because I rarely do vocal stuff (most of my tracks are instrumentals). Thanks

Evan lots of gear today has a brittle hi end. its due to semiconductor manufacturers of op amps for example i feel. listen to old jazz records to hear a eq diff. before ditching the rode try eq cuts in the 2k to 8k range. n mebe low mid boosts subtly. yep nailed it. close in for intimate. a trik to try is for the loud part of vocs like screams do a seperate trak with different level settings. so if a trak needs loud n soft intimate vocs. do a trak for each. my prob is i'm a loud vocallist.