Rap Song Recording Tips : Recording a Rap Song: Distance From Microphone

When recording a rap song, position close to the microphone with a filter to avoid reverb, wind interference and poor sound quality. Have the proper distance from the microphone when recording a rap song with tips from a professional studio technician in this free video on hip hop recording.

Expert: Frederick "Ricky B." Burchell
Bio: Frederick "Ricky B." Burchell is a rapper/producer. He released his first solo album "The Calling" on D-Fusion Music/Broken Records in 1998. The song "Stand Up 4 Tha Faith" reached number one for seve
Filmmaker: ricky burchell

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Tags:

• hip hop
• music recording
• rap songs
• stacking vocals
• songwriting
• recording studios
• recording booths
• EQ
• microphones

[mryounganfresh]

im really gona stand 6 feet away from the mic

[AZNfingas88]

Those damn Russian wind sounds...

[trigapula]

you can say stand right up on the mic if your mic is cardiod people don't stand that close especially singers u get proximity effect(bass) witch will be very hard to remove in your mixing process

[LilDiceMusic]

Great tips but sometimes (in my case) you have a powerful voice when rapping that you should stand a couple of inches away... in my case I stand about 10 inches away.

[MarioAndJerik]

actually, you can get that out !

[IsrealRich]

THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW NOT TO STAND SIX FEET AWAY FROM THE MIC, THATS WHAT IVE BEEN DOING THIS WHOLE TIME WHICH IS WHY I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING RECORDED, I WAS WONDERING. THANKS ( this comment is use of sarcasm)

[StixxBeats]

For those watching this misinformation. As an audio engineer of strictly rap for 10+ years...Do not stand as close as you can to the mic...u want to use the proximity effect and back off the mic about a 6 to 8 inches otherwise you will increase the low frequency as you get closer to the mic which you will ultimately remove in the master anyways. Thats why most mics have a bass roll off. There is not much to be gained recording frequencies below 100hz with vocals. StixxBeats

[MrPhilly1990]

thts some good tips



[BL00DLINE]

I never get that close to the mic unless I'm speaking an intro to the song. And this could have been shorter if he didn't spend all that time trying to make his point about the noises lol.

[joeyr254]

i know a lot of people can agree that it depends on what kind of mic you have, what pattern type you set it to and most of the time u will have to be 3-4 inches away when u are regular rappin and 5-7 inches away when shouting, and its called plosives not words like a p, and those sound do get picked up by the mic the air is what doesn't get picked up by it cmon..expert!

[tommy5977]

no, you don't get THAT close to the microphone...durrr

[tjgetit67]

waka flocka dont even stand that close