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Does anyone out there know of any technique I could use to reduce the over emphasis my voice has on the "S" sounds. (Charlie Brown says it's because I dribble all the time!) I'm more interested in vocal technique rather than audio post processing , which of course, I can't do in the bars.

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seems as thoe your only 12,000 miles away from me, I class you as my neighbour, so heres my neighbourly help
Popping occurs when words containing P’s & B’s (like popping and barbecue) are sung or spoken Try saying “popping” or “barbecue” with your hand directly in front of your mouth. You will feel the extra burst of air when saying these words compared to words without P’s or B’s. When using a microphone to capture vocals the burst of air will head straight for the unprotected microphone and can cause overload distortions in the mic and associated electronics.
Sibilance is the excessive hissing when pronouncing S’s and Z’s. Sally sells seashells by the seashore is be a phrase that would emphasize sibilance. Sibilance can also overload an unprotected microphone and associated electronics.
Always use a pop shield between yourself and the microphone. Failure to do so will almost certainly result in unnatural ‘pops’ on plosive ‘b’ and ‘p’ sounds that can’t be fixed afterwards. Foam wind shields are virtually useless in combatting pops.
Your choice of microphone is obviously important: while dynamic mics are traditionally used for live vocals, in the studio the best results are achieved with a good condenser mic. A condenser will give the most natural-sounding results and has a wider frequency response. The safest choice of polar pattern is a cardioid, which will minimise the effect of the room’s acoustic and reject noise apart from the main sound source.
To avoid rumbling you should use an elastic shock mount to absorb any unwanted ground noise. In addition, use a pop-shield to avoid "SIBILANCE" and popping sounds from hard consonants – if you don’t want to buy one, make one from a pair of tights stretched over a wire coat-hanger. Position yourself about 4-6 inches from the pop shield, and the

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Thanks Rob, that's just the kind of advice I was needing to hear. I wasn't aware that I was doing it until I started listening to my recordings. I'm using a cardiod dynamic mic very similar in performance to an SM-58. (It came with my PCK-2000 karaoke machine). I'll try making a pop filter. Does it matter what kind of knickers I use to make that? Maybe a G-string would be appropriate for musical applications.

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Try taking the mic back an inch or two at the very beginnining of an "S" or a "B" word. Taking the angle of the mic down a few degrees could also be effective. I do either or both as needed. Probably not super effetive as opposed to other solutions, but if you're using house supplied equipment with different KJ's setting it up, as I do going to many different shows, the one thing you do have control over is how you use the mic (with the setup) that you're given.

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Thanks Penn 65000. That makes a lot of sense.

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