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I've taken some time off from producing others to
focus exclusively on my own stuff for a while.  What I'm
digging the most is taking the time to experiment with
no regard for the clock or other people's impatience.

Here's one: recently I began laying some final vocal tracks,
and the combo I like best on my voice is Manley pre->
Soundelux U99.  The thing about the Soundelux is that,
while it's modeled after a U67, I want a bit more of the
tube 47 on the top, less aggressive, more slurry.

So I'm playing around with patterns and placement and
at some point, probably after an indulgent bong hit,
I came at the mic in a very odd way and ended up being 
floored with the results.  I had the capsule pointed 90
degrees to the right, with the mic about 1" diagonal
to the left of my lips.  This put me extremely close to the
diaphragm (husky low mids) but being straight off
to the side of the cardioid pattern softened the sibilances
in exactly the way I was desiring.

Singing "past" the mic like this also eliminated any and all
plosives from hitting the diaphragm, which I hate because
I like to print with 4-6db of opto limiting on the way in,
and big P's hitting an opto is not pleasant.

Alright, enough rambling, I'm getting back to the music.

Take care,

u b i k