How do I eliminate the "air" sound when I'm recording vocals at home with a condenser mic?

Question

In making a home recording with a condenser microphone, how do I cut out the "air" sound? When I go to noise removal, it cuts out the air but it also changes the vocals so it sounds like its in a tube. Help!

Answer 1

If you have air sounds when no one is near the mic at all, then you have your gain up too high or you have a very noisy room.

If you are talking about the air of the singers voice I would suggest getting a pop filter and possibly raising the vocal mic a bit.

One other thing to consider, if you have your mic on a short stand that is on or in contact with your computer desk, that might be the problem. Try isolating the mic so it is not touching anything.

First, find the source of the air noise (contact with desk, gain too high, airconditioner, noisy room) then hunt for the solution.

Good luck.

Answer 2

use a dynamic instead.... less sensitive to sounds other than what's right in front of it. Try a Shure SM58 or even a 57 (not thought of primarily as a vocal mike, but works well on male vocal)

Answer 3

go for SHURE. SHURE manufactures good quality microphones and most importantly, they have the lowest of ranges to start from :D amongst the professional singing mic SHURE offers the least price to start with. The minimum being of 11000 Rs. Rest u can choose according to your requirements

Answer 4

Use some outboard type compression gear , even a pedal will do for individual tracks. Just make sure it's "transparent" , meaning that it won't affect the original signal.

Answer 5

I have little experience in recording, but I would have to say to try moving fans around (if they are in the same room), unplug unneccessary electronics, devices, etc.

Answer 6

Use a pre-amp filter.