Wheres the best place in the room to put the microphone?
Most of the time when recording vocals it’s best to keep the effect of the room on the sound to a minimum, so keeping well away from the walls is a good idea. In particular, try not to have a reflective wall directly behind the singer. Another thing to avoid is recording in the exact centre of a room, as any standing waves will be in phase at this point, and this will tend to exaggerate the room resonances in the recording. Balancing these two considerations means that you’re likely to wish to record close to, but not directly at, the centre of the room. If you’re still getting a boxy sound, no matter how you position things in the room, the first thing to try is working a little closer to the mic it is usually the nature of the recording room’s ambience which causes boxiness. Obviously, the proximity effect may often limit you a little here, and so four inches (10cm) is probably a sensible minimum distance this will still improve the direct-to-reflected sound ratio. The other thing yo
