Review comment said I was doing podcast mic placement all wrong

Ngl, I bought a Shure SM7B and had it pointed at my mouth directly for weeks. A guy in the reviews said to angle it 45 degrees off axis to cut the sibilance and boost the low end, and my voice actually sounds like a human now instead of a tin can. Has anyone else tried moving their mic just a little and gotten way better results?

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wendy_park765mo ago

Honestly I think people overthink mic placement way too much. If you point it straight at your mouth and it sounds fine to you, then it's fine.

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terry_barnes5mo ago

Maybe it's just me but I accidentally aimed my mic at my nose once and wondered why I sounded like Darth Vader.

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ericb664mo ago

Read an audio engineering blog that said the angle matters more than the distance in most home setups. Tilted my AT2020 about 30 degrees off to the side and the harshness on my voice practically vanished. Never going back to pointing it dead on after that.

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