Hi, I’m a female singer having difficulty with microphones and sound engineering my voice.

I currently have a rode NT2A and have been working on a song with it. However, when I sing with more power/ belt, i notice some very obvious ringing sounds. This is around the 1800 area, but as I sweep the EQ around this area there are quite a few instances which produce very obvious ringing frequencies.

What is going on? It can’t be normal to have to EQ almost the entire top end of my voice out. Is the microphone not suited to my voice? It doesn’t make sense because I can’t hear these frequencies so prominently when I sing. Could it be because I am singing with a lot of volume/ pressure? Is it to do with spl?

For reference, a signer that I sound/ sing a little like might be Ariana grande. I have a powerful belting voice.

I even spoke to a friend of mine who said something about the U47 or sm?7 for a Ariana Grande like singer, I know that is a very expensive microphone, that I can’t really afford (😂) … the thing is I know the smb7 is a dynamic mic and I know they usually handle higher SPL better ? Im extremely confused honestly and would really appreciate some guidance ! :( starting to think maybe my voice is just bad for recording or something!

Alsooo forgot to mention, the frequencies are a lot more prominent with reverb… I’m guessing that is because reverb is accentuating what’s already there (yes I have tried different reverbs) and also I don’t really want to low pass the reverb because I want the ‘sparkle’ high end of it (just without the ringing bad frequencies!)

Additional info: I’m recording in my room with a sound shield, but there’s not treatment in the walls/ room, should there be? I thought a sound shield would be enough…

Using headphones so it isn’t feedback

Also I’m a soprano singer if that helps.

• might any non judgemental , but knowledgable person please perhaps be willing to listen to the files and maybe say what they think might be happening? Might be a long shot but even better if you might be willing to zoom call so I can share the screen with you, sorry if it’s a weird idea though, Feel free to ignore :3