Paul wrote:
....as opposed to using a limiter to squash the
offending passage (and everything else).
It depend on whether you are recording an actuality event or whether you
can do a re-take. If the latter, just ask the singer to turn sightly
away from the mic on that passage or step back a pace or two. The
results will sound perfectly natural and almost undetectable, whereas
electronic post-production rarely does.
Two examples, one recent and one from 1931 at:
http://www.poppyrecords.co.uk/other/sounds/NoBlasting.mp3
The two head-turns occur at 0:15 and 0:40
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