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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:32 am Post subject: |
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heyguido wrote: |
You say you're working the sm7 from about 6 inches.... Get closer. If you were to pull off that big foam cup of a windscreen, you'd find that the diaphragm is actually much further back in the body than you might think. Secondly, you'll get the benefit of the proximity effect, which will fill out your sound a bit, and reduce your need for additional gain just a tad. |
Great point. I think I measured once the diaphragm to the end of the "cage" and it's about 4inches. Im using the smaller foam windscreen. So actually as we speak I'm 10" from the diaphragm. If I closed the gap 4" I would still be 6" from the diaphragm. Cool
heyguido wrote: |
Sounds like you may have started from a set of processing presets you used previously with other mics. Begin again from scratch (after noting those presets, so you can recreate them if you need them |
I think what's causing the headache is the 5db bump@ 1780khz. Most all of my other mics benefited from this in the form of some presence. I would be more than happy to simply dip @ 200-500hz somewhere and Hi pass @ 80hz,, IF I could get some clean gain. Mayb I should play a bit more with the presence switch on the Shure itself
heyguido wrote: |
Don't sell it yet. The sm7 is a workhorse, and, for most of us, a keeper. It is a different animal from the condensers you're used to, and might take a little while to adjust to.
Hope I've been helpful.  |
Of course.. Thanks all for the encouragement and advice. _________________ Lee Kanne
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whalewtchr Cinquecento

Joined: 18 Feb 2010 Posts: 582 Location: Savannah, GA
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:09 am Post subject: |
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Hi Capt. Did you say you were running a preamp thru the MBox Mini and you are by-passing the pre's inside the MBox? I'm not understanding having the gain on your MBox cranked up if you are already using a preamp or did I get that wrong? Just curious. _________________ jonahcummings |
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heyguido MMD

Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 2507 Location: RDU, the Geek Capitol of the South
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:15 am Post subject: |
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The FetHead is similar to a Cloudlifter. Without it, there's not enough gain. _________________ Don Brookshire
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Bob Stevens Contributore Level V

Joined: 27 Dec 2012 Posts: 151 Location: Orange County, California
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:46 am Post subject: |
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+1 for Don
Get closer. I use mine without any foam but with a metal screen pop and on occasion I will throw a chunk of panty hose over the mic. Not the screen. My pop screen is only an inch or so away.
The caveat... your going to get more proximity effect so you may have to adjust your hi pass and eq.
These old ears tell me your hiss is is hardware related. Gain is my guess. Get closer, turn down your gain, reduce your recording level then bring it back up in post.
Bob _________________ "Dialog is the painting on a canvas of silence" |
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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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