VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

MelissaVoicer · Guest

Alas, Russ, I AM in the 3 in the back. Smile

Thanks for the suggestion though....

BUT--I think I've solved it!! My audio advice person had suggested switching the impedence on the preamp to 150...to bring out a warmer sound in my voice...and that's when the noise started! So I brought it back all the way to 2500 and it's gone! I went ahead and ordered an FMR RNC and FMR RNP and I think that will help my overall sound to reflect the quality of the new RODE NTK mic...I hope! But at least while they're in transit, my audio is useable!!!! Smile

Thanks everyone for all your help and support!

TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject:

(Picture of my work area)

I AM my computer guy!

This doesn't include the MacBook Pro over to the left and the laptop under the table.
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TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:28 pm Post subject:

sdelgo · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject:

MelissaVoicer · Guest

steve, can I just do a quick Vulcan Mind Meld with you so I can learn some of the technical crap????? Pleeeeeeezeee?????? Laugh

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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject:

Another reason to use balanced: if your mic requires phantom power, you need to use the balanced XLR inputs. 1/4 inch plugs do not offer phantom power.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

tough to plug into the mic too...

dammit, which one of the three pins does this thing need to touch... and how am I supposed to hold it like that?
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sdelgo · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:02 am Post subject:

MelissaVoicer · Guest

Just lay back and relax, honey...it'll be fine! Inoccent

Yoda117 · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:21 am Post subject:

*readies the probe for Melissa*
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BenWils · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:14 am Post subject:

Balanced cables send signals that are both "in phase" and "out of phase"...which means it sends one signal the normal way and then flips the signal, so to speak (think sound waves). Because of this anything that is not part of the original signal, in your case, your voice, is cancelled. Noise, interference should be better cancelled because it does not match what the in phase and out of phase signals originate as. Not sure if that explained it well or not.

Phase cancellation is a weird thing. I know engineers that had been stuck with a final music mix that they did not want to replicate on their board, external compressors, processors etc. because of time (before the onset of DAWs and automated boards where you can save mixer settings) so they played the final mix, alongside the one track they wished to reduce in volume (such as a lead guitar that was too loud) and they flipped the lead guitar track out of phase and added a little to the mix, which in turn reduced the volume of the lead guitar in the final mix because of the phase cancellation. They just ran the new mix to a DAT machine and they had the quick fix for a mix that was perfect except for one instrument being a little too loud. Pretty cool huh?
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sdelgo · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:54 am Post subject:

To touch on what Ben said... Alot of these so called "vocal removers" work along the same premise, instruments and background vocals are recorded out of phase and the lead vocal is recorded in phase all the "removers" do is invert on side of the signal and then BAM* the background vocals and some instruments are brought to the forefront while the lead vocals are almost removed(usually you just hear the reverb that was added because the mixing engineers send the wet reverb back to the mixing board out of phase.
I know Cool Edit had a feature called "vocal cut" which inverted on side of the stereo field to achieve this effect.
Also there is a way to build an inverting op-amp circuit which does the same thing.

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Bill Campbell · DC Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 621

Meryl Streep and Al Pacino don't care about how the camera works.

Unless you are a producer, don't get too caught up in the mechanics.
Being VO-BB, concentrate on the PERFORMANCE.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 8:58 am Post subject:

yeah Bill. but this is the gear section.

but you're right. The first and foremost thing you should be worried about is your performance. I mean, Kirby Morrow does his home auditions and a fair number of spots using an ART Tube Preamp with USB to his laptop (using an RCA Ribbon mic).

I love gear, but I'll be the first to admit that if you can't give a good performance, then nothing else matters. You can have the best gear in the world and it'll still suck.
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