[Rwp] New hardware to use with Reaper: is it just me?

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

I actually managed to figure out what was going on.  I had the d*** thing 
screwed on the stand incorrectly.  Oops?  Therefore, I was coverring the 
part of the mic you speak into.

I agree with you Patrick, it's not the greatest by any means, but for the 
purpose I need, it will suffice.  I'm not dismissing your opinion though, as 
I happen to agree that it could use a lot of work by far and away.

Chris.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Perdue via RWP" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Rwp] New hardware to use with Reaper: is it just me?


> That mic is everything you want a mic not to be. Nasty, resonant midrange 
> at it's best, wide axis, ultra-sensitive. Do yourself a favor and don't 
> bother.
>
> Working in the field of podcasting, I find lots of people who are 
> unfortunate enough to own one of these, so I made a track template to sort 
> of try to compensate for it's issues. After stacking a few notch filters 
> and an exciter, the best I can come up with is changing from "cup" to 
> "tube." Really, I have nothing good to say about that thing.
>
> As I often tell people, Blue are great at marketing and distribution, not 
> so much for everything else, at least when it comes to the consumer 
> market.
>
> I won't insert my thoughts about the Yeti here, either.
>
> On 4/6/2015 4:32 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland via RWP wrote:
>> So, here's the deal.  I have a studio grade Blue Bluebird microphone
>> that I bought a while back from Sweetwater which I use for tracking
>> vocals when I record.  It sounds absolutely amazing.  I needed another
>> microphone which I could use on a different system more not for singing
>> but more just for doing voice podcasts, or for things like Skype,
>> Teamtalk, etc.  I can't very easily use that same mike I already have,
>> the Bluebird, as a lot of times I want to be sitting down at my
>> production machine.  The issue is, the mike stand that I'm using for my
>> Bluebird is a floor stand which I have raised about 5 feet in the air,
>> so I can stand at it comfortably.  What I needed was just a little
>> desktop mike.  So, I found the Blue Snowball.  It retails for about $60
>> in the US.  It's a self powered USB mike.  No prees needed.  It just
>> works.  Anyway, I was wonderring if anyone either has used one a these
>> babies or has at least heard one being used.  I'm asking as I don't know
>> if this is normal, but in Reaper, Sonar, SoundForge, ProTools, you name
>> it, I'm finding that there really isn't much high end to this mike.  By
>> high end, I don't mean high end quality.  I'm speaking of high end
>> frequency.  It doesn't sound at all muddy, just very very boomy/basy.
>> If I set the padding switch to the low padding or high padding
>> positions, it sounds kind of like someone with no compression raising
>> the gain who is standing across the room from a mike with the gain
>> hardly turned up.  Best way I can describe it is, it sounds like a sort
>> of shorted out mike cable.  It sounds great though with the padding off
>> completely, aside that it's again, just really got no high end that I
>> can really hear.  It's very clear, just a little more boomy than I
>> expected.  I heard someone use one of these things before buying it. I
>> want to say it was Michael shoot... what's his last name, I don't
>> remember.  He does the How to Be Blind podcast.  Anyway, don't quote me
>> on this, but I'm 98% sure that was what he was using on the recording I
>> heard him do.  Mike Melarcy!  There!  I knew I would think of it. It was
>> on the tip a my tongue!  LOL!  Anyway, I dono.  It's possible that he
>> did what I'm gonna have to do, and e queued the thing. That's no issue
>> if I do.  I'm just wonderring if this mike is notorious for this, or if
>> you all know.
>> Chris.
>>
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