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

Mon Apr 6 23:37:20 EDT 2015

Yeah, I think that is what I'm basically gonna have to do.

It's not a huge issue, I can do the necessary tweaking.  I just wanted to be
sure it wasn't just me going crazy with the sound quality, and it looks like
I'm not.

At least my mike isn't broken.

Chris.

-----Original Message-----
From: RWP [mailto:rwp-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Chris Belle
via RWP
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 10:31 PM
To: Reapers Without Peepers
Subject: Re: [Rwp] New hardware to use with Reaper: is it just me?

Well, then do what you can to correct the problem with eq and good mic 
technique.

Almost any mic can be made to sound passable with some apt engineering.

Best not to have to do this of course, but it's there if you need it.

Try a low shelving eq
to cut out some of that low mid mud.

On 4/6/2015 6:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland via RWP wrote:
> I agree with you Chris.  Unfortunately, right now, I needed something 
> fairly quick, and within my budget it was all I could do.  I do agree 
> with what you're saying for what it's worth though.
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Belle 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?
>
>
>> Most of these USB mics in that price range are not great quality.
>>
>> Lots of reasons I'd rather use a standard mic on my board or 
>> interface pres,
>> like eq, noise, having to juggle different interfaces, since anything 
>> like this will be the sole interface,
>> and probably limit you to class compliant standards, not that that's 
>> necessarily
>> the worst thing in the world,
>> but I think when you get around the 100 dollar mark, there are so 
>> many good working man microphones that are available.
>>
>> If you just must use a USB adapter, get a USB adapter that will allow 
>> you to use any mic with it,
>> that way you can swap out mics if you need to, not be limited to a 
>> bad sounding mic.
>>
>> if you have too much boom
>> try using a low shelf or high pass eq filter on it, and cut some of 
>> the mud,
>> I had a student who had that snowball,
>> not in USB form but I think she had the standard version of it,
>> and it was indeed a boomy muddy mic, my favorite blue mic in the 100 
>> dollar range is the encore 100
>> which is a sweet sounding mic, with lots of sweet high end, and not 
>> too much boom,
>> better yet, if you must go portable get an entry level interface,
>> there are lots of them at the 100 dollar price range with reasonable 
>> mic pres.
>> You'll be better off going forward as you start buying microphones in 
>> a standard format for different purposes.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/6/2015 3:32 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> RWP mailing list
>>> RWP at bluegrasspals.com
>>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> RWP mailing list
>> RWP at bluegrasspals.com
>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp 
>
> _______________________________________________
> RWP mailing list
> RWP at bluegrasspals.com
> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp
>

_______________________________________________
RWP mailing list
RWP at bluegrasspals.com
http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp