High frequency warping/woosh when recording metal vocals/screaming?

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Hey all, I'm using Cubase to record from:

Shure sm7b -> XLR cable -> cloudlifter CL-1 -> XLR cable -> Scarlett 8i6 (Phantom Power On - Gain = 7) -> USB cable -> laptop.

I have both the stock pop filter on the mic itself as well as a pop filter attached to the boom stand.

I'm getting some strange wooshing feedback every time there is a new word in the verse, the best way I can describe it is that high frequency shifting noise you get when tuning a radio between stations.

Here are some mp3 examples (attached to this message), it's much easier to hear the feedback with the effects on because it exaggerates it, but you can definitely still hear it when completely clean (no eq, flat eq setting on sm7b).

CLEAN: View attachment TEST-clean.mp3
WET: View attachment TEST.mp3

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here? I'm in a basement with little ambient noise, and I don't think my environment is the issue since when recording silence there is no feedback at all.

Thanks!
 
I think what you're hearing is your poorly treated room throwing some high frequencies back at you. That's what I'm hearing anyway. It's hard to tell because I can hear you have a gate on the track, so if it is your room's reverb, then it's getting cut off so I can't hear it properly.

The "wet" test just sounds like a shoddy reverb plug-in . xD
 
tnx mrwrenchey, the clean track isn't gated but I forgot to mention I did edit out the inhale breaths, but that should only be every 7 or 8 words or so.

If it is in fact the room I can start throwing blankets over everything and try again, if anyone else has any idea what it might be it be awesome to know.
 
Haha, that's just manual gating.

I'd like to hear other ideas. Honestly, it sounds like it's subtle enough it wouldn't matter in the mix. But that's my opinion.
 
yeah, I might end up the only one who hones in on it, but if I can get rid of it before doing 5 or 6 more tracks I will. I guess I'll try and curtain off an area around the mic w/ thick blankets or maybe sound proof a 5x2 closet, although I see people complaining online about things getting too "boxy" when the area is too small. Any idea which would work better?
 
I'd suggest just treating the room you're in right now. If you're hearing something in the high frequencies, some drapes and such would work a bit to tame the highs. I never really recommend something as small as a closet for vocals. It'll just end badly for everyone.
 
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