my ol' man fixed a unidyme III shure mic and.............

[slidey]

It has a weird distortion coming from it....................it's not overdriving.......it sounds like a piece of metal rattling off of another piece of metal?????wierd........admittedly it's on a conga so the diaphragm could be getting overloaded, I'm still experimenting with it

It sounded great with my ol' man's voice which registers at about 7hz but it just won't take those loud transient blasts of conga where the SM57 takes it no bother at all

anyone shed some light on my vintage mic prob

 

[dgatwood]

It has a weird distortion coming from it....................it's not overdriving.......it sounds like a piece of metal rattling off of another piece of metal?????wierd........admittedly it's on a conga so the diaphragm could be getting overloaded, I'm still experimenting with it

I used to use one on congas all the time---in the blow zone below the things. It seriously shouldn't do anything like what you describe....

Any chance the diaphragm is torn? Failing that, I'd look for a loose screw rattling around... possibly stuck to some part of the capsule because of the magnet.

 

[slidey]

I used to use one on congas all the time---in the blow zone below the things. It seriously shouldn't do anything like what you describe....

Any chance the diaphragm is torn? Failing that, I'd look for a loose screw rattling around... possibly stuck to some part of the capsule because of the magnet.

hmmmmmmmmmm highly possible. I will look into it & see what is happening in there as it is OLDDDDDDDDDDDDD 1965 approx. I'll find out if the capsule is torn or a screw because it sounds quite good otherwise