neaumann tlm-103

[alevy]

my mic's frequencies arent correct from 340-500 there is a boost then from about 750 to 4000 everything goes down considerably i thought i had high mids but its not the mids i have low everything else my preamp is a eureka presonus. i need help any ideas on what this might be?

 

[easychair]

How did you figure this out?

 

[easychair]

Hmmm...I got a bad rep point for posting in this thread, with the following note:

"By dangling my cock into a blender and pressing "puree". I'm guessing in response to my question of how alevt figured out his mic wasn't working correctly.

There are fuckheads everywhere, it seems.

 

[alevy]

i use a the paz frequency in waves. i new that it didnt sound good. i didn't know why?

 

[thehymns]

You need to work on your spelling because I can't follow anything you've posted.

 

[Drummer4Life05]

What the hell is a neaumann?

 

[Farview]

i use a the paz frequency in waves. i new that it didnt sound good. i didn't know why?

What were you recording through the mic? Pink noise?

 

[alevy]

through the mic. neumann.... there you go the world is a better place now im going to find the cure for aids while im at it.

 

[Farview]

through the mic. neumann.... there you go the world is a better place now im going to find the cure for aids while im at it.

What?

What I was getting at was, the spectrum analyser will only tell you the response of the mic if you are running pink noise through it. If you are not, the analyser is giving you the spectrum of what you are recording plus the mics response. With the response the mic is supposed to have, I would say you are recording something that is really mid range heavy.

 

[alevy]

im recording vocals. when i compare other acapellas from other home studios and indusrty vocals the spectrum shows it's usual spikes but with my vocals and anyone else's vocals that record at my house there is a significant bump in the mids of what looks to be about 10 decibels.

 

[alevy]

i have a acapella posted on the link in my signature.

 

[easychair]

im recording vocals. when i compare other acapellas from other home studios and indusrty vocals the spectrum shows it's usual spikes but with my vocals and anyone else's vocals that record at my house there is a significant bump in the mids of what looks to be about 10 decibels.

Well, the average human voice is pretty mid-heavy. Looking at a spectrum analysis of it will show pretty much what you saw. Not much low or high, and a lot of mids. Most of the energy in the human voice is from 400-1000hz. Then there will be accents in the 3-5k region, when you use hard consonants, like k or t. Then it drops off rapidly, with maybe sibilance being a bit higher.

Does the mic sound bad?

 

[alevy]

yes. it does. my vocals doen't stick out over the mixes at all there's a link in my signature i have an acapella on there. i thought it was because of compresion but i have tried every combination imaginable with no luck

 

[easychair]

yes. it does. my vocals doen't stick out over the mixes at all there's a link in my signature i have an acapella on there. i thought it was because of compresion but i have tried every combination imaginable with no luck

I'm not at home, so I can't listen, unfortunately. I guess I meant when you listen back, does it sound like the person who was recorded. Hard to tell when you listen to yourself, I always end up saying "What the hell is that?" when I listen to my own voice.


If there really is something wrong with it, hopefully it's under warranty.

 

[alevy]

damn well it doesnt sound bad there no distortion the vocals just arent clear as they should be

 

[easychair]

I listened, actually. Girlfriend gave the OK. The mic sounds fine, on these speakers. It might sound different on something decent. Sounds like a mix issue. All those background things are too loud, the other voices and stuff like the busy snare-type thing. They should be back farther in the mix when the lead vocal is happening. You can only have so much out in front at once.

That also explains your freq analysis. Your vocal tracks are essentially a monotone, one note. Not any different than spoken word, which has a frequency spread like I listed in my last post. Very different than singing.

 

[Farview]

I just listened to it. That's your voice man. Your voice will always sound more bassy in your head than it really is. The lack of low end is your nasaly delivery. The back of your throat is too tight and there isn't any air getting to your nose. That is what is giving it that nasal sound. Also, try to open up your throat, the whole thing sounds like you are very tense and your airway is restricted.

The mic is fine.

 

[xstatic]

Its also not fair to compare frequency content of your recordings to someone elses. There are many factors that make things different from place to place. Some of these factors are preamps, cabling, different mics, different placement of the mic, room acoustics, converters, mix EQ and compression, mastering, interaction with other tracks etc...

 

[alevy]

it's either converters or cables. i have a echo mia sound card and the volume is lower then it was with my other soundcard. i really don't know listen to the acapella its totally diffrent

 

[darnold]

yah...maybe it is cables and converters...combined with everything else people have already mentioned.