Ribbon mic distortion - One octave below source audio.

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Hey all,
Did a bit of vocal recording tonight using a Reslo Ribbon RBT/L.

I noticed when I was pushing it hard there was this distortion exactly one octave below my voice.
It seriously just sounded like an octave effect. It would have been kinda cool if it wasn't a fault.


Anyway, I noticed it only happened singing into the back through the magnets (or w/e they are).
Front was fine, so i took the front and back covers off and tested again (Obviously carefully with very open ahhhhhh sounds).

Same thing happened, only on the back as before.

Not wanting to hoke at the unknown i closed the mic up again only to find it had started working perfectly again.
It remained tip top for the rest of the recording.

Any thoughts on what could cause that?

Cheers.
 
I doubt it's anything serious like tension/ribbon purely because it works perfectly now.
I did wonder could the ribbon have moved or something, but..hmm IDK.

If it happens again I'll email Stewart. Cheers.
 
Well, it happened again and I did email.
Stewart wasn't aware of anything obvious that it could be, but I said I'd send him an audio clip of it.

Anyone else encountered this?
 
Steenamaroo said:
Well, it happened again and I did email.
Stewart wasn't aware of anything obvious that it could be, but I said I'd send him an audio clip of it.

Anyone else encountered this?
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Nope. Haven't sang through your Reslo!
 
:facepalm: Couldn't resist that one Paul.
Could it have something to do with a grounding issue?
 
boooo.

I seriously doubt it. I mean, everything's tip top, plus it's such a strange symptom.

It's gotta be something vibrating a suppose but what would vibrate to produce my voice one octave lower (along side my actual voice of course.)
 
Steenamaroo said:
boooo.

I seriously doubt it. I mean, everything's tip top, plus it's such a strange symptom.

It's gotta be something vibrating a suppose but what would vibrate to produce my voice one octave lower (along side my actual voice of course.)
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Try it with a shock-mount (if you have one). It could be the mic stand/floor resonence acting on the mic body.
 
Hi Paul,

Did you get anywhere with this? It could be worth trying a different sound source at a similar frequency.

Cheers

Stewart
 
Hi Stewart,
Welcome to the boards.

I actually did a couple of songs yesterday (similar range and style) problem free which is strange.

I have the feeling this isn't over though! :p
 
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Lol, funny, there's an opening for 'mic guru' position around here. :p
 
Well, thanks guys! I am flattered. Hopefully I can help from time to time.

I do lurk here occasionally, and I used to buy the magazine back in the late 80s and early 90s. I'll be sure to stop by a bit more often.

Cheers

Stewart
 
Hi Steenamaroo

It's not just me then!

I just got hold of an old 60's Reslo and got exactly the same problem

Did it happen again to you or did you get to the bottom of what was causing it?
 
Oh wow. That's interesting.
I opened mine and made sure that everything was tight and in place.
I didn't see anything odd in there, but it hasn't done it since.

I haven't used it in a while. Maybe I'll break it out and see what's happening later.
 
Let me know what you find!

Mine doesn't do it all the time-in fact I didn't notice it till after recording-was driving me crazy wondering where it was coming from until I googled it and saw your post!!

Any help is much appreciated

Best

J:-)
 
jj71 said:
Let me know what you find!

Mine doesn't do it all the time-in fact I didn't notice it till after recording-was driving me crazy wondering where it was coming from until I googled it and saw your post!!

Any help is much appreciated

Best

J:-)
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You may have *bottomed* out your microphone ..... what where you recording?
 
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