Wow; help get my SM7 fired into Mbox..

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Hello and welcome to my thread in which I ask you for help PLEASEEEE!

I run a project studio for rap music in central London, we recently got an Mbox for one of our vocal booth PCs and a Shure SM7 mic; as our Rode NT2 was making the rap vocals sound a lil...... excited/tinny..... :(

Anyway, with the SM7 being dynamic, and the Mbox gain only running to about 40, we are havin a couple of issues with the SM7 flexing its true muscle.....

My question is: HOW can I get this SM7 sounding how it should... into PTools7 and an Mbox? We have a couple of cheap MicPre's like TFPro and Meek; but I find they add a little colour, and I want the cleanest cleanest cleanest I can get - for the SM7 to run true right into PTools.

Now money is an issue - so any suggestions at getting this setup fired up? Any suggestions for a well matched SM7 - mic Pre? Money wise - Im talking 200 to 450 of your US dollars..


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Edit: Any and all suggestions welcome, + if anyone else uses an SM7 / Mbox in any way, then let me know your setup and how you find it... mucho appreciato
 
I don't own an SM7, but I do have an EV RE20. Both require substantial gain. For low gain sources, I find myself going to either the M-Audio DMP3 (66dB gain) or the Studio Projects VTB1 (72dB gain). Neither is a spectacular pre, but both are fairly clean, quiet, and inexpensive.
 
Holy cow! That must be the fastest response I ever had on any forum! :) - AHH yea the RE20; I heard great great things about that.. so you say DMP3.. you find that good;, thats around the sub 200 mark right? What kind of music do you do as matter of interest? Whats your exact chain? ~Thanks again bro
 
Why not at least try daisy chaining the two channels of the MBox?
Ya know, into channel one, out and back into channel two?

I believe that would equal similar results to using an extrenal preamp first (a little better or a little worse....maybe equal) and it won't cost a cent.
 
thats a good idea... let us know how this turns out if you give it a shot dude!
 
Madguitrst said:
Why not at least try daisy chaining the two channels of the MBox?
Ya know, into channel one, out and back into channel two?

I believe that would equal similar results to using an extrenal preamp first (a little better or a little worse....maybe equal) and it won't cost a cent.
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Damn I never thought of that! I will give that a crack when Im back in studio hopefully sometime next week and Ill let you guys know about that. It seems such an obvious idea that surely its been tried before! :eek: We will see..

thanks again
 
Nope that doesnt work soon as signal is in - its hit with the A/D so no real way of doing that.
 
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