SM57 and cable length???

Thanks DSS3. Grasping at straws. I get heaps of bass in my recordings and little high end without EQ'ing (boosting) the crap out of it. Was thinking maybe that highs were lost due to capacitance in the cable or some other ridiculous wayoutthere idea. Probably just my crappy preamp in my interface. It sounds pretty bright in the room. Maybe the pre doesn't do high-end well. Maybe just another wayoutthere theory too.:lol:



OT (assuming DeadSkinSlayer is a reference to Dead Skin Mask by Slayer), what's your opinion on the new Slayer. I have been a fan since RIB came out, but the latest few offerings have left me wanting more. I saw them on the Divine Intervention tour and GHUA tour. They are out here in a few months, might have to check them out since they might be playing RIB start to finish.
 
egan. said:
Isn't 10m more like 30 feet?
You're fine unless the cable is really shitty
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Looks like I hit 0 and - at the same time. Yes it sure is closer to 30 than 300. The worse thing is that I try and play guitar with these fingers.:heh: Thanks for picking that up. When I read you post I was thinking wtf, then I saw my 300 typo.:lol:
 
If you're getting tons of low and little high, and your room tone isn't black-painted mud at midnight in a full moon, you're either positioning it funny or you have a very odd SM57.

Try repositioning (slightly off center of the cone to start, if it's lacking treble there something is just fucked, period) or removing the transformer, if you have the time.

Jeff
 
Thanks Jeff. Maybe it is the room after all. I have the Cab in a walk in closet and the walls sure get the crap shaken out of them amplifying the low-end from the cab. I have to compare the recordings made in there to earlier ones made in a bigger room. I wasn't thinking too much about the room since I am close micing but with all that bass flying around the room (which is essentially acting as a cab for the cab) it probably is the problem. Time to piss off the neighbours. :lol:

Thanks again dude.:kickass: I can get so focussed on one thing that I can't see the big picture sometimes.:heh:
 
Yeah, if it's in a fucking closet read up on 'standing waves' and consider a nicer room.

That said, try the transformer thing anyway, because I said so. There.

Jeff
 
I know the conversations moved on a bit but in regards to cable length think how far the signal has to travel at a gig. Add the length of the cable to the distance the desk is from the stage and add a whole lot more again.
 
Thanks heaps for the advice/comments guys. Cab in walk-in closet = worst idea ever for recorded tone (excellent for keeping the noise down though). I put the castors back on the cab (it was on a floor of carpet on rubber underlay on concrete so was contributing a bit to the extra bass) and put it in a bigger room (4.7 X 3.5 metres) and what a difference!!! The walls weren't getting the crap shaken out of them anymore. All that low end that I had to spend forever cutting and all that high-end that I had to spend forever boosting was back in balance. I actually had too much high-end sizzle which I can easily fix by dropping presence and treble. For the moment, I am a happy man.:rock: :kickass: :)

Thanks again, guys, great help.:kickass:
 
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