Question About The High Pass Filter On U87

[chrisinumerable]

bump

[jjblair]

Wait, are you really asking us if your high pass is supposed to make your voice sound thinner?

[Rob Ellis]

trust your ears....I would favor the Avalon HPF over the bass roll-off on the 87.

Definitely wouldn;t use both, but I do voiceover.

[Dayo]

Always though that HP filter was set a tad too high on the U87

[Dubai]

Originally Posted by chrisinumerable

For you U87 Users

Do you guys use the high pass filter on it?
for some reason when i record, it thins out the voice and with it out, the voice sounds thicker.

Do you guys experience this?

and does it matter that i have my hi pass filter ON on my avalon 737 filtering at around 100hz

Here are some examples

yes, the HPF sounds like crap...
but wait...
those files are with Neumann HPF + Avalon HPF ?

you may want to add EQ...
or... using a different microphone.
once i had similar problem...
RCA 44 was the solution.

or use a diferent mic-pre?

by the way... that mic-pre was Avalon 737?

[chrisinumerable]

yeah the mic pre is an avalon 737 and im using the hpf on both.. it shouldn't changed the characterstics of the microphone like that right? there's a major difference..

[DarkSky Media]

Unless there's some radical LF problem you're trying to contend with, two LPFs is overkill. Try one, then try the other, then try none, decide which works best and use it.

[haikusoftruth]

Originally Posted by jjblair

Wait, are you really asking us if your high pass is supposed to make your voice sound thinner?

Yes. Thats exactly what hes asking.

Wheres the suicide smiley?

[Dubai]

Originally Posted by haikusoftruth

Wheres the suicide smiley?

Adult warning!

Sounded fine both ways by itself. How does it sound in the track? Or are you putting it out like that?

[lovespirals]

the u87's hpf filter starts up pretty high. so i don't think the 100hz hpf on your avalon would do much. curious what distance your singer is to the mic? since the u87's hpf is pretty strong, i think it works best when you're right up on it. it seems to tame down a strong proximity effect and make that sound more balanced. however, when micing more distant sources, which don't have proximity effect, i think the hpf makes such sources sound too thin.

[jchadstopherhuez]

Originally Posted by tekis

Sounded fine both ways by itself. How does it sound in the track? Or are you putting it out like that?

tekis....logic has no place here.

ha.

ps..hope you are well.

jch