sm7b vs nt1-a

[Topgear]

Originally Posted by kevynosborn

I can see why it'd be taken as a joke, but I was being serious -- granted, I'm listening on my netbook, but you can hear some "business" (read: reflections) in the 2nd take compared to the 1st. Man, I'm fighting a bout of cognitive dissonance right now: that first take sounds so smooth! Smooth like Loggins! How can that be the Rode?

Alright fair enough. I think the 2nd take sounds more smooth and natural though, and the first one sounds more in your face (tonally), but slightly more papery and hyped, less smooth.

If you're listening on small laptop speakers and you're hearing room noise on an sm7b in a dense hyped mix like this, then..well then I'm surprised by the quality of those speakers!

Edit: Maybe you're hearing the plate reverb on the second take, and confusing that with 'room pollution'? That might explain it.

[matskull]

Originally Posted by alehoe

yes sir

wow I'm impressed, seriously.

[ohmicide]

Originally Posted by Topgear

Alright fair enough. I think the 2nd take sounds more smooth and natural though, and the first one sounds more in your face (tonally), but slightly more papery and hyped, less smooth.

If you're listening on small laptop speakers and you're hearing room noise on an sm7b in a dense hyped mix like this, then..well then I'm surprised by the quality of those speakers!

Edit: Maybe you're hearing the plate reverb on the second take, and confusing that with 'room pollution'? That might explain it.

thats exactly how i feel about this thumbsupthumbsupthumbsup

[kevynosborn]

Originally Posted by Topgear

Edit: Maybe you're hearing the plate reverb on the second take, and confusing that with 'room pollution'? That might explain it.

That might be it. Also, to be clear to both you and Alehoe, I was calling the 2nd take comparatively more polluted than the first -- not outright saying there was anything bad about or unusable with the track.

Once again, I'm listening on tiny speakers, but the 2nd performance has a distinct honk to it, like you might expect from a cheaper condenser, and the first one doesn't have this. I'm sorry for being a butt__le, Alehoe, but are you sure the 1st is the Rode and the 2nd is the Shure?

[ohmicide]

Originally Posted by kevynosborn

That might be it. Also, to be clear to both you and Alehoe, I was calling the 2nd take comparatively more polluted than the first -- not outright saying there was anything bad about or unusable with the track.

Once again, I'm listening on tiny speakers, but the 2nd performance has a distinct honk to it, like you might expect from a cheaper condenser, and the first one doesn't have this. I'm sorry for being a butt__le, Alehoe, but are you sure the 1st is the Rode and the 2nd is the Shure?

yes im very sure lol

i recorded em like a month appart

bonnie 1 has been downloaded more than 400 times and bonnie 2 like 30

[matskull]

Originally Posted by kevynosborn

That might be it. Also, to be clear to both you and Alehoe, I was calling the 2nd take comparatively more polluted than the first -- not outright saying there was anything bad about or unusable with the track.

Once again, I'm listening on tiny speakers, but the 2nd performance has a distinct honk to it, like you might expect from a cheaper condenser, and the first one doesn't have this. I'm sorry for being a butt__le, Alehoe, but are you sure the 1st is the Rode and the 2nd is the Shure?

I hear pretty much the same thing but I likes No.2 better for this song.

I'm also surprise tha No.2 isn't the condenser because I hear that honk too.

[ohmicide]

Originally Posted by matskull

I hear pretty much the same thing but I likes No.2 better for this song.

I'm also surprise tha No.2 isn't the condenser because I hear that honk too.

that might be just the eq i put on it

i also recorded another cover with it and posted it on the show/tell section

i'll post the link in a bit after i update the file

[matskull]

Originally Posted by alehoe

that might be just the eq i put on it

yeah maybe

[ohmicide]

Originally Posted by matskull

yeah maybe

i had a cleaner less eq hyped version up but i guess it didn't seem to fit with the song

that's probably why everyone liked the rode better at first

[matskull]

Originally Posted by alehoe

i had a cleaner less eq hyped version up but i guess it didn't seem to fit with the song

that's probably why everyone liked the rode better at first

okok, in the end they probably both work, it all depends on how you use and process them I guess.

[ohmicide]

Originally Posted by matskull

okok, in the end they probably both work, it all depends on how you use and process them I guess.

i guess you can say that, but i still like the sm7b a lot better for my voice though

here's the other song i recorded with it yesterday

i write sins 2.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

and the thread for advice

need advice on electro/rock/pop mix