SDC and sibilance

juicylime · 6th March 2007, 10:08 PM

I've been using my SDC for vocals (it's a Nuemann KM-140) and seem to have found a good position for it, off axis and with good pop protection but I'm getting alot of siblance. Is this normal with an SDC for vocals?

mltamisin · 6th March 2007, 10:51 PM

It's normal. Check out the frequency chart on Neumann's website. It should give you some ideas as to where to begin EQ'ing it out. I believe the KM184 has a broad 2-3 dB peak centered around 8.5k. This along with some deessing and you should be set.

juicylime · 6th March 2007, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mltamisin

It's normal. Check out the frequency chart on Neumann's website. It should give you some ideas as to where to begin EQ'ing it out. I believe the KM184 has a broad 2-3 dB peak centered around 8.5k. This along with some deessing and you should be set.

Excellant tip. http://www.neumann.com/?lang=en&id=c...cid=km100_data

My KM140 has a broad peak at 8.5k as well. Thanks! I wonder how simliar they are? I read of people interchanging them but I've never used a KM184.

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6th March 2007, 10:51 PM	#2
mltamisin Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 1,001	It's normal. Check out the frequency chart on Neumann's website. It should give you some ideas as to where to begin EQ'ing it out. I believe the KM184 has a broad 2-3 dB peak centered around 8.5k. This along with some deessing and you should be set.