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Title: akg se300b body ?
Post by: caymanreview on July 25, 2003, 04:47:50 AM: Features a switchable 10dB pad and bass cut filter (12dB/octave @75 Hz).

when do you guys use this feature?

im running 391's > ps2 > modsbm1, by the way if that matters
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: DaryanLenz on July 25, 2003, 07:36:17 AM: Never...they sound like ass!

Daryan
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: danmorgan on July 25, 2003, 08:40:06 AM: Unless you are wayyy upfront and the spls are rattling your ribcage, leave the pad and bass rolloff settings alone. They are not very good on the 390 series mics.

Daryan is pretty much dead on here....
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: nickgregory on July 25, 2003, 09:05:30 AM: never use them...they take all of the life out of the music...not sure how else to say it, but I tested it during an opening band one time, and the sound just sounds very lifeless....
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: Kevin on July 25, 2003, 09:33:08 AM: what if used shure attenuators? (ive never used them myself but just thought this might help out). ::)
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: nickgregory on July 25, 2003, 09:36:35 AM: Quote from: kevnm67 on July 25, 2003, 09:33:08 AM
what if used shure attenuators? (ive never used them myself but just thought this might help out). ::)

The attenuators would definitely be a better option, but in my experience, I never had the 39x's run so hot that I would have the run the sbm lower than like 5 (this is before I bought a preamp) and was feeding it a transformer boosted signal.
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: caymanreview on July 25, 2003, 01:00:37 PM: ive got hosa mit 176 line transformers coming outta the ps2 with rca upgrades to go into the modsbm1 and mine never really run too hot

thanks for the info guys, much appreciated
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: mirth on July 25, 2003, 01:16:46 PM: If the bass rolloff sounds like ass can someone suggest an inline replacement?
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: Chris K on July 25, 2003, 05:13:09 PM: as i just upgraded to these mics +T for all for the lesson learned! ;D

have a great day
chris k
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: Brian Skalinder on July 29, 2003, 06:58:12 PM: Quote from: mirth on July 25, 2003, 01:16:46 PM
If the bass rolloff sounds like ass can someone suggest an inline replacement?

Well, I don't have an in-line replacement, but...why not just do it in post? Pretty easy to do, and you can even tailor the roll-off to exactly what you want to hear instead of only having 1 or 2 slope/cut-off options.
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: mirth on July 30, 2003, 12:51:23 PM: Sure, of course that is an option. Reason why I was asking about a replacement for doing rolloff before the sound gets recorded is because I'm faintly remembering that it can be 'better' to do it then versus post production.

There was a thread on this a couple months ago... Nutter chimed in a bunch on that...
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: jlykos on July 30, 2003, 01:40:10 PM: I have used the bass rolloff on these mics and it turned out pretty good. No real problems to me. The -10db pad is another story.
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: zhianosatch on July 30, 2003, 01:47:43 PM: I would so much rather roll the bass in the field than in post. It's a lot cleaner to my ears. Weird sound effects come out after a software EQ, I think.
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: mirth on July 30, 2003, 01:48:50 PM: Well, at least someone thinks the rolloff works well.... Daryan, why do you say it sounds like ass?

The only time I could ever forsee myself using the rolloff would be the next time STS9 comes to town, they're pretty bassy.
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: jlykos on July 30, 2003, 01:54:57 PM: You shouldn't need it for STS9. I used mine recording a Clutch show about 10 feet from the stage. The bass was extreme so I clicked on the rolloff.
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: mirth on July 30, 2003, 01:57:05 PM: Thanks for the input guys.
Title: Re:akg se300b body ?
Post by: mirth on July 30, 2003, 01:58:02 PM: Oh yeah, its been a while since I gave out some tix.... +T!