Topic: Microphone Madness HLSC-1 and R-09. Are they compatible?

[Dede2002]

Hi,

I've been told that Microphone Madness's HLSC-1 mic (Sennheiser capsules) is a great mic but lacks bass, so there's no need to use bass roll-off. Even MM's owner told me so.
Well, not with me. I've only taped once with the HLSC-1. Thunderous bass all over the place in recording.
My rig :  HLSC-1 > SP-SPSB-6 > R-09 (line in). I don't know if any piece of my equipment has some malfunction or mismatch.  The fact is: loads of bass. In one my recent recordings, bass is so overwhelming that even after a 185 hz HiPass Filter, lots of bass still. Lots of it.
It's very, very, very frustrating.
 

[Dede2002]

Any help? Please?

[Arni99]

i use the HLSC-2 cardioids and NEVER had too much bass.
if there is much bass live i get good results on my recording WITHOUT the use of bassrolloff using my cardioids.

[Church-Audio]

Hi,

I've been told that Microphone Madness's HLSC-1 mic (Sennheiser capsules) is a great mic but lacks bass, so there's no need to use bass roll-off. Even MM's owner told me so.
Well, not with me. I've only taped once with the HLSC-1. Thunderous bass all over the place in recording.
My rig :  HLSC-1 > SP-SPSB-6 > R-09 (line in). I don't know if any piece of my equipment has some malfunction or mismatch.  The fact is: loads of bass. In one my recent recordings, bass is so overwhelming that even after a 185 hz HiPass Filter, lots of bass still. Lots of it.
It's very, very, very frustrating.
 

The best thing to do is plug them into your mic input on your edirol and see if they work better. I would try and record your voice and see what it sounds like. Also record your stereo does this bass thing happen at home? if so try a process of elimination. By say changing battery boxes if you can or changing recorders. Its very hard to say with out a sample to listen too.

[Jacob]

I made my first recording last Sunday with the following rig: HLSC-1 --> MM-EBM-Custom (no roll off) - Edirol R-09 (line in). It was a loud amplified hard rock show (Rose Tattoo) and I stood 5 metres in front of the PA. I did low the input level from 20 to 14 and the final result is very good. No bass overload whatsoever, I would even say some more bass wouldn't hurt.

Could it be your SP bbox?

[Humbug]

(off topic) A friend of mine recorded the Rose Tattoo Scala show.

Jacob, I'll put you in touch if you like. Please drop me a pm or email.

[Jacob]

Humbug, thanks for the offer, but I'm not really looking for other RT shows.

[Dede2002]

I made my first recording last Sunday with the following rig: HLSC-1 --> MM-EBM-Custom (no roll off) - Edirol R-09 (line in). It was a loud amplified hard rock show (Rose Tattoo) and I stood 5 metres in front of the PA. I did low the input level from 20 to 14 and the final result is very good. No bass overload whatsoever, I would even say some more bass wouldn't hurt.

Could it be your SP bbox?

Thanks for the reply. Yes, you're probably right. Your rig is pretty much the same as mine. I also got a MM-EBM-Custom (with bass roll off). I haven't use it though, I'm using my old one and tonight I'll try the new one. Due to my colossal lack of knowlwdge I wasn't aware that a BB could impact the final recording in a negative way.
I'll let you guys now.
Take care