#1869237 - 01/08/08 07:38 PM
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DonaldM
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I'm looking seriously at a Shure KSM 27/SL mic for my little home studio. Everything I've read seems positive and it the mic seems durable, versatile and the price is just right.
Is anyone familiar with it? I want something for both vocal and instrument, and this seems to fit the bill.
Any thoughts or experience with it? (Or any of its cousins the KSM32 or 44?) Thanks
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#1869353 - 01/09/08 04:54 AM
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All the KSM series mics are excellent value for the money, highly recommended.
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#1869527 - 01/09/08 11:10 AM
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Okay, that's one strong YES vote.
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#1872015 - 01/13/08 02:00 PM
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Two strong votes. I have a KSM 44 and like the way it sounds on male vocals.
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#1874567 - 01/17/08 09:58 AM
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Thanks. I'm leaning pretty heavily in that direction.
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#1876323 - 01/20/08 11:08 AM
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Well, I got the KSM/27 yesterday. Set it up and plugged it into the system. I have to say I'm most impressed with how clean it sounds. My only problem now is going to be creating a quiet environment. I don't have any sort of isolated sound booth nor the means to create one at this point, so I'm going to have to get creative in figuring how to keep ambient noises from around the house from getting into the mic. In testing yesterday, I simply hit record with Pro Tools and let it record a couple a minutes to see what the mic was picking up in the way of background noise. It even picked up the little "click" sounds created by the heat vents running above the ceiling.
This will be an most interesting challenge. I'm open to creative ideas here. I've thought about getting 3 8'x4' plywood panels that could be linked together with hinges to make a sort of 3 wall set up. On the inside I could cover the surface with sound bafflers. I could another board on the top that could just lay on it, also covered with bafflers. That would leave one side open, but if the mic faces to the back, it might greatly reduce background noises. Anyone think that might work?
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#1876792 - 01/21/08 05:19 AM
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The plywood panels would create a square, and squares are bad acoustically. Do you have a vacant or relatively open walk in closet? They can make ideal makeshift vocal booths.
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#1876912 - 01/21/08 09:37 AM
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No, I have no closet anywhere near the vicinity of my studio. The arrangement I described with the plywood, would actually be more trapazoidal than square.
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#1876913 - 01/21/08 09:37 AM
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Well that didn't come out right. Sorry
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#1877649 - 01/22/08 03:44 PM
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Ethan Winer at Real Traps has a portable mic surround idea. I've nto tried it so I don't know how well it works, but it is worth exploring.
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#1877864 - 01/23/08 04:37 AM
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Donald I get your point however, even if it didn't come out exactly right.
You'd be better to put the baffle behind the vocalist, as the mic mainly picks up from the front side. This will deaden reflections from behind the singer, as well as some background noise, however don't expect it to really lessen the background noise that much. You really need a separate isolated room for that. You might consider building an iso booth big enough do to vocals, guitar, etc.
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#1878412 - 01/23/08 07:43 PM
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DonaldM
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Putting the baffle behind the vocalist was what I intended to show in my deranged diagram. I'll just have to try different ways to deal with it. I just don't have the means or space to build an actual booth, though that probably would be ideal.
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#1878416 - 01/23/08 07:53 PM
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The Real Traps PVB does look interesting.
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