To enable this, you must first check the Use advanced keyboard shortcuts checkbox under the My Settings tab of the Sidebar. Share Reply Quote. Edit: Link to wav recording on SM57b. there is a s and m and i could take the time and listen tot the differnce but i am too lazy, can some just tell me really fast or give me a link. If the mic sounds good and the level of hiss/hum is acceptable, don't worry about how high you have to crank the preamp gain. Filters can come in high pass, low pass and band pass. July 27, 2013 @12:30am. Topgear. is brought closer to the sound source. We touched on this earlier, but it’s worth mentioning specific situations where we’d use the bass I think I like that sound from this mic, but I usually just do everything in post. For the Shure, should I use the bass roll off on the mic, the mixer or both? The second time I repeat the phrase in a segment is when I turned on the mic roll off. can anyone help me find a link with a description of the sennheiser md 421 II roll off switch. md421 roll off switch; microphones; pro audio; sennheiser; sennheiser md421; Thread Status: Not open for further replies. For example, this roll off may start as high as 100 Hz to 200 Hz at a 1 dB reduction. I'm assuming the switch is in the back, but where exactly? This is a new MIC, I'm afraid to guess at it and sit here and pick at something all night tring to get it to move. If I EQ the highs out, the mic sounds muddy. When I switch on the mic’s bass roll off, the sound immediately gets more like what I hear listening to NPR. Shure SM7B Roll Off Switch. How do people use this mic for radio broadcasts? (It’s not an exact match, but it’s what it makes me immediately think of.) And at 20 Hz and below you may be looking at up to 10 dB of dampening. At 40 Hz the volume will be reduced by 5 dB. By the time you hit 60 Hz you may be at 3 dB. So - switch it *on* if you are close-miking and *off* if you are further away (unless you want to get rid of certain low frequency effects). Just got a Shure sm57B, which has a bass roll off switch on the mic. I can't get any gain out of it without an unacceptable level of noise! A bass roll-off switch (or high-pass filter) removes the lower frequencies. Instead, it’s a single press to toggle your mute button on and off. Once enabled, the Tilde Key(~), will toggle your microphone mute on and off. It is normally designed to compensate for proximity effect - ie: the increase of the bass frequencies as a directional mic. eightsonstudio Guest. Yeah you found the switches. I tried using the roll-off switch, that didn't help. I typically use the bass roll off on my mixer for my Blue Yeti Pros. 19th May 2009 #2. Those little slots that an ants finger can't fit through?? A Bass roll off switch on a mic is just a high pass filter. Lives for gear . A high pass filter does exactly what it says, it pass the highs through while cutting the lows on a slope.