More "Gene Autry" style/ "Sears" mic thi

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:10 pm

Well hear we go with that Sears mic question again. I went out to my studio to do some more work on the plug in thing I posted earlier. But decided to give it a rest. I went back and remixed the "Old School Country" practice tunes I recorded a few weeks ago for some friends. I went back and narrowed the stereo feild quite a bit. So that is better now. But the "Mic" delima continues. We used the singers old Sears mic and we got alot of noise out of it. So I used a noise filter and cleaned it up a little (but lost some clarity). So posted are links to all the tunes. Many liked the sound of the "Sears mic, when I posted the original post. Im still on the fence. Its very bland but appeals to this vibe, like many of you mentioned in the original thread. Just need to get the thing cleaned or fixed before we try it again. Im posting all for your enjoyment.

The first 4 are the "Sears Mic". I filtered each differently and the results are heard.

Cattle Call http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6742826&q=hi

Back in the Saddle http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6742801&q=hi

Ghost Rider http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6742816&q=hi

Texas Plains http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6684520&q=hi

These two are a Shure 58. The vocals are cleaner, but I noticed that the Bass track has some noise. Its my studio Hartke 3500 and it has a DI built in the back of the amp. Well its a little noisey. I need to pick up a descent DI anyway. So if anyone can recommend one that is silent, let me know.

Jingle Jangle Jingle http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6684539&q=hi

Tumbling Tumbleweeds (My Favorite) http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=6742752&q=hi

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:42 am

While I like the more bandwidth limited & nostalgic flavor of the older microphone,, for some reason, you have a nasty oscillation on the first couple of songs around 6300 hertz and a secondary harmonic around 13,000 Hertz? Not sure what's going on there?

Yup, yup, I like the sound and mix much better on these remixed versions. Yeah, hard to deny the 58 does sound good. I can't help but say that I love 58's. The just those sound as authentic does the Sears microphone.

It's the twang. It's all in the twang.
Ms. Remy Ann David

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:59 pm

I hear that to. Is it one of that backing vocal tracks?

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:53 am

EricUndead wrote:

I hear that to. Is it one of that backing vocal tracks?

It was the Sears mic. Its 40 years old and caused all sorts of noise. The last two tracks, it was a noisy Bass channel.

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:30 pm

It is coming and going and the last half of first 2 songs I can't hear it as well. Thats why I asked seemed like it might have been one of the background vocal tracks gated or something. Guess I was wrong. To bad you cant eliminate it cause it has a nice sound when that noise isn't there.

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:58 pm

I used a noise filter at different settings on the first 4 songs. The filter is a freebie vst and doesnt work well. My original post states that right before the links to the first song. Smile

We just need to fix the problem (the mic).

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