Archive for the ‘Fet Microphones’ Category
Nov
2007
My Shure Died.
Yes, the old Shure SM 58, from 1992, died yesterday. RIP. I felt sad for a moment, but luckily, because it is a commodity, I was able to replace it with a better more reliable microphone. A Shure Beta 58 A.
Microphones are important for singers. I actually do not know much about them. I was talked into buying a FET microphone last year, a Groove Tube 55, which was a terrible mistake. I am not technically adept to know why this Fet microphone was so wrong for me, other than in the higher registers, this mic made my voice sound thin & weedy, and rank, and was not able to pick up lower registers, or nuances in vibrato. When Randy, our turtle, arranged her rocks in her tank- that you could hear perfectly!
This time, I made the skanky dude at the Music shop take all the mics out of the case so I could try them. I loved how this Shure sounded, organic, gooey and crisp, all at once!
I did a little remix/new composition today, featuring my new dulcet tones, culling a piano sample from Klaus Neumaier courtesy of ccmixter, and a crackly ambient loop from Drop The Dyle, courtesy of the freesound project.
Winter Comes
