#SM7B

[juliusisntmyname]

If only Shure didn't make cheaper versions of the Sm7b :(

[callmeteci]

Dont get scammed buying a SM7B

I had a discussion yesterday with someone searching for a new mic and i was baffled how many people seemingly dont know that the market for SM7Bs is absolutely flooded with fakes. (also used)

People are buying fakes for 50-90 bucks and sell them as "used" originals for ~150.

Here the comparison video the previous picture is from. But there are even better fakes out there.

So whats the solution?

imo people have to stop their obsession with the mere looks, because there is a much better and cheaper alternative out there...

And that is the SM57. - can be easily EQd to sound like the SM7B - needs less gain to work properly - costs a quarter of its big brother - much more versatile - smaller

Here a video on how to EQ the SM57 into an SM7B:

It is so good that people even DIY there own fake SM7Bs with them... like wtf? Thats not how that works.🤦

The problem is, there are also SM57 fakes... BUT being a much cheaper microphone it is much easier and safer to simply buy it new from a reputable seller that gets their mics from official sources.

And together with a windscreen and a cheap shockmount like the t.bone SSM 5 or 6 its a real working horse.

There is a reason why the US presidents and many musicians are using this mic for decades already!

Also with the original parts - the A2WS and A55M - it looks sleek af.

So unless you are going for the SM7B just as a status-symbol or you KNOW how it benefits you over the SM57, there is no reason to go for it and in the worst case cheap out and get a fake.

Of course its up to you, but dont pretend afterwards, i havent warned you. :)

Also... if you want to have good individualized audio for your voice+mic combination, you have to understand basic post-processing anyway and especially EQ.

I like to use Steelseries Sonar for that and to split my audio lines for streams.

Have a nice day! ✌️

[kettnercreative]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T_v0l... https://kettnercreative.com/audio-interface/rode-ai1-shure-sm7b/ #rodeai1 #shuresm7b #sm7b

[chriselison]

Cannons - Golden (Harry Styles cover). Liked this, especially as she’s singing into a Shure SM7B, one day you will be mine!

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[8cfc00]

born to podcast forced to not be able to pronounce r sounds. someone get me out of here

[moonchild6279]

im planning to go hard on my audio so imma plan to buy all of this in total: $647.17 in appox taxes (not including shipping)

this will cost a lot so I don't expect to get here soon :/

[newspatron]

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[miscastjoe]

My latest video is a review of the Shure SM7dB. Is this the final step in the evolution of the SM7 microphone? Come check out the video and see for yourself.

[sirfrogsworth]

Whenever I see an up-and-coming Youtuber I notice they often make the same mistake. When the time comes to increase production quality, the absolute first thing you should do is invest in improving your sound. Not the camera or the lens or lighting or set design. Audio quality trumps all of that. People being able to understand what you are communicating should always be the highest priority.

And the cool part is you can do this with a cheap lav mic. There are some that can just plug right into your phone. The next priority is learning how to set levels and make sure your voice isn't distorting from being too loud. You can even record a little quiet and bump up the levels later on. But if you record too loud to begin with, you can't fix that.

After that you can "treat" your room. Which just involves controlling echo and reverb. Foam acoustic panels are expensive and not necessary. You can do the same thing by just filling your room with stuff. Furniture, books, blankets, pillows. You want to eliminate large flat surfaces. If the sound has to bounce around on 20 different surfaces before it comes back to your microphone, it will have much less energy.

You can also figure out which wall is the biggest echo offender and hang a couple of heavy blankets in front of it. If you can score those moving blankets on the cheap, those work great. And if you can put a gap in between the blankets that will further reduce echo/reverb. You don't have to cover the entire wall, just the main area in front of where you are speaking. If you can reduce that very first reflection, the sound will have much less energy to bounce off other surfaces.

All that said, sometimes people will go overboard with sound and buy that giant phallic SM7B dynamic microphone. I see those things everywhere. Yes, Michael Jackson used it and it does sound great. But with so many quality USB mics that plug straight into your computer, it is a huge hassle and really overkill unless you just enjoy audio tech and want a cool toy. The SM7B requires extra equipment to make it sound good. It's XLR so you need a special interface. And most people add a "cloudlifter" because it isn't very sensitive and can be really quiet without it. Plus, dynamic mics need to be super close to your mouth and I think covering half your face with a giant mic isn't the best visual. There are lav mics in a wide spectrum of price ranges that can be hidden and sound great. Or you can do a shotgun mic like they use in movies. It can be hidden offscreen and pick up your voice from a distance.

Big dynamic mics are great for people with baritone voices. If you are James Earl Jones and you want to show off your voice, the SM7B or something similar makes more sense. Beyond that, most of your viewers just want clarity. Good room treatment and a $30 lav mic can achieve that pretty well. And if you watch a few tutorials on how to EQ and process audio, you can do a lot to make a cheaper microphone sound great. Reaper is a wonderful audio program with professional features and a reasonable price.

TLDR... fix your sound first!

[ewyband]

EWY BIG Q&A

hi!! recently i did a q&a on instagram about SLAD. unfortunately (or fortunately?) there were too many questions to answer purely on instagram stories without spamming. here's the ones i couldn't answer on instagram, answered here!

MERLOT, both in terms of my favourite composition and performance

my partner and i were on a break whilst they were studying abroad ("we're only on month 1 of 4"). I just kinda word vomited my feelings. I was feeling pretty depressed at the time I wont lie.

yes i DID!!! this EP was MADE for fun. i wrote the songs specifically to make fun songs to play live. (aside from HOLLOW DRUG)

"And I could be displaced from my home And it could be seen on all your phones Is it real? Or is it fake? Look close, do my arms look like legs?"

probs the most lyrically dense I've been?? i'm not sure.

first of all, thank you so much!! second, some songs i write it all in one day but others can take a week or so before i'm fully happy with how its sounding. that being said, i always end up changing something before recording (usually around a month after writing, but in the case of MERLOT, that was recorded only a week after writing).

if i had to just name one, it'd be Nirvana. I wrote a 3000 word essay on In Utero for uni and that genuinely inspired me to make these songs. I really loved how Nirvana performed and I thought 'man, if only I had songs like that where I'd have an excuse to go crazy' other influences would include Jeff Rosenstock (my #1 fav artist) and PUP (greatest live show I've ever been to) btw, thank u sm!!

yes,,, very much

unfortunately i havent learnt proper scream technique so all of my screams were done at the very very end of my recording sessions. i think it worked out because that meant i had a lot of pent up frustration

i will start by saying my uni lets me hire out all of these microphones for free (if you don't count the student loan) vocals: SM7b & RE20 (only on sociopathic leech) guitar: AKG C414 matched pair (acoustic and electric) bass: my takes were originally done with an RE20, pretty sure fern just DI'd drums: Audix DP7 + SM57 (for hi-hat) + C414 for room mic's

i'll try get this done tomorrow!

i was in a guitar lesson at uni and we were talking about chromatics in the blues scale. my guitar teacher suggested i try to make a riff using the blues scale and particularly the chromatic part. that riff ended up being the middle 8 section of RIGHTS TO MY WRONGS. the rest of the song basically acted as a vessel to transport this breakdown middle 8 section. hopefully it doesn't come across that way !!!!!! but that was the main idea.

it felt very natural. i'll probably continue to go this direction in my future releases.

its mainly a reference to SOCIOPATHIC LEECH! 'i could beat you with a bat'. i just wanted something that felt visceral and angry and i feel like izzie really captured that.

yes and no! brett romnes is a super nice guy and very fun to work with. i obviously had my own mixes so he could see what i preferred and essentially made it better. i think there ended up being 4 drafts before we reached a final master.

these were my original mixing notes! i think the only thing that really got lost in translation was i added some really subtle vocal distortion at the end of HOLLOW DRUG in my original mix. in the end, i feel empowered by brett because he made it sound like what i felt it should sound like in my head (DOES THIS SENTENCE MAKE SENSE!?)

after i wrote SOCIOPATHIC LEECH and RIGHTS TO MY WRONGS, i was like 'okay, this is the style we're going for, lets do some sort of project in this particular style' i was pretty dead set on an EP since i'd just done an album. so to answer your question, yes and no!

i wish i could put something significant here. im sure theres some psychologist out there who could tell me that the song represents something about me. i was feeling alienated at the time, hopefully this helps? "confess your sins to the crowd, no-one can hear you when you're talking so loud" is definitely about my frustrations with song meanings though

hi mikey!

this person was the GM for a cyberpunk TTRPG game i played in. i wanted to write a cyberpunk themed album at one point but i guess that one merlot line is the closest we'll get.

i have semi answered this question but I WANTED TO WRITE SONGS THAT WERE FUN TO PLAY LIVE !!!!! and i think it worked out in the end

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO WROTE IN !!! MY ASKBOX IS ALWAYS OPEN!!!

[alien-melissa]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 - 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰★

2022年にバンドを結成されたカナダを拠点に活動するシューゲイズバンドThe Neverminds。

儚くドリーミーなシューゲイズサウンドは最新EPではよりヘビィでノイジーに厚みを感じるサウンドへと進化し魅力を増している。

『never mind,the summer 』　『nevermind, the winter 』では夏と冬の別々のコンセプトでリリースし、どちらも儚い青春時代の夢をみているような感覚に......

6/8〜日本ツアーをすることが決定！

来日公演が目前に迫ったThe Nevermindsにインタビューを行った。メンバーそれぞれが答えてくれている。

G - Ginny

V- Vincent

R - Ronan

A - Avi

1.いつから音楽を作り始め、どのようにしてバンドは始まりましたか？

G - バンドを始めるま���、自分で音楽を作ったことはありませんでした。　それまでは、ギターを少し弾くことはあっても、音楽はいつも私の趣味でした。そのおかげで、このバンドにいる間に曲作りについて多くのことを学ぶことができたと思います。

V - 中学生の時に自分で曲を作り始めて、高校生の時にGarageBandでプロデュースを始めたんだ。プロデュースを始めると、ベースやピアノ、ドラムなど他の楽器も独学で覚えた。高校ではバンドのためにたくさんの曲をアレンジした。Logic Proを使ったレコーディングや、様々な楽器のパートを書いたりアレンジしたりする方法を知っていたから、これらの経験はすべてネヴァーミーズで役立ったよ。

R - 9歳か10歳くらいから自分で曲を書き始めて、徐々にミュージシャンになることを真剣に考えるようになったんだ。

A - 去年の9月にバンドに加入して、みんなと一緒に音楽を作る喜びを感じている。6歳からドラムを叩いていて、人生のほとんどを音楽制作に費やしてきたんだ。

2.メンバーが音楽を始めたきっかけは？

G - 僕の両親は昔から音楽が好きで、僕が小学生の時にギターを習い始めた時、父がギターの弾き方を教えてくれたんだ。中学では学校のロックバンドに入り、文化祭で演奏していました。仲の良い友達とバンドを組んだことが学生時代で一番楽しかったし、その頃からずっとバンドを組んで友達と一緒に音楽を作りたいと思っていたんだと思う。だからnevermindsを始めた。

V - 最初に習った楽器は中学の時のウクレレ。それから独学でギターも弾けるようになって、学校で他の友達とジャムを始めたんだ。クラスメイトが給食のテーブルを囲んで、適当な曲を歌ったりジャムったりして、最終的には高校でバンドを作ったんだ。

R 小さい頃、父親がアコースティックギターを持っていて、時々弾いていた。

A - 生まれたときから音楽に夢中だった。

3.ニューEP『nevermind, the winter』のコンセプト、制作、レコーディングについて教えてください。

G 「"nevermind, the winter. "は、1st EP "nevermind, the summer. "の姉妹作／続編にあたります。

夏のEPではノスタルジックでメランコリックな夏と青春をとらえようとしました。一方、冬のEPでは、孤独、孤立、失恋、もう思い出せない夢から覚める感覚など、重い感情についてより語っています。両EPのコンセプトを思いついた後、歌詞のアイデアが続き、アルバムの意図に合うように書きました。曲を完成させた後、EP全体がうまく流れ、一緒にストーリーを作れるように、トラックリストを編集しました。どの曲も同じ本の異なる章として機能しているので、EPを聴いてくれた人たちが、まるで私たちの物語を読んでいるように感じてくれたら嬉しいです。

V - “nevermind, the summer. "について、夏のEPでは

ギターとベースは、ドラム・トラックにオーディオ・インターフェイスを通して同時に録音し、生ドラムは別々に録音した。ギターとベースのパートは、フェンダーのツイン・リバーブとアンペグのBAを使って、DIとマイクの両方で個別に録音した。今回、ドラムのレコーディングに導入した新しいテクニックは、ルームマイクを使ったことだ。全体的に、よりユニークなトーンやエフェクトを実現するためにマイクの配置を変えてみたり、新しいギター・ペダルをたくさん試してみたり���た。

また、"hunt me "のイントロや "dusk "のエンディングで聴ける音を作るために、ギターにバイオリンの弓を使った。ヴォーカルはShure SM7Bを使って録音した。Shure SM7Bは遮音されていない部屋で使うのに適したマイクで、私のタウンハウスのベッドルームですべてを録音したので、私たちにとっては完璧だった。

でも、このEPのレコーディングでは、大音量で長時間録音したため、近隣から騒音の苦情を何度も受けたよ。

4. 周りのシーンをどう感じていますか？

他のバンドとのつながりはありますか？

V - トロントのバンド・シーンにはとても刺激を受けている。White Rabbit、Poor You、Brotherなど、トロントの様々なインディー・バンドと共演したことがある。これらのバンドは、単に知り合いだからというだけでなく、本物で、個人的で、心に響くような、生々しく素晴らしい音楽を作っているので、大ファンなんだ。彼らのようなバンドは、国際的にもっと注目されるべきだと思う

R- トロントのシューゲイザー・シーンは、かなり小さいとはいえ、今でもかなり素晴らしいと思う。例えば、Luster Dustと一緒にプレイできたことは信じられないことだと思う。

A - 地元トロントのシューゲイザー／オルタナティヴ・ロック・シーンにいるバンドたちに会うのが大好きなんだ。Luster Dustのようなバンドに触発されて、自分たちのライブ・サウンドをもっと頑張ろうと思うようになったよ。

G- トロントのシーンで好きなバンドはもうみんな答えてくれたから、私は別のことを話すと、私たちは最近、"loveless collective "という音楽とアートの集団を作りました。このコレクティブは、トロント内外のシューゲイザー／ドリームポップバンドとつながり、彼らを巻き込んだショーやイベントを企画するために作りました。自分たちの音楽を発表する場を持つことで、シューゲイザー・シーンがもっと活性化する手助けをするのが私の目標です。

5.よく聴く日本のアーティストはいますか？

G - 日本のシューゲイザー��ンドが大好きで、揺らぎ、my dead girlfriend、Tokyo Shoegazer、宇宙ネコ子、きのこ帝国、For Tracy Hydeなど。ボーカロイドのシューゲイザーも大好きで、mikgazerは史上最高のシューゲイザー・アルバムだと思います。シューゲイザー・シーン以外では、ヨルシカとEveも大好き。

V - 日本のアーティストで好きなのは、杉山清貴と山下達郎。日本の80年代シティポップ時代の音楽が大好きです。

R -15歳か16歳くらいのときに二藤一花にハマって、今でも時々彼の曲を聴いているんだ。

A-いや、でもツアーが終わったら変わってくれるといいな。

6.来日して楽しみにしていることは？

G- 日本にいる間に大阪と名古屋を訪れる予定です。　　　旅行したり、街を探索したり、そこの食べ物を楽しんだりするのがとても楽しみです。他のバンドがいろんなライブハウスで演奏するのを見るのも楽しみ。みんなにとって素晴らしい経験になると思います。

7.これからの夢や現在の目標は何ですか？

G - ツアーに出ることは僕らの最大の目標のひとつだったから、キャリアの早い段階でそれが実現できて本当に感謝している。もうひとつの目標は、もっと音楽を作って、シューゲイザー・シーンでもっと多くのアーティストとつながって、ミュージシャンとしてもっとうまくなることだね。

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G - Ginny V - Vincent R - Ronan A - Avi

1. When did you start creating music and how has that led to the neverminds it exists today?

G - I had never really made my own music until right before we started the band. Before that, music was always just a hobby for me even though I played guitar a little bit. I think I'm learning so much about songwriting while being in this band because of that

V - I started writing my own songs in middle school and began producing in high school on GarageBand. When I began producing, I taught myself other instruments such as bass, piano and drums. I would also arrange a bunch of songs for my band in high school. All of these experiences would help me in the neverminds as I knew how to use Logic Pro to record our music as well as write/arrange various instrument parts for our songs.

R - I started writing my own stuff when I was about 9 or 10 and slowly got more and more serious about being a musician.

A - I joined the band last September and have had the pleasure of creating music with everyone. I’ve been playing drums since I was 6 and making music most of my life.

2. How did the members first get into music?

G - My parents always loved music and my dad taught me how to play guitar when I first started learning guitar in elementary school. I joined a school rock band in middle school and played at school festivals. Being in the band with my close friends was the most fun part of my school years and I think since then I always wanted to be in a band and make music together with friends. That’s why I started the neverminds in the first place.

V - The first instrument I learned was the ukulele in middle school. I then taught myself how to play guitar as well and started to jam with my other friends at school. Our classmates would gather around the lunch table and we would sing and jam out to random songs and eventually we created a band in high school.

R - when i was a little kid my dad had an acoustic guitar that he sometimes played and i just wanted to play super bad

A - I’ve been into music since birth.

3. Please tell me about the concept, production and recording of the new EP “nevermind, the winter”?

G - “nevermind, the winter.” is a sister/sequel album to our first ep “nevermind, the summer.” In the summer ep, we tried to capture a nostalgic and melancholic summer and adolescence while the winter ep talks more about heavy emotions - loneliness, isolation, heartbreak and the feeling of waking up from a dream you can’t remember anymore. After coming up with these concepts for both EPs, the ideas for the lyrics followed and were written to fit the intention of the album. After we finished our songs, we carefully curated the tracklist so that the whole EP could flow well and create stories together. Every track works as different chapters of the same book, and I hope people who listen to our EP can feel as though they are reading our story.

V - For “nevermind, the summer.” " guitars and bass were recorded simultaneously straight into an audio interface over a drum track while live drums were recorded separately, however, for the new EP we experimented with more complex recording techniques and overdubbing to have more creative control over our sound. We recorded all guitar and bass parts individually through both DI and microphone using a Fender twin reverb and an Ampeg BA. A new technique we implemented for recording drums this time was using a room mic. Overall, we played around a lot with different mic placements to achieve more unique tones and effects as well as experimented with a lot of new guitar pedals. We also implemented the use of a violin bow on the guitar to create the sound that can be heard in the intro of “haunt me” and the ending of “dusk”. Vocals were recorded using a Shure SM7B which is a good microphone to be used in untreated rooms which was perfect for us since we recorded everything in my townhouse bedroom. However, we got several noise complaints from neighbours during the recording of this EP because of the long hours of recording very loud sounds.

4. how do you feel about the scenes around you? Do you have any connections with other bands?

V - I am very inspired by the band scene in Toronto. We have played with various toronto indie bands such as White Rabbit, Poor You and Brother. These are all bands who I am a big fan of not just because they are our acquaintances but because they make raw and amazing music that feels genuine, personal and heartfelt. I think bands like them need more attention internationally.

R - I think the shoegaze scene in Toronto, even if it’s pretty small, is still pretty great. I think it’s incredible that we’ve gotten to play with Luster Dust, for example.

A - I’ve loved meeting some of the bands in the local Toronto shoegaze/alternative rock scene. Bands such as Luster Dust have really inspired us to work harder on our live sound.

G - Everyone already answered my favourite bands in the Toronto scene so I want to talk about something different. We recently made a music and art collective called ‘loveless collective’. We made this collective to connect with shoegaze/dreampop bands in and out of Toronto and organize shows/events involving them. Our goal is to help the shoegaze scene become more active by having a platform to showcase their music.

5. Are there any Japanese artists you listen to?

G - I love Japanese shoegaze bands, such as Yuragi, my dead girlfriend, Tokyo Shoegazer, Uchuu Nekoko, kinokoteikoku, For Tracy Hyde and so on. I also love Vocaloid shoegaze, I think mikgazer is the best shoegaze album of all time. Apart from shoegaze scene, I also love Yorushika and Eve.

V - Some of my favourite Japanese artists are Kiyotaka Sugiyama and Tatsuro Yamashita. I love music from the 80s city pop era of Japan.

R - when i was about 15 or 16 i got really into ichika nito and i still listen to his stuff from time to time

A - No, but I hope that will change after the tour.

6. What are you looking forward to doing when you come to Japan?

G - We are visiting Osaka and Nagoya while we are there. We are very excited to travel and explore the city, and enjoy the food there. We are also looking forward to watching other bands play at different live houses. I feel like it will be a great experience for all of us.

7. What are your current/dream goals for the upcoming?

G - Going on a tour was one of our biggest goals, so we’re really grateful that we get to that so early in our career. Another goal would be to make more music, connect with more artists in the shoegaze scene and become better as musicians.

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[cyberspacebear]

i talk so much shit about people who post yard rpf in public and then every week slime gets in front of an sm7b and describes in detail the crazy oral sex he would have with ludwig

[kettnercreative]

When it comes to microphones, the Shure... https://kettnercreative.com/microphone/is-the-shure-sm7b-dynamic-or-condenser/ #dynamic #dynamicmic #dynamicmicrophone #microphone #sm7b

[snapscube]

For anyone who wants to stream or just upgrade their stuff in general, what would you recommend for headphones and microphones?

Audio Technica and Sony are usually my go-to brands when it comes to headphones. Audio Technica has great studio options on a budget that sound great and have relatively flat EQ so you can assume what you’re hearing is closer to intention, and Sony has some wonderful options for casual listening and comfort in many price ranges.

Microphones are a case where you REAALLYYYY do not want to go out and drop 400 bucks on a Shure SM7B or something similar if you’re just starting out. The thing about mics is that an audience’s perception of mic quality actually has a LOT more to do with post-processing and, MOST importantly, the acoustic space you are recording in as opposed to How Expensive it is. Generally if you’re new to sound equipment, you’re gonna get better results with a cheaper microphone in a better acoustic space that you’ve invested the REST of your budget into, rather than dropping everything on industry standard heavy hitters. My starting recommendation would honestly be something like the Elgato Wave:3. You get a great sounding condenser microphone AND all of the benefit of Elgato’s dedicated Wave Link software (that lets you split your PC audio into separate channels for better control over your stream audio) for around $150 iirc.

[vyl3tpwny]

i really your production and mastering sm!!!! would like to know what kind of equipment you use to record and master (microphone, monitors, headphones and etc.)

rn i use sennheiser hd600 headphones and shure sm7b microphone. i have speakers but i literally never use them to make music i do everything on my headphones. also you dont need the stuff i have to make music of the same quality. you could do a blue yeti and some audio technica m40xs and that gets you all the way tbh. i also use a scarlett for my audio interface and a novation midi keyboard.