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Shure SM57 no-transformer mod

Jon — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:04:55 +0000

Peterson from DIY Recording Equipment and SoundHow sent me this video explaining how to remove the transformer from an SM57 to improve the sound. Shure SM57 no-transformer mod is a post from: Audio Geek ZineThank you for subscribing!Follow me on Twitter @theaudiogeek You may also like: The History of the Shure SM57 Shootout! Shure SM57 [...]

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Guitar Tone Capacitors Compared

Jon — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:02:30 +0000

Ryan Canestro linked me to these cool videos from Planetz.com where John Cooper wires up and compares a variety of capacitors in his electric guitar. The capacitor value and material can make a big difference in the sound and it’s one of those mods that only costs a few dollars. Definitely worth trying! I know [...]

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Fixing Small Studio Acoustics Problems

Jon — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:02:22 +0000

This weekend I moved my home studio from one room to another. From a nearly 200 square foot living room to a 100 square foot bedroom. It’s been a long time since I’ve thought about room acoustics and because this is a common situation for home studios, I thought I’d share my experience. This article [...]

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Headphone comfort mod

Jon — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:24:21 +0000

One thing that always bothered me about my Shure SRH440 headphones any many others is that the earpads aren’t thick enough to keep my ears from touching the hard plastic surrounding the speaker. I know I don’t have abnormally large ears that stick out but my ears get really sore after only a few minutes [...]

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DIY Subkick microphone

Jon — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:47:47 +0000

This is an old, but very effective trick for miking kick drums. Take a Yamaha NS10 speaker cone and use that to capture the extra low frequencies of the drum. Without going into too much theory about this, a dynamic microphone and a speaker are essentially the same thing, they are both transducers. They take [...]

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DIY Recording Gear – Pop Filters

Jon — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:56:18 +0000

What is a Pop Filter or Screen? It is used to reduce plosives the B and P sounds that will make a popping sound on the microphone and just sound horrible. They are usually made of thin netting like pantyhose or more recently a thin sheet of metal, attached a few inches in front of [...]

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