Dr. Braun Schitzmir
Member
Hi all,
I finished the standard MXL2001 Royer tube mod, and now I've got a very nice mic with a slight problem.
If I use the mic as a drum overhead, when I hit the snare drum, there's significant extremely low frequency content in the signal (<20Hz). Otherwise the mic sounds great with voice, guitar, etc.
I saw one other post on a forum where someone else had the same problem, but an answer was never found (or never provided if one was found). I'm absolutely positive that the gain structure of the entire signal path is ok. This is not clipping. It seems as if it only happens on fast transients like a snare drum hit.
Using the high-pass filter on my mic preamp fixes the issue, but there's something wrong with the mic and I'd like to fix it.
Any idea what might cause something like this?
Thank you very much for your help!
-MattM
I finished the standard MXL2001 Royer tube mod, and now I've got a very nice mic with a slight problem.
If I use the mic as a drum overhead, when I hit the snare drum, there's significant extremely low frequency content in the signal (<20Hz). Otherwise the mic sounds great with voice, guitar, etc.
I saw one other post on a forum where someone else had the same problem, but an answer was never found (or never provided if one was found). I'm absolutely positive that the gain structure of the entire signal path is ok. This is not clipping. It seems as if it only happens on fast transients like a snare drum hit.
Using the high-pass filter on my mic preamp fixes the issue, but there's something wrong with the mic and I'd like to fix it.
Any idea what might cause something like this?
Thank you very much for your help!
-MattM