Hello guys,
I saw yesterday this whole series of great videos with Doug Ford. This one caught my attention as i have two of Røde NT3s and i love them for their practicality, versatility, reliability... They have been my main live vocal mics for years.
However i had to use de esser all the time, and 6khz range was killing me. Only to realize in this video that it was intentionally hyped (+4db!) but not by designer Doug Ford, but marketing department xD
The story begins at 11.43, tho i recommend watching the whole thing.
https://youtu.be/niZizzHBanA?t=11m43s
He added bridged t circuit in the feedback network i hope i managed to bypass in this mod. But i am not 100% certain i did it right, the hype is gone, i adore this mic now, the difference is HUGE! However it seems i should bypass one more resistor after removing one resistor and two caps, but i cant figure out which one it is. Maybe it's not necessary at all.
I removed components in the picture, but the hype was already gone after removing the resistor. Maybe i shouldn't have removed the caps at all? Did i mess something up?
Clips side by side unmoded and moded one.
Unmoded NT3
https://app.box.com/s/rz1vshqb55ugb1jmb3w5530t0yk18rmr
Moded NT3
https://app.box.com/s/ngw9a832ezs2zkethm8rkl2tfh5m2ke7
Spoiler! CIA is being mentioned in the video! But you have to watch from the beginning.
I saw yesterday this whole series of great videos with Doug Ford. This one caught my attention as i have two of Røde NT3s and i love them for their practicality, versatility, reliability... They have been my main live vocal mics for years.
However i had to use de esser all the time, and 6khz range was killing me. Only to realize in this video that it was intentionally hyped (+4db!) but not by designer Doug Ford, but marketing department xD
The story begins at 11.43, tho i recommend watching the whole thing.
https://youtu.be/niZizzHBanA?t=11m43s
He added bridged t circuit in the feedback network i hope i managed to bypass in this mod. But i am not 100% certain i did it right, the hype is gone, i adore this mic now, the difference is HUGE! However it seems i should bypass one more resistor after removing one resistor and two caps, but i cant figure out which one it is. Maybe it's not necessary at all.
I removed components in the picture, but the hype was already gone after removing the resistor. Maybe i shouldn't have removed the caps at all? Did i mess something up?
Clips side by side unmoded and moded one.
Unmoded NT3
https://app.box.com/s/rz1vshqb55ugb1jmb3w5530t0yk18rmr
Moded NT3
https://app.box.com/s/ngw9a832ezs2zkethm8rkl2tfh5m2ke7
Spoiler! CIA is being mentioned in the video! But you have to watch from the beginning.