| Oops. Wrong spot. Mods - can I get this moved?
The short story is that my new job is using a Shure SM7B / MBox / SoundBooth setup and there is a problem with low level distortion. I know the SM7B is a great choice for voice over (industry standard), however, being a dynamic mic it's output is low. I am guessing that the pres on the MBoxes have some inherent distortion, and the volume difference between the signal level to the distortion level just isn't big enough to mask it. The distortion is through out the entire track, and doesn't appear to be related to overs, and I can hear it, albeit faintly, on the latency free monitoring on the MBox, so it's happening before the signal gets to the PC. It's not too loud... until compression goes on the track, and then it's problematic.
I have tested the mic at home (works fine) and swapped cables (no improvement). I just think the Mboxes aren't up to this task, and either need to a) run a separate higher gain pre before the Mbox and defeat the Mbox's pre or b) get a better interface with louder / cleaner pres. Or c) get a high gain pre and a new interface. I am leaning toward the second option, but am not sure what would work best. I'd like to keep the mic (it's a very noisy room) but sure could use some advice from people who have worked with this mic before as to what to get.
Any ideas or assistance would be appreciated!
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