LegitHuman
I've Got It
To what volume?
Mic Picks Up Keyboard Sounds
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RiceDaddy
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I'd say the turkey day is coming and after turkey day its black friday, get some cash out and buy yourself the new NT1 mics, noise level at 4.5 I think? If you got a couple more $$ then get a e100s with noise level at 3.7. They're dead silent mics, but you're gonna need preamps.
Chandler Meierarend
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I don't think he's looking for a mic with a low noise level, just one that doesn't pick up the keyboard.
If you can, move your keyboard as far away as possible. Also, try to find out the pickup pattern of your keyboard. If it's cardioid, like someone previously mentioned, then it looks like this:
So it would be best to put the keyboard in the microphones null point (point where it can pick up the worst)
However, if it's a hyper-cardioid, then it looks like this -
In that case, it would be best to move it off to one side, so it is in one of the null points.
Hope this helps!
RiceDaddy
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But.... That's impossible... Unless the mic has a low noise level, it might just be.
Chandler Meierarend
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Sorry, my fault. Meant to put "picks up the keyboard less"
the low noise level of a microphone, also known as it's self noise, is the sound the microphone makes itself. SNL doesn't have anything to do with external sounds, so that wouldn't help.
RiceDaddy
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NP
I hate to break it to ya, but it does have to do with noise pick up pattern. If you have a preamp, crank the volume up, the noise gets noticeable and it's easier to pick up ambient noises. The lower the self noise level, the easier the rejection of off-axis noise levels.
Chandler Meierarend
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So a better preamp would help, correct? yes, a better snl would help, but I don't think that's the issue.
btw, Are you a musician? I'm in college for Audio Engineering, so this is all the stuff we talk about hah
RiceDaddy
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A great preamp will turn a $5 mic into a $1000 mic, that's all I have to say about that because I learned the hard way. I was just merely giving the OP another option since black Friday is coming up, and after a quick reading of the support OP received I believe the information was enough for his current mic situation.
Not a musician, but an audiophile for a good year. went and became audio guy for news station for a while then came back doing skits toying with mics and affiliated with an indie feature with expensive as s**t, toyed with audio during the process, continued down with countless hours of studying and comparing mics and preamps left and right. And I'm still a broke dude doing youtube videos.
LegitHuman
I've Got It
Sorry that I forgot to mention...we don't have black fridays here...and if there was one it would only be for grocery items and such....and there are little amount of microphone choices (w/o the price doubled)...I'll try moving the keyboard a bit more away alongside w/ me increasing my voice level.
Harry Of All Trades
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If you ever look at a video of a podcast or radio broadcast, the hosts are practically on top of their mics. What they have done is set the sensitivity really low so it doesn't pick up any other sounds. I have a field recorder, that if I set to the highest sensitivity it will clearly pickup the noise from a analog wall clock from across the room.
Mics with cardioid patterns tend to lose out on frequency response. So there is a trade off there.
Buying a mic with an adjustable gain or sensitivity might be your best bet. I record to a zoom H1 and adjust the levels on that.
Mics with cardioid patterns tend to lose out on frequency response. So there is a trade off there.
Buying a mic with an adjustable gain or sensitivity might be your best bet. I record to a zoom H1 and adjust the levels on that.