Re: [Harp-L] Shure 545 Mic Strange but True

["steve warner" <10reedsbent@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,
Here's what you can do as I've done it many times instead of taping all the
way around.  The object is to keep down the handling noise, right?  Add a
little spot of silicone, non-B.O. smellin' kind, on the side where your palm
touches the mic....more than one place works too.  It'll stabilize the grill
section and leave the opening  where your right hand does the cupping.


On 9/17/07, Paul Routledge <kingleyharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I made a little discovery today which I find quite odd.
>
> I had read that most people put a couple of winds of electrical tape
> around the head of their Shure 545 mics to ensure that the head
> doesn't break off and also to stop some of the extraneous noise from
> it moving.
> I am talking about the little silver piece that you see between  the
> head and the start of the black plastic body.
>
> Having never done this before I thought I would give it a try.
> Anyway the result was something I definitely expect.
> The tape decreases the bass response of the mic!!!
> At first I thought it was my imagination, so I removed the tape and
> then tested the mic.
> Then I replaced the tape and tested it again.
> I did this process over and over again, and it definitely reduces the
> bass response when the tape is on the mic.
> Strange but true!
>
> So as you can probably guess, I have removed the tape!
>
> Paul
> www.kingleyharp.co.uk
>
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