Spent $150 on a fancy microphone and my voice still sounds like garbage

Bought a Shure SM7B after every YouTuber swore by it but my audio still has that weird hollow echo unless I talk directly into the foam. Anyone else find that these expensive mics are way more picky about room treatment than people admit?

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hollyl255d ago

Hold up, I actually disagree with this a bit. The SM7B is a workhorse but it needs a LOT of gain and a good preamp to not sound thin. Also, that hollow echo you're hearing isn't the mic being picky, it's your room. Put a thick moving blanket behind you or hang a duvet on the wall facing your face and watch that echo disappear. A cheap $50 dynamic mic in a treated closet will sound better than a $500 mic in a bare room every time. These mics are sensitive in a specific way, not just magically fixing bad acoustics.

max_torres445d ago

So what preamp are you running that makes the SM7B sound solid?

the_wesley5d ago

You know what's funny, I actually started with a Scarlett 2i2 and it worked fine for a while but then I got a used GAP Pre 73 and that really woke the mic up. The SM7B loves that extra push of clean gain before you even hit your interface.