Re: Narration, part ?

...This bass-
lift will be gone at a distance of 10 inches but then the microphone
noise (likely Brownian) has already reached unbearability.

As far as what Don said about equalization, I could only repeat it.

I don't know about this Brownian noise, though.

My analysis shows the most audible and highest peaks of measurable noise are
about equal and at 50, 100, and 150 Hz. My first guess is fluorescent
lighing, but that is just a guess.

No. there is none around. I am not sure if it is magnetically induced
or if it is of acoustic origin.

But even at 6 inches I am dissatisfied with the noise. I ran a number
of tests, with different pre-amps and I have to say, that I am pretty
sure that the pre-amp is not the problem (with regard to noise).

Some of the anti-sibillance filtering that Don suggested would help with the
high frequency noise. I generally go after sibillance more agressively -
using a swept -12 dB per octave filter.

Do you mean to reduce by 12 dB instead of the suggested 5 dB in the
region between 5 to 10 kHz?

Further I am quite confident that the room is not the problem, it is
quiet and the well distributed spectrum of the noise is unlikely to
stem from the room. So what remains is: the mike. That however, is
used by others as well, and I have never read about complaints about
noise. So, what is wrong?

The noise I find is about -70 dB down. That's not unusual for a real world
room/mic combination.

This is a today's recording:
quiet room* - 150 Ohms** - sc**
*RE-20
*microphone cable attached

http://download.yousendit.com/7612ABA228BA66D3

I've had better figures but this is from today. According to my
software I get for the
RE-20 -68.6 dB
150 Ohms: -74.3 dB
short circuit: -77.9 dB

Appearantly, the only solution is to move closer to the mike. But then
the sound changes, the bass gets strong and there will be a certain
boominess in the voice. Again, why don't others complain about it?

They probably just equalize the problem out of existence.

Am I that special (well, in a negative sense)?

Your voice may be on the soft side.

This is a new realization. I should remember my time in military
service.

Anyway, if you know how to handle such unprocessed files and how to
convey them to a more pleasant sound please tell me.

What Don said, only he seems to have a light hand. I do some sound
reinforcement work and I'm not so shy when I start twisting knobs on the
ole' parametric.

I seem to be at war with those gliders. I hear that it's wrong but I
can't get it right.

Thank you very much.

Best wishes,
Igor

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