On 11/11/2017 7:35 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
It is not deficient in high end, it has an abundance of low end. If it concerns you, attenuate the low end. Never boost the high end. You'll have better sounding audio.
Exactly right. Virtually all mics should have the low end rolled off for use in a ham station. This will also help a lot with wind noise and with other noise in the shack. Go to TXEQ and start by setting the bottom three sliders to full cut (that is, -18 dB), and the fourth slider to cut at least 6 dB. Most mics benefit from 3-6 dB of boost on the two highest bands, but no more.
For directional mics like Bob is describing, you may want to cut the fourth band even more. This is the time to get signal reports from trained listeners. The objective is to have good, crisp vocal sounds, but with very little bass. Bass wastes transmitter power, makes speech harder to understand, and also boosts noise.
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