002: Live Mics and the effects of Velocity

[TheTabLloyd]

Loved you're smile after your funny story, Bill! lol. Thanks for the help! This really made me decide to buy a Shure sm58. Any tips on video recording at home? The set-up? What do I need to produce a nice recording audio and video. Thanks again.

[yummypiano]

this guy has like 500 million cuts

[Insanity182]

I love this channel. =)

[thekidwithdog]

you look liek geddy lee lol

the resembalence is helped by the fender bass

[phampants]

I love your excitement Bill. =)

[fire365]

Who is this fool, I mean what does he know about music. He's only been in like 20 thousand bands and has made 50 billion awesome songs.

[GeekiGothJussi]

BILL!!!! <3 i love you! =]

OMG--that girly voice you used while saying "yes!" is ORGASMIC!....=O

[doctornoise]

hahaha

[Blade5468]

OH GOD, THIS IS AMAZING. I didn't know what you sounded like when you weren't singing -- and AMAZING is what you sound like.

[doctornoise]

glad I could shed some light on my non-singer guy voice :)

[Starlysh]

Oh hey, the music sounds kind of like the Truth or Fail music. Kind of. I love that music.

All this mic talk is so informative and makes me want to buy a mic, though I'm not sure what I would do with it.

[doctornoise]

haha, well hey! if you have a use. def get one!

[fallofautumndistro]

You could use it to have the most amazing sounding voice in all of SkypeLand?

[Starlysh]

Hahaha brilliant! Finally a purpose to buy a great mic. Skype. :)

[shawnogram]

57's are good in a live setting for vocals but I'd rather record with a condenser. I have a baritone-sounding voice, and I've found that condensers work better.

[ItTakesII]

I don't think if I will ever need any of this information, because quite frankly as much as I would love to be a musician, my vocal talent is well, lacking. But I still find it interesting, and who knows.

-Julian

[doctornoise]

I'm glad you're still watching Julian :)

[myeyesonfire]

i'm so glad i watched this video. i've been planning on buying a shure sm58 for a while. but i wasn't sure about it. I'm definitely gonna get it now.

[doctornoise]

it's a really really great mic...just down smash it against the floor :)

[FaeryFaith]

.... well, if it's good enough for Micheal Jackson, why not?! :-)

[AnneFTW]

Great video, very interesting, thanks for the tip about throwing microphones xD

[ZeldaPhan]

I will definitely take that story into consideration next time I decide to throw microphone, Bill.

Wowie, I'm feeling smarter from watching this channel already! :D

[ourmixtape]

hahaha, good thinkin Hilary. You could also drop a pillow on the ground before you proceed to slam shit!

[RhettandLink]

oh paul. #3

link

[RhettandLink]

who's paul?

thanks bill!

link

[doctornoise]

haha yeah, he's tuesdays :) I hope my info helped Link! Though, you guys are doing hella good. I love your material! (Happy sub to your channel)

[xperpetualmotion]

The moral at the end of that story also applies to bottles of india ink.

[CleverestWitch2188]

Haha. Erm, Bill. Lets just not get angry and throw microphones in the first place. haha. Throwing anything typically leads to it breaking. LOL.

Love what you guys have here so far. =)

-Sara

[bubblewrapbump]

Thanks for the advice, Bill. Next time I'll remember to slow down before smashing a mic into the floor. :)

[CellPhoneMern]

Great video, I also use a Shure SM57, great mic.

[kira902k]

I love you guys, but I don't know how to play any instruments, and I'm probably not going to start recording anything soon...so don't hate me for unsubcribing?

It's still a great idea for a collab, just not at all to my interest.

Sowwy :)

[thinkthegirlsgonemad]

angry penguins may have been crappy, but the name is awesome.

[doctornoise]

haha, yeah... I drew up a logo of a Penguin with any angry face flippin' people off.

[thinkthegirlsgonemad]

haha nice. i wanna see (i'm sorta obsessed with penguins). if you still have it you should add that to the downloads section on your site

[Futuredudeman]

Hmmm. So... High velicty... BAD.

See, this is stuff I never would have thought of.

[Futuredudeman]

Both high velocity and high velicty, even!

[asimplecadence]

Wooo! I like your face.

[zottepark]

Thank you for the Mic tips, Bill! 57, eh? Hmm.. Well then, if it works for MJ and Drock, then it shall work for me. Or else. I'll show the mic who's boss - at a low velocity ;-)

[musicislife00000]

Thanks for the mic tips Bill! :)

[doctornoise]

hey anytime! :)

[eddplant]

Excellent video, I've always kinda gone with the popular opinion on vocal mics, which is why my first mic purchase was a '58. (I got the Sennheiser equivalent) Since I lost that moving out of halls, I'll consider a '57 for my all-purpose recording needs.

[doctornoise]

def. consider Edd, it's so good. i was honestly surprised at how it can just seemingly do everything.

[FueledByRock]

Really nice video.

[emmfan09]

Nice story hahaha. see ya next week!

[funkwurm]

hehehe, right on, if a 57 is good enough for Michael Jackson to record Thriller, it damn sure should be good enough for you :)

[fuckyeahtommilsom]

I am going to learn so much from this channel.

I don't think the original plan was to throw it, was it? :P

[paisleypower30]

You dummy, that's the wrong account.

[jonsie7]

a 57 is basicly a 58 with out the grill

when you look at the Frequency response of them both there allmost perfectly the same

also thomann ( german audio company) sell a 57 wannabe for about 30 pounds wich is barely distiguishable from a shure 57

[jbdazen]

I once read that Steven Tylers vocals are recorded with a heavily limited SM57 :-) I own one too, but I don't use it a lot. I think it sounds a bit muffled.

[doctornoise]

I didn't know that JB!

[jbdazen]

Haha awesome story :-) You know that the same actually goes for guitars? :P

[BarryAldridge]

Great tips Bill.

[songsfrompaul]

Awesome video Bill! Now I've gotta try and make mine just as awesome... hmmmm...

[insertwhatwhere]

Thank you, Doctor! Yay!

[fallofautumndistro]

Good tips Bill. The 57 is supposed to be a workhorse form what I hear, but I haven't used one yet. Perhaps it should be my next audio purchase.

[bluetictac]

Who did the intro?

[doctornoise]

music is Edd's, visual by Alan

[ghostwritten87]

This was great =) Think I'm going to be very educated on microphones by the end of the week!Cool Fight Club poster btw Bill :)

[doctornoise]

thanks, I hope the microphone talk is helping :)

[kthxrae]

guys and raven haha

[fallofautumndistro]

Raven is my favorite awesome guy.

[SoundsLikeStew]

THe angry penguins lmao :D they sound awesome lol. Very informative video, thanks :) :) :)

[doctornoise]

you're quite welcome, very happy if any of the info helps!

[doctornoise]

second!

[sammicula]

First! haha