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Symetrix 528E Settings?

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Randy Lahey

I am trying to set up processing for my Station. It is a Top 40 station (we play basically anything that's charting...except country). We have all of the typical gear you'd see at most stations.

We're running an EV RE20 mic into a Symetrix 528E processor.

I just want to give the announcers a bit more balls. I don't want to go all "Howard Stern" but just fatten us up a bit.

We have both Male and Female Jocks, so I believe that would have to be taken into consideration.

I assume the room and some other factors would make a difference, but if you could give me a starting point for settings on the 528 that would be awesome. I have the gate set, but that is the extent of my knowledge when it comes to these things. If I had a good starting point I could tweak from there.

I don't know if it matters but our entire air chain is as follows:

EV RE20 > Symetrix 528e > Ward Beck R2k Radio series board > Arrianne Sequel Processor > Omnia 6 processor > 950 STL.

Right now I'm just worrying about the 528e. I'm going to start at the mic, and work my way down the chain.
 
just be aware that female voices frequently can benefit from different mics than the men use, and the adjustments you make that sound good on the male voices might make the ladies sound strange. I once worked with a great gal who just didn't "cut-thru" the music and the processing on our hard rock station using RE-20's as her voice naturally had lots of low end and high end, but little mid-range. (She had balls the men didn't have!) I ended up giving her an old Shure SM-5B mic, hooked it up to a "B" input with no processing, and it made all the difference in the world. She finally sounded like she does in person. Take it on a case-by-case basis.
 
xrey said:
just be aware that female voices frequently can benefit from different mics than the men use, and the adjustments you make that sound good on the male voices might make the ladies sound strange. I once worked with a great gal who just didn't "cut-thru" the music and the processing on our hard rock station using RE-20's as her voice naturally had lots of low end and high end, but little mid-range. (She had balls the men didn't have!) I ended up giving her an old Shure SM-5B mic, hooked it up to a "B" input with no processing, and it made all the difference in the world. She finally sounded like she does in person. Take it on a case-by-case basis.
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Very well put and good point.

I am careful to find a middle ground. None of my guys sound perfect, but they all sound really good.
 
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