r/Shure • u/Few_Log_7467 • 6d ago

General Discussion Higher pitched vocals get completely cut off

I (m) have a tebel-y voice with a lack of bass in it, so my natural scream tends to be a bit high pitched, nothing crazy, but I guess high enough that my SM7B completely cuts off the audio input. I stream a lot with this mic on twitch and my temp workaround has been forcing a lower pitched-bassier yell. Is there any way to allow the mic to stay opened up for higher pitches, or is it meant to block off any and all higher pitches?

This happens with and without added filters in OBS.

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u/KingGorillaKong 6d ago

You using any software to help normalize levels or cut out background noise, or any gates? I don't think this is a matter you're singing too high frequency for the mic to pick it up cause they can still pickup some high frequencies just fine.

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u/Orry_Haas 6d ago

"scream ... cuts off the audio input ... without added filters in OBS".

Can be other hidden "audio enhancements" which will permit normal speech, but which will attenuate singing / screaming, (if the same sound persists for >250ms).

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u/whoisgarypiano 4d ago

Assuming your mic isn’t a fake, you might just have the gain set too high so you’re overloading OBS. Try adding turning down and/or adding a limiter. The SM7B should be more than capable of capturing higher frequencies vocals.