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How-to and why pieces: ribbon technique, placement, and what makes these microphones behave the way they do.
Two Microphones in One: Recording on the Back of Your R-Series
If you own a Royer R-series microphone, you own two microphones. Most people only ever use one of them. Every current R-series does this At distances ...
ReadYes, You Can Put a Ribbon on a Kick Drum: The 45 Degree Position
A kick drum is the last place most people would put a ribbon microphone. It is loud, it is low, and it moves a lot of air. Two mics that like the job ...
ReadWhat Really Blows a Ribbon (It Is Probably Not What You Think)
Ask most people what kills a ribbon microphone and you will hear two answers: volume and phantom power. Volume is mostly wrong. Royer R-series ...
ReadRibbons on Strings, No EQ: Inside the Pentavirate Sessions
Most microphones add something you spend the rest of the session taking out. We went to Pentavirate Studios in Nashville to see what happens when a ...
ReadRoyer Ribbons on Drums: Bobby Holland's Mic-by-Mic Tour
Ribbons on drums isn't new. Ribbons on every part of the kit, compared side by side, is a different afternoon. At Pentavirate Studios in Nashville, ...
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