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Video interview with John Born of Shure, about the components and design of the Shure SM57 and SM58.

See the making of an RCA 44 / AEA R44 ribbon microphone, courtesy of How It’s Made.

Hear voice actor Corey Burton demo six unidirectional ribbons: Silvia SC-5C, AEA KU4, Oktava ML19, Shure 330, Samar TF08 and AF11, plus the venerable Shure SM7B. If you thought ribbons were always figure-8, think again, and listen closely!

Adam Kagan reviews the AEA RPQ500 preamp with Curveshaper EQ.

Part III of our extensive test of tube pencil microphones from Lauten Audio, Telefunken, Mojave Audio, Sterling Audio, Avantone Pro, and Chameleon Labs. In this installment we hear drum overheads, both in Recorderman and AB Omni configurations.

My pal Dan Comerchero (of Quiztones fame) turned me on to an application from Audiofile Engineering called Sample Manager. It immediately became an indispensable part of my audio workflow. The official product description is short, on point, and completely accurate: Sample Manager is the quintessential batch audio file processor for Mac OS X.