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Posts from July, 2014



Female Vocals Ribbon Mic Shootout

Friday, July 25th, 2014 | by matthew mcglynn

The third session of our “$1k Ribbon Mic Shootout” features a sensational vocalist named Molly Reed. She sang a song that I believe is by Celia Cruz, called Te Busco. The downloadable session file contains audio samples at 4-inch and 8-inch working distances, and a “control” track from a Neumann U87. Read on for MP3 […]

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Alto Sax Ribbon Mic Test

Wednesday, July 16th, 2014 | by matthew mcglynn

The sax session of our “$1k Ribbon Mic Shootout” was made possible by John Patrick Douglas, a wonderful musician who has played with dozens of jazz, classical and world music acts from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. John brought his alto sax, a 1959 Selmer Mk VI (Jody Jazz HR 6 mouthpiece, 3.5 […]

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$1k Ribbons – Frequency Analysis and Proximity Test

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 | by matthew mcglynn

In this second installment of the “$1k Ribbon Shootout,” we’ll measure and compare frequency responses across all the mics, and listen to how each one responds to proximity. Finally, we’ll do a self-noise test. By way of quick review, here are the six ribbon microphones included in this evaluation:

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