below are several examples of the JRS-34 ribbon microphone in action. Click the "Mp3 or WAV" links to hear the described clips.
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| Male voiceover, about 12 inches from the mic with the following signal chain: EMU 1212, Mackie 1402 VLZ3, Summit Audio Everest.
Performed by Greg Phelps. |
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| Female voiceover, about 8 inches from the mic, same signal chain as above. Performed by Diane Maggipinto. | MP3 | |
| Percussion |
| Stereo drum overheads in a small, dead room. Pre is a modified Peavey VMP-2 into a modified Roland VS-2480 hard disk recorder. Performed by Gigi Gonaway for RJ Cloud. |
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| More drums- one mic about three feet in front of a junky kit in a very live room. Pre is a customized HHB into a Digi002. Performed by Fen Ikner of the band Seashell Radio. |
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| Avacado shaker, about 10 inches from the mic in a big, open, noisy room. Pre is a True into Pro Tools HD.
Performed by Fen Ikner of the band Seashell Radio. |
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| Strings |
| Cello- an active JRS-34 about 1.5 feet away, into a True preamp, then to 2" tape. The band is in the next room. Performed by Esme Schwall of the band Seashell Radio. |
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| More cello, with longer, lower notes. |
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| Guitars |
| Acoustic guitar in a small room, JRS-34 about one foot away. Pre is a customized HHB into a Digi002.
Performed by Todd Slepicka. |
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| Same clip, with a JRS-34 about 2.5 feet away. |
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| Dirty hollowbody electric guitar through a 5 watt 60's Silvertone amp, JRS-34 about 1 foot from the amp. Pre is a customized HHB into a Digi002.
Performed by Courtney Robbins of the band Seashell Radio. |
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| Clean electric guitar in a small room, JRS-34 about 1.5 feet from the amp. Pre is a customized HHB into a Digi002.
Performed by Todd Slepicka. |
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| Same clip, with a JRS-34 about 5 feet away. |
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| More clean electric by Todd with heavy tremelo, same room, JRS-34 about 1.5 feet from the amp, same pre/interface. |
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| More Todd, playing lead with distortion, JRS-34 about five feet away, same pre/interface. |
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| Classical guitar in an open room, recorded with a stereo pair of JRS-34s.
Performed by Phil Hemmo. |
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| Other Instruments |
| Melodica- in a booth, with distance fluctuating between six inches and two feet. Pre is a customized HHB into a Digi002.
Performed by Fen Ikner of the band Seashell Radio. |
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| Pump organ, mic close behind organ in a big open room. Pre is a True into Pro Tools HD. Performed by Cassie Van Gelder of the band Seashell Radio. |
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| Flute recorded by a passive JRS-34 into a Cloudlifter, then an HCL Mirror preamp. Brightened up a bit by a UAD Neve 1073 EQ plugin, with a bit of convolution verb from Acousticas M7 library.
Performed by Paul Smithius. |
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| Guitar and Vocals (one mic) |
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| Singer/guitarist in a noisy warehouse- mic about 2 feet away from the performer. All one mic, into a customized HHB preamp, then a Digi 002, compressed with a touch of EQ on the top end.
Performed by Jeremy Serwer. |
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