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Sample
1: Acoustic Guitar
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Tracked with a pair of Austin Ribbons, set-up in
a Blumlein
Configuration
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Recorded in a tile-floor living room, with no acoustic
treatment
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Tracked through an M-Audio DMP3 preamp at about 60%
of its gain
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No effects, other than a gain boost because the preamp
was turned down too low - my mistake!
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Paul writes: I have to say that, IMO, this
is the best acoustic guitar sound I've ever
gotten.
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Courtesy of Paul Abbott at
www.ZenMastering.com
(c) 2008 Paul Abbott
Sample
2: Pipe Organ with Church Choir, France
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Recorded by Jean Cesario, with two of
his DIY Austin Microphones side-by
side
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Use your sub-woofer or nice headphones to hear the
rich bass notes - even in this MP3
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90° axis angle, 2 meters high and 2 meters back
from the conductor
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The Austin Microphones used in this recording are
made with PVC pipe chassis, not Brass
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Copyright 2008, Jean Carenne -
Studios de la Bièvre
- France
Sample 3: Electric
Guitar
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Recorded with a Strat-Style Guitar, through a Matchless
Lightning 15 Amplifier
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Several amp & Pickup settings for
comparison
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No effects or compression, guitar plugged
straight-in
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Mic is about 8-inches from the speaker
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Using a 10-year old ART Tube MP at ~50% of it's
gain
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Into a Soundblaster and into Cakewalk Sonar
DAW
Sample 4: Piano
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Two Austin Mics set-up as a separated pair, bass notes
on the right, treble notes on the left
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Recorded by Mat Binggeli in the band room at Clackamas
Community College. 128KBPS MP3
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Played by Clackamas Music Tech Department Head, Brian
Rose, "just noodling around."
Sample 5:
Drums
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Two separate Austin Ribbon Microphones recording
a drum kit in a rehearsal room. That's it.
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Microphones are set up left and right, 3 feet in
front of the kit, 3 feet above the floor and about 3 feet apart
(PHOTO)
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Recorded in an amateur rehearsal studio, direct to
a KORG D3200 recording workstation
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No outboard preamps, no effects, EQ or compression.
Both mics are direct into the D3200
Sample 6:
Wind Ensemble Orchestra
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Again, a Blumlein configuration of two Austin Ribbon
Mics
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Featuring a rehearsal of the Pomerado Community Wind
Ensamble from Poway, CA
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Made in a Middle-School music rehearsal room with
about 45 people playing in the ensemble
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The mic was placed on a stand directly behind the
conductor's head. You can hear his cues.
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Recorded directly into a Korg D3200, through its
own on-board preamps
Sample 7: Voice
Comparison
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Several spoken vocal passages, comparing different
microphones
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Recorded through the same 10-year old ART Tube
MP
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A Pop Filter is used on all Mic's, placed about 3-inches
from the microphone elements
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Direct to MiniDisc, with an analog transfer to Cakewalk
Sonar
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