Royer 121 vs SE Ribbon on electic guitar

janek 68 · 26th November 2009, 02:27 PM

signal chain :bridge single coil>>>AnalogmanBicomp>>>Hiwatt Custom50 with Hellatones 60>>>microphone>>>TG-2>>>Mytek(24bit,44.1)
Download hiwattSE#24.aif from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way
Download hiwatt royer#01.aif from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way
Files are 6mb each , enjoy!

badboymusic · 27th November 2009, 01:33 AM

I love Royer 121s, but in this example I preferred the SE.

piano · 1st December 2009, 06:35 AM

The Se sounds great.

The Royer needs a bit of EQ. Still sounds great.

Nice playing. Like the picking at the end.

janek 68 · 1st December 2009, 01:24 PM

I was looking for ribbon with tighter bottom but i hear that SE has more mids than Royer but those mids are a bit muffled.Royer has harder sound and faster transient response but is a bit contoured in comparison.Still a 5% better i think.I tested two days later some Golden Age microphones - one of them was exactly the same as Fathead.I think Fathead with Lundahl could stand by SE and Royer.Stock transformer version is dirty in mids , not as articulated .

26th November 2009, 02:27 PM	#1
janek 68 Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: WARSAW Posts: 403	Royer 121 vs SE Ribbon on electic guitar signal chain :bridge single coil>>>AnalogmanBicomp>>>Hiwatt Custom50 with Hellatones 60>>>microphone>>>TG-2>>>Mytek(24bit,44.1) Download hiwattSE#24.aif from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way Download hiwatt royer#01.aif from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way Files are 6mb each , enjoy! __________________ http://www.myspace.com/studiozoliborz http://benedek.pl/ http://myspace.com/ianblond

1st December 2009, 01:24 PM	#4
janek 68 Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: WARSAW Posts: 403	I was looking for ribbon with tighter bottom but i hear that SE has more mids than Royer but those mids are a bit muffled.Royer has harder sound and faster transient response but is a bit contoured in comparison.Still a 5% better i think.I tested two days later some Golden Age microphones - one of them was exactly the same as Fathead.I think Fathead with Lundahl could stand by SE and Royer.Stock transformer version is dirty in mids , not as articulated . __________________ http://www.myspace.com/studiozoliborz http://benedek.pl/ http://myspace.com/ianblond

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