Ribbon Mics - Interesting Sound Samples (wave)

hrn · 30th January 2006

Listen to this. Found it here: http://testing.holmerup.biz/mic_pretest/index_en.html

REMEMBER what can be read on the site: OBS!!! If you get distorsion when you listen to the WAV-files, it's not due to bad recordings - but rather that your player doesn't support 32-bit FP. Works fine in my Windows Media Player, problems though in my quite old Winamp.

It's links to sound samples in wave format of some ribbon mics. I find it very interesting. You have to Right Click and use "Save Target As".

Acoustic Guitar:

AEA R84 Guitar
Golden Age R1 ($256)
Royer R121 front
Golden Age R2 ($225)

---------------------

Vocals:
AEA R84
Golden Age R1
Royer R121 front
Golden Age R2

---------------------

Loudspeaker noise:
AEA R84
Golden Age R1
Royer R121 front
Golden Age R2

-----------------------

Cheers thumbsup ,
Hans

dim light · 30th January 2006

The vocals sounds nasty - who are these people? I can't comment on anything... I feel dizzy almost drunk.

hrn · 30th January 2006

Call an ambulance dim light or have a listen to what the mics can do.

Big Mama · 30th January 2006

I feel ill. Can not judge the performance of any these mics from these samples. All of them sound lame in my ears.

hrn · 30th January 2006

******* fuuck

Big Mama · 30th January 2006

I don't understand your reply to my post. (Jag förstår inte ditt svar till mitt inlägg.)

dim light · 30th January 2006

Yeah what's up dude?

Agli · 31st January 2006

its bloody awful innit?

r0ck1r0ck2 · 31st January 2006

oh dear....vikings on a rampage....
heres one done on ribbons

edit...fun time is over

dim light · 31st January 2006

r0ck1r0ck2 - thanks for saving my night!

r0ck1r0ck2 · 31st January 2006

love the dim light...
wanna be an honorary swede..

HamptonSound · 31st January 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by r0ck1r0ck2

love the dim light...
wanna be an honorary swede..

Reminds me of the time I spent 36 non-stop hours trying to clean up some tracks of a killer Steinway, classical music. Finally called the performer in for help. The piano was slightly out of tune, and my mics captured it perfectly. It's times like that when you need a $10 mic from Radio Shack, gives you an excuse.

Tune the guitar for christsakes

r0ck1r0ck2 · 31st January 2006

hmmm?
hey pm me if you wanna go out on a date...
i'm not like that..
i bring you flowers...
class...
thats what i got...

hrn · 31st January 2006

Noone here understanding that these are microphone sound samples files. Awful performance I know, not me doing it.

I've heard alot on this forum and elsewhere when it comes to samples of different kinds, even serious attempts to mix. I appreciate it anyway when someone is trying to help or having something they want to share or get opinions of.

r0ck1r0ck2
Guess you can get in touch with the guy here:
http://testing.holmerup.biz/mic_pretest/index_en.html
I'm not interested

The AEA R84 are almost 4 times the price of the R1 and R2 and the Royer is even more. I think the R1 and R2 are doing very well.

dim light · 31st January 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by hrn

Awful performance

You got that right!

NorthernDigStar · 5th February 2006

I don't understand the meaning of posting that link. You are testing a bunch of budget microphones, and you're obviously more found of them than anyone else in here seem to be. Correct me if i'm wrong but there seems to be a link at the very bottom directing us to a musicians retailer? Is that shop somehow related to this test, and the fact that he's actually selling these microphones? I'm not sure what you're trying to pull here, but if you want my opinion about these microphones and the sound I will give you the rate 2/10, and -10/10 for performance.

Matthew Murray · 5th February 2006

These are funny. Thanks.

hrn · 5th February 2006

NorthernDigStar,
Please read before posting. I'm not trying anything here but providing samples for the interested. That's the meaning with the links, samples.

"You are testing a bunch of budget microphones"
Again, please read before posting. I have nothing to do with the samples. Just thought that the budget mics stand up very well against the Royer and the AEA.

I think it's common sense to provide links to the source.

hrn · 5th February 2006

Matthew Murray,
Agree, but that's not the point here

NorthernDigStar · 5th February 2006

I did do my reading, and to me it's actually clear that you're pushing for these budget microphones. I don't see any other reason for you posting those links. The only reason i'm not just ignoring you for possibly being a troll is that i'm taking this subject quiet serious. Microphones is perhaps THE one essential thing when it comes to recording. I don't know how you found your way to this forum with an attitued like that (less is more), but you're not making any friends by trying to lure a few members with this "test". And if you're asking me I would say you're the man behind the test, and also the site/shop.

hrn · 5th February 2006

NorthernDigStar

"I did do my reading, and to me it's actually clear that you're pushing for these budget microphones. I don't see any other reason for you posting those links."

And if you would be right. Would I be the only one here. I've been on this forum since 2003 and I decided to not have any links below my posts which is very common. Just tried to be helpful to guys like me not having thousands of $$$$ to put on gear still wanting to get a descent result....

"I don't know how you found your way to this forum with an attitued like that (less is more), but you're not making any friends by trying to lure a few members with this "test". And if you're asking me I would say you're the man behind the test, and also the site/shop."

You can believe whatever you want. Wish I had a shop making some money. I would be here all the time posting links to it making money.

By the way, I've ordered a pair of the R2's. Guess I'll have to stop making links to samples here.

Hans

(just original music)
www.hagen.nu
(just different colors)
www.hig.se/~hrn

NorthernDigStar · 5th February 2006

Sweet, sweet. A drama queen. Well, I'll give that performance 10/10 at least. thumbsup

borau · 6th February 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by NorthernDigStar

I did do my reading, and to me it's actually clear that you're pushing for these budget microphones. I don't see any other reason for you posting those links. The only reason i'm not just ignoring you for possibly being a troll is that i'm taking this subject quiet serious. Microphones is perhaps THE one essential thing when it comes to recording. I don't know how you found your way to this forum with an attitued like that (less is more), but you're not making any friends by trying to lure a few members with this "test". And if you're asking me I would say you're the man behind the test, and also the site/shop.

Well, HE is not the guy selling that stuff.(unless he is driving 300 miles to work everyday.)

The guys selling these does have an add banner here, tough.

I cannot see what makes this post of samples different from any other post of samples.

What is your problem??
Relax a little, the original poster didn't do anything wrong.

And for the record, I prefer Coles.

dim light · 6th February 2006

the site and the tests make me sick! fuuck

If it was possible I would like to take the site owner and put him inside one of his cheap china's and send him away on a quick and dirty vaccation to never come back land.

This is too much even for me... I have only one ear the other one got blown away by listening to the dreadful singing... If I was a ribbon I would cry until corrosion.

r0ck1r0ck2 · 6th February 2006

GODDAMIT YOU MADE DIM LIGHT SAD..!!!
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!!

that's it...i'm turning this car around...
you're GRounded mister...

dim light · 7th February 2006

dAMN I'm still sad as hell... What a mess. Thanks for the support r0ck1r0ck2!

orville · 1st March 2006

Wow, that soprano has a vibrato like a police sirene. Slightly faster but as wide, eh?

My problems wasnt the performance though, you can still hear a short bit of whatever.
But most of it sounded nasal, and hyped at the top. But it wasnt just the budget stuff, they all sounded nasal & hyped to me.
Am i nuts?

dim light · 1st March 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by orville

Wow, that soprano has a vibrato like a police sirene. Slightly faster but as wide, eh?

My problems wasnt the performance though, you can still hear a short bit of whatever.
But most of it sounded nasal, and hyped at the top. But it wasnt just the budget stuff, they all sounded nasal & hyped to me.
Am i nuts?

No you are one of the good guys - keep it up because these samples are a joke to every ribbon builder.

T.RayBullard · 1st March 2006

That is horrible singing. My houseplant just died.

Please remove the voices from the website before I call the FCC.

lofi · 1st March 2006

bwahahahahahaaaa

30th January 2006	#1
hrn Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gävle, Sweden Posts: 586 Thread Starter	Ribbon Mics - Interesting Sound Samples (wave) Listen to this. Found it here: http://testing.holmerup.biz/mic_pretest/index_en.html REMEMBER what can be read on the site: OBS!!! If you get distorsion when you listen to the WAV-files, it's not due to bad recordings - but rather that your player doesn't support 32-bit FP. Works fine in my Windows Media Player, problems though in my quite old Winamp. It's links to sound samples in wave format of some ribbon mics. I find it very interesting. You have to Right Click and use "Save Target As". Acoustic Guitar: AEA R84 Guitar Golden Age R1 ($256) Royer R121 front Golden Age R2 ($225) --------------------- Vocals: AEA R84 Golden Age R1 Royer R121 front Golden Age R2 --------------------- Loudspeaker noise: AEA R84 Golden Age R1 Royer R121 front Golden Age R2 ----------------------- Cheers thumbsup , Hans

30th January 2006	#2
dim light Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: China Posts: 2,336	The vocals sounds nasty - who are these people? I can't comment on anything... I feel dizzy almost drunk. __________________ Moderators you can't kill my art!

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30th January 2006	#4
Big Mama Gear interested Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 8	I feel ill. Can not judge the performance of any these mics from these samples. All of them sound lame in my ears.

31st January 2006	#8
Agli Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 259	its bloody awful innit?

31st January 2006	#9
r0ck1r0ck2 Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Barcelona!! Posts: 1,618	oh dear....vikings on a rampage.... heres one done on ribbons edit...fun time is over

5th February 2006	#16
NorthernDigStar Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: United states of America Posts: 41	I don't understand the meaning of posting that link. You are testing a bunch of budget microphones, and you're obviously more found of them than anyone else in here seem to be. Correct me if i'm wrong but there seems to be a link at the very bottom directing us to a musicians retailer? Is that shop somehow related to this test, and the fact that he's actually selling these microphones? I'm not sure what you're trying to pull here, but if you want my opinion about these microphones and the sound I will give you the rate 2/10, and -10/10 for performance.

5th February 2006	#17
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,662	These are funny. Thanks.

6th February 2006	#24
dim light Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: China Posts: 2,336	the site and the tests make me sick! fuuck If it was possible I would like to take the site owner and put him inside one of his cheap china's and send him away on a quick and dirty vaccation to never come back land. This is too much even for me... I have only one ear the other one got blown away by listening to the dreadful singing... If I was a ribbon I would cry until corrosion.

7th February 2006	#26
dim light Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: China Posts: 2,336	dAMN I'm still sad as hell... What a mess. Thanks for the support r0ck1r0ck2!

1st March 2006	#27
orville Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: london Posts: 205	Wow, that soprano has a vibrato like a police sirene. Slightly faster but as wide, eh? My problems wasnt the performance though, you can still hear a short bit of whatever. But most of it sounded nasal, and hyped at the top. But it wasnt just the budget stuff, they all sounded nasal & hyped to me. Am i nuts?

1st March 2006	#29
T.RayBullard Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Columbus County, North Carolina Posts: 2,431	That is horrible singing. My houseplant just died. Please remove the voices from the website before I call the FCC.

1st March 2006	#30
lofi Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: in my studio mostly Posts: 501	bwahahahahahaaaa