
Coles 4038 Studio Ribbon Microphone
The 4038 Studio Ribbon Microphone is of British Broadcasting design (BBC) and used for broadcasting and recording such sounds where a clear smooth wide range frequency response, absent of transient distortion and relatively high sensitivity is ess... read more
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Seen here in 'It Might Get Loud' used as a vocal mic to get a bullet-mic-sort of sound. Usually he also uses these mics for guitar amps a... more

The Coles 4038 Broadcast Recording Ribbon Microphone is a part of Josh Homme's studio equipment setup. more

Used for the bass and organ on *The Beatles*, as mentioned by sound engineer Ken Scott in this June 2012 *Sound on Sound* interview. >... more

"For This Old Dog, I got interested in nicer gear. Now I have legitimately nice shit, for better or for worse. I have a bunch of really n... more

Used for the organ on *The Beatles*, as mentioned by sound engineer Ken Scott in this June 2012 *Sound on Sound* interview. > "In addi... more

Used for the organ on *The Beatles*, as mentioned by sound engineer Ken Scott in this June 2012 *Sound on Sound* interview. > "In addi... more
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The 4038 Studio Ribbon Microphone is of British Broadcasting design (BBC) and used for broadcasting and recording such sounds where a clear smooth wide range frequency response, absent of transient distortion and relatively high sensitivity is essential.
The 4038 has a proven reliable performance capability, being since its introduction, used by broadcasting networks throughout the world such as the BBC.
The frequency response of the 4038 is exceptionally flat from 30 to 15,000 c/s and throughout this range the shape of the bi-directional (figure of eight) polar response is maintained substantially constant both in the horizontal and vertical planes, giving a natural smooth sonic quality textured response to sound signal being picked up.
Studio microphones have now achieved a remarkable fidelity of reproduction. If the microphone is not close to perfection, there is no point in having expensive systems to take the sound the rest of the way to the audience's ears.
In the world of sound, the BBC has always been the leader, and is still regarded as the 'setter of standards'.
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"My favotire mic that I basically use on everything!"
"My favotire mic that I basically use on everything. This mic does something that no other mic does. It hides the nasty and it makes everything sound more texturally complex that it really does in real life"