"During the ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ scoring sessions I was sent a pair of the RNR1s for trial; they instantly became my favorite ribbon mics in the entire world. I bought them after the first day. Nothing’s come close since. It’s my favorite piano microphone. A pair of those on a Steinway is about as good as it gets.

They’re wonderful on brass and strings, electric guitar cabinets sound huge through them…they have that lovely extension on the top end that normal ribbons don’t have, but still have all the characteristics that I love.

I’ve even used them for singers when I needed a classic sound or there’s an edge in the voice that the RNR1 can smooth. They sound luscious."

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sE Electronics Rupert Neve RN17

Condenser Microphones

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After my experience with the RNR1’s, I immediately trialed a pair of RN17’s with the capsule set when they were released. Once again they were an instant hit. The RN17 has become my desert island microphone. If there was one microphone I knew I could take with me that would get me out of trouble, it’s this.

We just recorded a film score in Los Angeles; I and a very famous engineer did a blind test between this and the usual suspects: the RN17 won. He said, 'Please don’t send this back.' The RN17 can handle pretty much anything and sound great. I use this especially when we’re recording acoustic guitars. We did a lot of work with one of LA’s top session guitarists, and he loved the sound of this. Woodwinds, percussion, all sound fabulous.

The clarity and the detail I get from the RN17 is wonderful. This is a perfect sampling microphone, because it has that reality that you need with low noise, but it also has just a little bit of extra something. I love that I can change the capsules to get the sound I want and, of course, the Rupert Neve transformer gives something really special to the sound. This is probably my favorite microphone that I’ve bought in the last few years. I’ve used multiples for detailed choir recording, solo strings, guitars, low and high percussion, pretty much anything.”

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sE Electronics Rupert Neve RNT Tube Condenser Microphone

Condenser Microphones

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sE Electronics sE4400a Condenser Microphone

Condenser Microphones

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