JohnRio
Joined: Jul 29, 2023
Posts: 42
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Posted on Jan 12 2025 01:29 PM
Hi all! For last year or so, trying to reach the surf tone at home. And after all the experiments this is finest top so far. Not saying that thats a final destination, but interesting to hear your opinion. I have ended up by using only One vintage ribbon mic and a surfy bear. That simple as it can be. So lets start listening  cheers
— Night Surf - UA surf band
Bandcamp - https://nightsurf147.bandcamp.com/album/light
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/nightsurf147
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/night-surf-ua
Telegram - https://t.me/night_surf
Last edited: Jan 12, 2025 13:29:58
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Kawentzmann
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1062
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Jan 13 2025 10:38 AM
Yeah, good sound you have there! When I had my ribbon mike brand new, I recorded all instruments for Je T’aime with it. Worked great. I think the 8-pattern adds more air to the sound than a kidney-pattern does at the same distance, in the same room.
— The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann
You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy.
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JohnRio
Joined: Jul 29, 2023
Posts: 42
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Posted on Jan 17 2025 12:52 AM
Kawentzmann wrote:
Yeah, good sound you have there! When I had my ribbon mike brand new, I recorded all instruments for Je T’aime with it. Worked great. I think the 8-pattern adds more air to the sound than a kidney-pattern does at the same distance, in the same room.
I like ribbons, cuz you can use only one mic and don't worry about blending it with other mics, and you really fast can get a result and as you said, even with close mic position gives a lot of air and space
— Night Surf - UA surf band
Bandcamp - https://nightsurf147.bandcamp.com/album/light
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/nightsurf147
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/night-surf-ua
Telegram - https://t.me/night_surf
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2290
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on May 03 2025 03:07 AM
I am just starting to experiment with a new mic but the results are interesting. Especially well goes together with dynamic, one gives warmth and depth and another focus and punch, mixed for your taste.
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
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DeathTide
Joined: Apr 13, 2018
Posts: 1379
New Orleans
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Posted on May 03 2025 07:24 AM
I also had great results with a ribbon. I don't have a vintage one, so I tried a Coles 4038 and a super cheap ($55) Monoprice and they both sounded great. It's a little weird how close the Monoprice mic is to the Coles, but I'm guessing that's because it's a guitar with a narrow freq spread?
I put a close up drum mic (D112), and then put the ribbon about four feet away. It sounded awesome. The close up mic got the drips and attack, and the ribbon got the sweet tone.
— Daniel Deathtide
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synchro
Joined: Feb 02, 2008
Posts: 4557
Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on May 03 2025 11:53 PM
DeathTide wrote:
I also had great results with a ribbon. I don't have a vintage one, so I tried a Coles 4038 and a super cheap ($55) Monoprice and they both sounded great. It's a little weird how close the Monoprice mic is to the Coles, but I'm guessing that's because it's a guitar with a narrow freq spread?
I put a close up drum mic (D112), and then put the ribbon about four feet away. It sounded awesome. The close up mic got the drips and attack, and the ribbon got the sweet tone.
That’s a good technique. The warmth and character of the guitar being on a separate channel makes for some interesting options.
— The artist formerly known as: Synchro
When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.
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JohnRio
Joined: Jul 29, 2023
Posts: 42
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Posted on May 05 2025 02:04 AM
Let us know, how this NoHype ribbon mic works, very and very interesting!! Maybe with a sound demo
— Night Surf - UA surf band
Bandcamp - https://nightsurf147.bandcamp.com/album/light
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/nightsurf147
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/night-surf-ua
Telegram - https://t.me/night_surf
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chiba
Joined: Sep 02, 2022
Posts: 538
Central VA
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Posted on May 05 2025 09:28 AM
I've gotten great results with my Fat Head ribbon mic. It makes a good guitar amp mic. I like to blend it with a Sennheiser e609 for a little natural compression.
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4054
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on May 06 2025 08:30 AM
We didn't have a traditional Surf sound but we did almost exclusively use affordable ribbon mics to record guitars and almost always used them without other mics.
We had a lot of success (to our ears) with some of the Nady offerings, RSM-5, RSM-2 and some of the MXL stuff. The RSM-5 is actually a great kick drum mic as well if you have a front head on the kick.
It cam handle the SPL's
Proximity is your friend with ribbon mics but I find them to be one of the easiest and most accurate mics to work with for electric guitar.
— http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic
http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock
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congernet
Joined: May 27, 2017
Posts: 21
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Posted on May 06 2025 12:33 PM
JohnRio wrote:
Hi all! For last year or so, trying to reach the surf tone at home. And after all the experiments this is finest top so far. Not saying that thats a final destination, but interesting to hear your opinion. I have ended up by using only One vintage ribbon mic and a surfy bear. That simple as it can be. So lets start listening cheers
Great demo. This sounds just like what I am after. This thread has inspired me to pickup a cheap ribbon mic and try it out.
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JohnRio
Joined: Jul 29, 2023
Posts: 42
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Posted on May 07 2025 05:52 AM
congernet wrote:
JohnRio wrote:
Hi all! For last year or so, trying to reach the surf tone at home. And after all the experiments this is finest top so far. Not saying that thats a final destination, but interesting to hear your opinion. I have ended up by using only One vintage ribbon mic and a surfy bear. That simple as it can be. So lets start listening cheers
Great demo. This sounds just like what I am after. This thread has inspired me to pickup a cheap ribbon mic and try it out.
Great to hear! Actually with blend with Dynamic mic it sounds even more better I use e609 as well, so on future records want to use this stack more
— Night Surf - UA surf band
Bandcamp - https://nightsurf147.bandcamp.com/album/light
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/nightsurf147
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/night-surf-ua
Telegram - https://t.me/night_surf
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spskins
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3795
tn
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Posted on May 07 2025 01:14 PM
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2290
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on May 10 2025 10:22 AM
Experimenting with my new Nohype Audio LRM-V and like it a lot. Goes well together with focused and punchy dynamic Sennheizer E609.
A lot of proximity effect but works well 2-3 feet from the cab. My bedroom is not the perfect sound environment but goes well enough, especially with the door open). Generally a great mic really different from dynamic and condenser I have, warm, deep, multi dimensional and really picking up the sound I hear from the amp. Now working on a new album and surely this mic will be heavily used.
— Waikiki Makaki surf-rock band from Ukraine
https://linktr.ee/waikikimakaki
Lost Diver
https://lostdiver.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/vitaly-yakushin
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Jerome
Joined: Jun 29, 2022
Posts: 29
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Posted on May 10 2025 01:22 PM
No Hype Audio LRMs are excellent ribbon mics. I once did an A/B test with my AEA R84 (not quite in the same price range) and the results were really close. Affordable, built with care and lovely sounding. I recommend.
— You can never have too much reverb.
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JohnRio
Joined: Jul 29, 2023
Posts: 42
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Posted on May 12 2025 12:35 AM
Jerome wrote:
No Hype Audio LRMs are excellent ribbon mics. I once did an A/B test with my AEA R84 (not quite in the same price range) and the results were really close. Affordable, built with care and lovely sounding. I recommend.
Its so interesting, never heard of a bad feedback when it comes to NoHype so temptation to try them out
— Night Surf - UA surf band
Bandcamp - https://nightsurf147.bandcamp.com/album/light
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/nightsurf147
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/night-surf-ua
Telegram - https://t.me/night_surf
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