This week Ryan takes 12 different microphones of varying types and polar patterns to find out which sounds best for recording guitars and Jon brings us part II of the vocal microphone shootout this time with a male vocal.

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All the files used in Ryan’s guitar segment can be downloaded here.

All the files used in Jon’s vocal segment can be downloaded here.

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This week Jesse talks about the state of modern records. Ryan talks about ribbon mics.

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Before the Music Dies – Here’s a great scene from the film

Apex 205 Ribbon Mic

Apex 210 Ribbon Mic

In this episode Ryan interviews Rick of Rick Shaw Records on the topic of inexpensive Ribbon microphones you can build yourself. Jon gives a brief review of Pro Tools 8.

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