Arturo Sandoval – Ribbon Microphone Demonstrations

Trumpet – R-122, SF-24V Piano – SF-24V Recorded at Sweetwater Studios, Ft. Wayne IN Arturo Sandoval demonstrates his trumpet and piano recording techniques in the best way possible, laying it down in the studio. Each of these videos feature Arturo soloing on the trumpet and then doing some extraordinary piano playing. For the trumpet demonstrations, […]

Foghorn Stringband

Bluegrass Band – SF-24 Acoustic Guitar – SF-24 Fiddle – SF-24 Mandolin – SF-24 Standup Bass – SF-24 Recording Engineer: Stephen Schauer Recording Chain: See Recording Notes below Foghorn Stringband playing live at Old Style Guitar Shop, presented by The Bluegrass Situation. Great performance of the old Stanley Brothers tune We’re Going to Paint the […]

Recording Electric Guitar Video Series with Ross Hogarth and Tim Pierce

Grammy winning Engineer/Producer Ross Hogarth and session guitarist extraordinare Tim Pierce joined us to create an 8-part video series featuring an in-depth look at Hogarth’s electric guitar miking techniques. These videos are an excellent opportunity for recording engineers at all levels to learn new methods or brush up on some great guitar miking techniques. Recording […]

Ross Hogarth – Various Isolated Tracks

B-3 – SF-24 Drums – R-121, SF-12 Drum Room – SF-12, R-121 Bongos – SF-24 Shakers – SF-24 Electric Guitar, Heavy Rock – R-121 Engineer/Producer Ross Hogarth was one of the first engineers to ever use a Royer ribbon microphone. He has a large collection of Royers, including early serial numbers of all of our […]

Anthony Marinelli

Strings – SF-24 Strings – R-122 Recorded, co-produced and mixed by Clint Bennett. Co-produced by Anthony Marinelli. Recorded at Studio Smecky, Prague. From the film The Human Contract String Section: SF-24 (main mic) and two R-122’s (supporting mics) on strings. Recording chain: All micas to Amek Media 51 console preamps, to Apogee conversion @ 48k. […]

Richard Galliano

Accordion – SF-24 Piano – SF-24 Recorded and mixed by Charlie Paakkari. Produced and arranged by Richard Galliano. Recorded at Capitol Studios, Studio B, Los Angeles, CA. Recording chain: All mics into Neve 31102 preamps. No EQ or compression. Mic pre’s fed directly to Pro Tools at 88.2. Accordion: One SF-24 and two Mojave Audio […]

Poulenc Flute Sonata 1st Movement

Piano – SF-24 Flute – SF-24 Engineer: Tony Faulkner. Producer: Jeremy Hayes. Recorded in Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England. Recording chain: Recorded on a SADiE LRX system using SADiE LXR preamps. Piano & Flute: SF-24 main microphone. Subsidiary microphones: Rode NT-6 omnidirectionals flanking the SF-24 on stereo bar. Spacing between Rodes, 66cms. Flute: Guy Eshed […]

Malcolm McNab

Brass – R-122, SF-24 Trumpet – R-122, SF-24 Trombone – R-122, SF-24 French Horn – R-122, SF-24 Bass Trombone – R-122, SF-24 Produced, recorded and mixed by Gary Grant Recorded at Midlothian Recording Studio, Pasadena, CA. [Show slideshow] RCA 10001 spot mic and SF-24 room mic on Malcom McNab’s Solo trumpet (RCA 60%, SF-24 40% […]

Andy Georges

Acoustic Guitar – R-121 Baritone Acoustic Guitar – SF-24 Vocals – R-121 Electric Guitar – R-121 Percussion – R-121 Multi-Instrumental Musician/Engineer/Producer Andy Georges worked at Royer Labs for years and remains a good friend of the company. He created many recordings at home and in Los Angeles studios and you’ll find much of his work […]

The Wailin’ Jennys

Vocal/Instrumental Group – SF-24 Vocals – SF-24 Acoustic Guitar – SF-24 Bodhran – R-122 Engineers: Steve Barker and Peter Cutler Recorded live at the studios of the FolkScene radio show. These three exceptional recordings were made during a live performance for radio broadcast on FolkScene in Los Angeles. While listening to The Wailin’ Jennys rehearsing, […]