The ART M-Five has been engineered to deliver incredibly open and natural sounding recordings available only from a classic ribbon microphone design. The active element of the ART M-Five is a very thin corrugated aluminum ribbon mounted under low tension between the poles of a strong magnet. This classic design delivers the warmest and most natural sound reproduction available from…

The SIGMA is a fusion of modern technology and vintage style. Inspired by the classic vocalists of the “Swing” era, Sontronic's thoughts drifted away to the unforgettable voices of Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. The SIGMA’s speciality is to recreate the silky smooth, rich tones that we heard from those old recordings, but without the…

The sE RIBBON is a beautiful piece of engineering. Its single ‘Figure of 8’ polar pattern is derived from an incredibly fine 2 micron Aluminium membrane. As such it has a higher-than-normal frequency roll-off (at around 7KHz), and greater sensitivity, producing a more open and natural sound than you’d expect form a ribbon mic. The RIBBON is ideally suited to…

For many decades Ribbon mics have been used by engineers for their extremely natural sounding reproduction of source material. The nature of their performance differs greatly from condenser mics, which by comparison sound very ‘up front’ and lack the harmonic depth of a good ribbon. Even at the high end of the market, the customary roll-off of almost…

The R-121 is our flagship microphone and the worlds first radically redesigned ribbon microphone. We did away with the large, heavy, fragile, “classic” approach to ribbon microphones and went in a completely new direction. The R-121 gives all of the warm, natural tonal response that top engineers have always loved ribbon mics for, but in a compact, light-weight, higher…

The sE Electronics RT1 Tube Ribbon Microphone is one of the first of its kind.The sE Electronics RT1 Tube Ribbon Microphone builds on the hugely successful sE Ribbon, considered one of the best mics in it’s class. Used in Pro Studios all over the world, the RT1 adds a silky warmth to the ‘standard’ sE Ribbon sound. The sE Electronics…

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 essential. The 4038 has a proven reliable performance capability, being since its introduction, used by broadcasting networks throughout…

The 4104 Commentator’s Noise Cancelling Ribbon Microphone is of British Broadcasting (BBC) design and used for reproducing high quality commentary speech from noisy surroundings by cancelling out a considerable degree of background noise. The 4104 has a proven reliable performance capability, being since its introduction used by such broadcasting networks as the BBC, IBA, CBS and ABC. …

Since the launch of Sontronics Sigma ribbon microphone last year, they noticed that many musicians were using it in stereo pair configuration. As a result, Sontronics have created the Apollo, a Blumlein X/Y stereo ribbon microphone, with all the silky smooth characteristics of the Sigma... times two. The open basket design allows Apollo to soak up every…

The Electro-Harmonix EH-R1 ribbon microphone is the perfect complement to any professional microphone lineup. Offering the natural and open sound associated with the finest ribbon microphones, the EH-R1 boasts a broad, flat frequency response that shines on any instrument that requires real definition. The EH-R1 is beautiful on vocals, stunning on acoustic instruments - and offers performance and…

The double ribbon delivers a close, warm and vintage unique reproduction concentrating on the mid to low frequencies. Higher frequencies can be boosted using a quality EQ. A perfect compliment to the HDV-1. Recommended Use Nylon Strings Room Mics Overheads Darker Mic On Guitar Cabs Kick Drums Old School Vocals …

M 160
Double ribbon microphone (hypercardioid)
Application
Instrumental miking such as saxophone
Miking of drums
MS-stereophony with M 130 Beyerdynamic is one of few microphone manufacturers world-wide that still produce ribbon microphones.
A classic one is the M 160, a dynamic double ribbon microphone. Featuring a hypercardioid polar pattern with a noise…

Royer Labs is proud to announce the unimaginable-become- reality with the world’s first phantom powered, active ribbon microphone – the R-122! The R-122 is the first in our new line of phantom powered ribbon microphones, a line that will ultimately include a variety of active ribbon microphones. While the idea of a phantom powered ribbon microphone was enticing enough, we…

The SF-1 is an ultra- compact, monaural ribbon microphone, exhibiting flat frequency response and a well-balanced, panoramic soundfield. The SF-1 has superb transient response due to its ultra low-mass 1.8- micron ribbon assembly. Frequency response is excellent regardless of the angle of sound striking the ribbon, and off-axis coloration is negligible. The heart of the SF-1 is it's ribbon…

The Royer/Speiden SF-12 stereo coincident ribbon microphone is one of the finest devices of its kind, combining high quality audio performance with outstanding stereo separation and imaging. It is a modern ribbon design with no audible diffraction effects or cavity resonance. An SF- 12 is actually two matched microphones placed one above the other, each aimed 45 degrees from center.…