Brent
Lauzon - Ontario, Canada – R-121 – Acoustic
Guitar
“Thank you for existing. I have
some great microphones, Gefell, Lawson, etc. that all have
their place, but I could find nothing to reproduce what I was
hearing from my acoustic guitar. This mic paired up with my
Great River ME-1NV was the missing link.” |
Keith
Farrington – UK – SF-24 - Brass
“I’ve been recording brass bands in the UK for
ten years and used a number of different microphones for the
principal stereo pair. My initial view after a successful weekend
is that there’s nothing to touch the SF24. Great sound
but totally forgiving.” |
Greg
Metzler – Severn, MD – SF-12
- Orchestra
“I just used the SF-12 to record a youth orchestra concert.
After hearing the first playback I got chills. There was all
the warmth, realism, depth and clarity that I’d been
searching for. Roy Halee once said that there was no excuse
for what digital recording does to orchestras, and he may be
right, but he never tried digital recording with a Royer ribbon.
Thank you Royer for bringing musicality back to recording.” |
Mike
Grande – Staten Island, NY – R-121 – Electric
Guitar
“What is funny is I got the sound
I wanted the night before my session. Before I left the studio
I covered the mic with the supplied cover. I totally forgot
it was on the mic and spent four hours doing the session. When
it was over I went to break down the amp and saw the cover
was still on the mic! Can you believe it? And it sounds AMAZING!” |
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Jeremy Cucco – Fredericksburg, VA - SF-12 – Orchestra
 MP3
- Orchestra with Vocalist Mozart – “Exultate
Jubilate”
“The sound I was getting was smooth, detailed, quick,
full and completely accurate! Not only that, I was getting
a great balance from the sections that are usually too distant.
The fact is, I could use this mic alone with this group in
this acoustic space and be perfect with nothing left to be
desired. The real kicker came when the soprano soloist came
out to sing with the orchestra. I felt for sure that I’d
have to spot mic her. The resulting sound was again glorious.
There will be absolutely no need to spot mic her for this performance.” |
Alfred
B. Grunwell – R-122 – 12 string Acoustic Guitar
“I've been recording classical 12/string steel
guitarist Jason Kessler for the past 15 years. We've tried
just about every setup imaginable, as Jason really likes a
big bold sound- not the typically "polite" approach. With
the R122 we've found the ultimate sound- a backwards R122
has just the right balance of warmth, presence and sparkle
without harshness, with a tiny bit of fishman transducer blended
in for bite.” |
Chris
Stevens – R-121’s - Drums
"I've had a pair of 121's for about a year now, and
I love 'em. My studio isn't big enough to give me a really
good natural reverb (for drums). So, I started leaving
the door to the garage open (studio and garage are adjacent),
and running a pair of 121's in a blumlein array at the opposite
end, with a couple of distressors on 'em. I then delay
the ambient track in Pro Tools about 90-100 ms, and raise to
taste. WOW! Big drum sound from a small space.” |
David
Mendez – film composer
R-122
front side blended with SM-58– acoustic guitar
“Oh man! What an amazing microphone! It really is the perfect combo for
the Millennia TD-1 and acoustic guitar. It is hard finding that perfect microphone
for recording my guitar, but I can now relax and be assured that the R-122
puts a smile on my face.”
MP3
- “Deportation” - R-122 front side blended
with SM-58– acoustic guitar |
Vincent
Labelle – engineer – 2 R-121’s on trombonist
Scott Hartman recorded at Yale School of music.
MP3 – “Rochut
Etude No. 11”
Scott
Hartman on trombone. |
Larry “LZ” Sentelle – Laurel,
MD
“Thank you all for creating the
holy grail of ribbon microphones. The R-122 sounds absolutely
incredible on every source we have tried it on so far. Overheads,
vocals, bass amps, acoustic guitar, horns and of course electric
guitar! You've put the rock back in the roll!” |
Francois
Grenon – Montreal, Quebec
”Hi, I keep on inventing new ways to abuse my
SF12. Last week I tried it at -20C. I used it to record
motorcycles and all sorts of loud machines in all kinds
of temperature and humidity extremes. This is a very resistant
mic (for a ribbon) not to mention the sound...every time
I use it I get praise from the sound fx editors. Thank
you!” |
Rafter
“Your company rocks my world...Both your products
and your customer service makes me smile big smiles. I
love my mics and I love the way you deal with your customers. I've
had a couple re-ribbonings and each time I've been totally
floored by the customer service." |
Marco
Hoffer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“I’d like to tell you that your microphone is FANTASTIC
AND AMAZING!!! All the engineers of Estudios Mega are using
this mic in many applications. I always say hey man, try this
mic on overheads, it’s fantastic. So they’re using
it and loving it.” |
Mark
Van Nostrand
“An analogy struck me on the way home from work today about the Royer
experience - it's a visual one: It's like having always been used to
going to concerts that were lit by bright fluorescent lights hanging over the
stage, and then one evening going to a concert that was lit only by large candles
placed around/above the stage and throughout the theatre. Yea, that latter
image describes my experience in moving to the Royer ribbons. Which
concert would most people prefer, the candle-lit concert,
of course.” |
Brent
Truitt
“I recently got my hands on a pair of Royer-122’s....These
are killer mics. I have a very nice collection of vintage Neumann
tube mics which I love, but these mics sound so warm and sweet
that I find myself reaching for them a bunch. I record and produce
a lot of acoustic music and the 122’s are great for capturing
the true sound of the instrument. I am lovin’ the ribbon.
Thanks a lot.” |
Mattias
Eklund – Toontrack Music
“First of all, you are our idols; your microphones
are just simply the best out there, thanks for making such
great products!
'The percussion & Cocktail kit is recorded with the
use of three Royer Labs R121’s and one SF12, no more.
The four main kits use an SF12 as OH and two R121’s as
ambience mics. The result is GREAT!” |
Dave
Oconnell – Ireland
“I am a keen amateur engineer specializing in
Classical music, Choirs and small ensembles. I recently
purchased your SF-24. Thought you might want to hear a
sample track from a session I recorded with Colin McClean
an up and coming virtuoso student.”
MP3 – Colin
McClean recorded by Dave Oconnell
MP3 – Vivaldi – Spring
Allegro - Cork Chamber Orchestra conducted by Candace Whitehead
rec by Dave Oconnell with a Royer SF-24 |
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