AEA signal chain, Grammy award-winning engineer Brandon Bell captured the warmth, detail, and authenticity of more than 20 ...

We tested five of the best ribbon microphones you can buy online, evaluating how they performed on bass, guitar, male vocals, and female vocals.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Audio Engineering Associates (AEA) unveiled its new the KU4 unidirectional ribbon microphone — a ...

AEA Ribbon Microphones will debut the FC2, a two-channel tube preamplifier, at the 2026 NAMM Show. Designed in collaboration with analog designer Fred Forssell, the FC2 brings a refined cascoded ...

If you’ve ever seen an old movie or TV show where there was a radio announcer, you’ve probably seen a ribbon microphone. The RCA 44 (see Edmund Lowe, on right) had exceptional sound quality and are ...

All microphones work in a similar way. They have a diaphragm (or a ribbon) that moves in response to changes in air pressure due to sound waves impinging on the diaphragm – similarly to how the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Walking the floor at AES in New York City, you cold see that most new audio production gear has ...

Maybe you, like any red-blooded American man, still harbor some rock star dreams. Or maybe your friends have grown tired of your impassioned, point-by-point tirades about how Game of Thrones books are ...

The 21st-century has been good to the player who wants to record their electric guitar. For a while now, we have had the option of going direct, sending the signal through a guitar audio interface.

There are lots of different types of microphone, with the ribbon microphone being one of the rarer ones. Commercial versions are often prized for their tone and frequency response. You can make your ...