Comparison between Røde NT1 and Neumann U87 IA mt.
Audio source: www.youtube.com/AudioTestKitchen/
*POSITIONING*
Each microphone diaphragm - the element behind the grille or windscreen that changes physical sound waves into recordable electricity - is aligned to the same position relative to the instrument or vocal source using a 4-axis laser system.
*SIGNAL CHAIN*
Every element in every recording signal chain is as transparent as possible. From “capture microphone,” to mic cable, to preamp, to converters we scrutinized and compared and selected components of the signal chain for their lack of sound. You’ll hear the true sound of every microphone with nothing added or taken away.
*LEVEL MATCHING*
Critical to fair audio product comparison is absolute level matching, but the existing systems weren’t good enough. So we created our own unique calibration test procedures for recording. Then we apply a level matching software called Myriad to analyze, adjust volume in the 32-bit digital domain, and finally achieve identical perceived volume. Our process allows the unique characteristics of each microphone to come through (more treble, more bass, for example) while maintaining perfect volume consistency across all audio samples across all microphones.
*SOURCE*
To ensure the source the microphone listens to is identical every time, we “bottle” a single performance of each instrument and vocal then replay or “re-amp” that source into each product microphone, one at a time.
*VOCALS* - Jimmy Stofer
Single vocal performance “bottled” by a laboratory-grade, neutral microphone in an anechoic chamber, re-amplified via a “vocal surrogate” loudspeaker into each product microphone, one at a time.
*CAPTURE*
Jimmy Stofer, vocals
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