The SV-24V is Royer’s latest product. It’s a stereo ribbon tube mic that features the same engine as the original SF-24, but with new electronics. Click here to listen to an upright bass recorded in mono using one side of the mic through the new Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity preamp. The tone is rich, exhibiting plenty of bottom end and fat round transients. Click here to listen to an acoustic guitar in stereo through two Neve VR preamps. Because of the nature of the narrow lobes of a figure 8 mic, the stereo image is wide and the two channels well defined. What’s remarkable is the amount of top end coming out of a ribbon which is usually rolled off in the higher frequencies.

The 80th Anniversary edition of the TLM67 from Neumann just got here today and it’s already up on a vocal session. Watch for the upcoming review in Mix.

Here are the vital stats:
Acoustical operating principle: Pressure gradient transducer
Directional pattern: Omni/cardioid/figure-8
Maximum SPL THD: < 0.5 %2) 110/105/111 dB
Maximum SPL THD: < 5 %2) 130/125/131 dB
Weight: 490 g
Diameter: 56 mm
Length: 200 mm

Composer Shawn Shirey has released a very interesting set of samples in a three disc package. Click here to read my MINI review. Be sure to check out the link to an interview I did with Sean who talks about the many odd and interesting processors and instruments he used to get his sounds.