So my Royer SF-12 came today. I'm in love. Tried it on drum overhead. Just the damned stereo mic 2 feet over the center of the kit in Blumlein. I'm blown away. A beautiful image of the whole kit. Best picture of the cymbals I've heard. Lovely natural sound of the toms. For some genres I guess you'd mic them individually, but not for the country/folk/blues/Americana stuff I'm doing now.

I'm probably going to get a Royer SF-12 in the near future. Do you Royer owners recommend the RSM-1 shock mount? A bit pricy, but if it's worth it...Any other recomendations?

This can be an open thread on any aspect of Royer ribbon mics, but I'm particularly interested in hearing comments on the differences within the current lineup:

Mono
R-121 (dynamic)
R-122 (phantom powered)
R-122V (tube/phantom)

Stereo
SF-12 (dynamic)
SF-24 (phantom powered)
SF-24V (tube/phantom)

I'm personally following Fab Dupont's recording and mixing tricks, specifically hybrid recording and how he does it.
I just finished watching this video on how he used Royer mics to record some of Will Knox songs. It sounds really good and I hope you enjoy this. I love the sound of this artist. Reminds me of some old Led Zeppelin acoustic work.

I want to connect Feedback destroyer(Behringer DSP1124P) to the 24Channel mixer in order to eliminate feedbacks on all mics (6 in all).I am not using any compressor. The mixer image below is a replica of my own except that mine has 24 channels.

The API 512c gave me a knew appreciation for the sm57. I've been pretty well been using this combination for the last couple years exclusively. As I recording some guitar solo's with an es 335->mesa single rec I was finding the tone just to fizzy. Eq would basically get me where I need to go but I wanted to get the tone from the get go. The winner was a KM84 -> shadowhills.

I've discussed this more than once but wasn't sure what mics I'd settle on and know how the room would sound with people in it until yesterday.

Recording 14 choirs over 2 days. Largest choir will be 75 people.

How many times have we seen PA systems take a hit, mic stands fall and newbies blow into mics.

You'll love how this conductors saved a $4500 Royer SF 24 from disaster

Enjoy!
 

Like many of us here, I'm all jacked up on ribbon mics and especially Royer for my personal taste. The new R-101 has been out for a while now. Has anyone had the opportunity to demo it? How do you like it?

Let us know after the AES show in San Fransisco.

Just compared the Royer PS-101 Pop Filter to my "Popper Stopper " and I like it a lot. Its made of steel so its obviously going to last forever compared to my nylon style with a run starting. It seems to be slightly clearer as well so I definitely recommend this. It is a bit heavier on a boom so that is something to take into consideration.

What other pop filters do you use?