Thanks for the review! Mine arrived this weekend and I just used it on a trio, cajon, bass, guitar/vocalist- I’ve used a few great mics in my time but none have astonished me as much as the R88A, the stereo spread, the width, instruments sound larger than life, what a revelation…love it! 😊
First off jealous of your room. Second -- great demo (one of the best I've seen on RUclips) for the R88 on drums. I've watched a lot of demos of this mic on various sources and I'm very close to pulling the trigger on it. I have some Stager ribbons I used in my room that do a great job but would like to add this as well. It's a bit more versatile overall.
Great review! I'm on my second R88 (sold the first one, got sad about it, then bought another, lol) and I couldn't love it more. A question about how you tracked these files though - looking at the waveforms, everything looks really balanced between left and right. Did you set the preamps to get snare peaks at roughly equal volume between both sides or did you set each preamp at identical level? I always set mine to be at the same gain level and usually have the snare peaking at a much higher volume on one side.
which position was your favorite? any other placements we should try next? let us know!👇🏻
Thanks for the review! Mine arrived this weekend and I just used it on a trio, cajon, bass, guitar/vocalist- I’ve used a few great mics in my time but none have astonished me as much as the R88A, the stereo spread, the width, instruments sound larger than life, what a revelation…love it! 😊
Man I love your studio. Such a calm vibe
the R88 is amazing, doesn't sound bad on anything - great showcase on drums! more of this stuff please!
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First off jealous of your room. Second -- great demo (one of the best I've seen on RUclips) for the R88 on drums. I've watched a lot of demos of this mic on various sources and I'm very close to pulling the trigger on it. I have some Stager ribbons I used in my room that do a great job but would like to add this as well. It's a bit more versatile overall.
thank you friend! hope you do end up adding it to the mic locker, it's a great one to have around!
"bloomline" :) greetings from germany
thank you!🙏🏻
Great Demo..Love the R88 on so many sources being a string player(Violin viola Upright)
Curious what pre's or console your using with the AEA R88? 😄
these were run through Neve 1073s!
Great review! I'm on my second R88 (sold the first one, got sad about it, then bought another, lol) and I couldn't love it more. A question about how you tracked these files though - looking at the waveforms, everything looks really balanced between left and right. Did you set the preamps to get snare peaks at roughly equal volume between both sides or did you set each preamp at identical level? I always set mine to be at the same gain level and usually have the snare peaking at a much higher volume on one side.
for this, preamps were set at identical levels!
What pre-amp you use the r88 for drums ?
Neve 1073s for this video!
A great engineer named Tom introduced me to these at Roundhead in NZ!
@@ryancruickshank1868 they’re killer!
bro looks like he dyes his beard
@@m-baka lol can confirm I do not
can also confirm as his barber.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Blumlein