Vintage Shure 315 Ribbon Microphone
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- This week we look at a vintage Shure ribbon mic, the 315. Originally intended to be a vocal microphone, we test it on a bunch of instruments as well as voice in the studio. We put this mic up against the modern classic Royer R-121 microphone.
Thanks to Danny Lamagna and Matt Garzilli for helping with the demos.
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**CONTENTS**
00:00 - Intro
01:19 - Shure Ribbon Mics Through the Ages
03:46 - Voice Test
04:59 - Piano Test
06:16 - Electric Guitar Test
06:20 - Shure 315 OD Guitar
06:34 - Royer R-121 OD Guitar
06:47 - Shure 315 Clean Guitar
07:00 - Royer R-121 Clean Guitar
07:14 - 315 Dist Guitar 3" Center
07:17 - 121 Dist Guitar 3" Center
07:20 - 315 Dist Guitar 6" Center
07:23 - 121 Dist Guitar 6" Center
07:26 - 315 Dist Guitar 9" Center
07:29 - 121 Dist Guitar 9" Center
07:32 - 315 Dist Guitar 9" Surround
07:37 - 121 Dist Guitar 9" Surround
07:42 - Acoustic Guitar Test
07:46 - Shure 315 8" from 15th Fret
08:21 - Royer R-121 8" from 15th Fret
08:56 - Electric Bass Test
09:00 - Shure 315
09:16 - Royer R-121
09:32 - Acoustic Bass Test
09:36 - Shure 315 8" from F Hole Treble Side
10:03 - Royer R-121 8" from F Hole Treble Side
10:30 - Drum Test
10:34 - Full Drum Kit
10:43 - Shure 315 Room Mic Solo'd
10:57 - Conclusion - Hudba
The quality demonstration I've been searching for. I really enjoyed the 315 on the acoustic bass and piano. Thank you sir!
Thanks for checking it out. Appreciate it!
You always do a great job of comparing mics and your demonstrations are excellent. Thanks for the video!
Thanks so much for the kind words! And thanks for watching!
Surprisingly bright sound for a ribbon... almost thin sounding but not too much.
Very usable sounds indeed. Nice video as always :)
Thanks for checking it out. Yeah, the sound is definitely not a typical dark ribbon sound.
I actually really like this mic on the electric guitar example! -- overall the mic is pretty midrange focused, but I'm surprised at how good it sounds on so many instruments without sounding boxy. I actually have a Shure 330 from a friend and watching this makes me think I should be testing it out more often!
The 330 is pretty awesome. The directionality of it makes it even better. This mic is super mid focused which brings out some detail that were kind of masked by the 121 in some of the examples. The drum room example was surprisingly even and I appreciated that the kick wasn't over powering everything. If i really needed an electric to cut through on a mix, this mic could certainly do that. Thanks for watching! Appreciate it!
Really interesting sound. Definitely full of character. It's obviously missing some high end and low end but reminds me of aspects of tracks I may blend with cleaner sounds to get a bit of grunge or a lo-fi vintage quality. Definitely not a workhorse or multipurpose mic but a one trick pony is fine by me as long as it's a good trick!
Indeed, its a unique sound. Thanks for checking it out!
Wow, my comment disappeared. Maybe because I mentioned a certain auction site. Anyway, what I said be for was (1) cool video, (2) the model 330 and the SM33 were not quite the same, they were voiced differently; (3) I used to own a 330 and used it to record a leslie speaker connected to a Hammond B3, and (4) on that certain poplar auction website, you can sometimes find CB radio mics for $20 or so that have that hard-to-find connector attached to the cable. Let's see if this comment sticks.
1) thanks for watching as always!
2) Yes, youre right. From what i found the sm33 and 330 were variations on the same mic along with the 333. The SM had the voicing switch just like the 300 vs 315. Other than that same body, same motor, same transformer. Do they sound the same… no, and its an unfortunate byproduct of mass production. I have a friend that has a bunch of these mics and none of them sound anything like the others. (All same models). But, I probably should have made that distinction.
3) i would love to get a leslie cab one day. Dont have to room for it. The 330 probably sounded great on that!
4) Thats about the only way ive found to get those connectors at an affordable price. But shhhh. Dont tell everyone! Lol
@@meistudiony I should really type more slowly. I didn't notice all my typos until I looked at my post just now.
all good it was readable lol
What 8ch Preamp are you using? Audient ASP800?
Its the avid pre. Thats literally the name of it. We have an 8 channel neve, as well as an 8 channel api 312 pre as well. Thanks for checkin out the video!