Royer Ribbon microphone (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 6

• Rehab

  Amy Winehouse · Back to Black, 2006

  • Horns (baritone sax, tenor sax, trumpet) · MicrophoneReportedAlbum-level: Ronson describes one ribbon mic for a three-piece horn section on Back To Black and Version generally. Tom Elmhirst says the brass on Rehab was recorded later at Metropolis in London, so this set-up is not established for this songPosition: Players crowded tightly around the mic, per Ronson
• A Head Full of Dreams

  Coldplay · Album, 2016

  • Electric guitar · MicrophoneInferredSecond microphone, alongside the SM57, on electric guitar cabinets in Simpson's usual approach.
• Chaos and the Calm

  James Bay · Album, 2014

  • Electric guitar · MicrophoneVerifiedA Royer ribbon was almost always added beside the SM57 on guitar amps and blended with it.
• It Won't Be Soon Before Long

  Maroon 5 · Album, 2007

  • Guitars · MicrophoneReportedAmong the mics typically combined on the guitar cabinets.
• Little Lion Man

  Mumford & Sons · Sigh No More, 2009

  • Banjo · MicrophoneVerifiedOne of three microphones on the first banjo, alongside a DI and an amp-room mic.
• A Bar Song (Tipsy)

  Shaboozey · Where I've Been, Isn't Where I'm Going, 2024

  • Acoustic guitars · MicrophoneVerifiedA ribbon microphone used among the mics on the far-miked acoustic guitars.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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