Rycote's new supercardioid, cardioid and omni mics

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Throwback

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Last autumn we had Rycote's first mics: their excellent short and medium shotgun mics. I was glad to be able to get these from Rycote for testing back then, and have been using them as my shotgun mics of choice since. With the announcement of their new SDC mics, I was keen to keen hold of the supercardioid and cardioid models in particular, and in my latest blog post cover some tests (with wav files included): https://drbadphil.com/rycotes-new-mics-part-1-cardioid-and-supercardioid

The consistency of the supercardioid and the two earlier shotgun mics is really useful for film sound, so I'd recommend giving them a listen if you can at some point. I'll add a link to tests with the omni mics in due course too.

Cheers,

Roland
 
They are looking all the more interesting with the fig 8 mic that Rycote have just announced and shown at NAB 2023. For anyone interested, I've had a pre-production copy for a couple of months, and have been doing some tests, so here's a write up with sound samples too: https://drbadphil.com/a-fig-8-mic-from-rycote

Cheers,

Roland

PS they also have a longer shotgun mic coming (the HC-35: same preamp and capsule as the shorter HC-22 and HC-15, released in 2021), which sounds excellent: I'll do a write up on that too soon.
 
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