Is This The ULTIMATE Drum Mic? | AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon Mic Breakdown (Recording Drums)

Today we're welcoming the newest member to the Graybox Nashville mic locker - the AEA R88 Stereo Ribbon mic - and we're gonna be breaking it in and testing it out on drums! Mic choice and placement for recording drums is a big deal and we want to see how the R88 fits into that equation! Join us as we try out the AEA R88 on drums in a few different positions - as an overhead mic, a near room mic, a far room mic, aaaaand maybe one more surprise position?? Stick around to the end to find out. In all these positions, we'll showcase the R88 both dry and with compression, and give our review and thoughts. Hope you enjoy!
Thanks to ‪@Ribbonmics‬ for making such a killer piece of gear!✨
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Drone footage courtesy of ‪@littlefieldcreative‬
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - About the R88
1:33 - Positions We'll Be Testing
2:16 - R88 on Overheads
4:34 - R88 as Near Room Mic
5:53 - R88 as Far Room Mic (Loft)
6:53 - Overheads Compressed (1176)
7:56 - Near Room Compressed (Distressor)
8:52 - Far Room (Loft) Compressed (SSL Bus Comp)
10:03 - SURPRISE Placement Reveal
12:11 - Outro and Question for You!
#grayboxnashville #recording #drum #musicproduction

[@grayboxnashville]

which position was your favorite? any other placements we should try next? let us know!👇🏻

[@phase56]

the R88 is amazing, doesn't sound bad on anything - great showcase on drums! more of this stuff please!

[@grayboxnashville]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@bela6604]

"bloomline" :) greetings from germany

[@grayboxnashville]

thank you!🙏🏻

[@Probos-Sound]

First off jealous of your room. Second -- great demo (one of the best I've seen on KZbin) 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.

[@grayboxnashville]

thank you friend! hope you do end up adding it to the mic locker, it's a great one to have around!

[@ryancruickshank1868]

A great engineer named Tom introduced me to these at Roundhead in NZ!

[@grayboxnashville]

@@ryancruickshank1868 they’re killer!

[@m-baka]

bro looks like he dyes his beard

[@grayboxnashville]

@@m-baka lol can confirm I do not

[@carolinebrown6464]

can also confirm as his barber.