RM-7 DIY Ribbon Mics and Zoom H4n - Recording Session on The Seaside | Brown Eyes - Guitar & Vocals

Check out our experiment with using a pair or RM-7 Active DIY Ribbon Mics together with a Zoom H4n recorder. Making this video was a great fun, it was a nice chilled evening on the seaside. Funny, the weather was very still before we started recording, but as I've hit the record button, the wind started blowing. I realized that I needed a heavier wind protection, as the blasts are audible. However, we decided to keep this version, as it sounds great and demonstrates the possibility of using RM-7 Active DIY Ribbon Mics for remote recordings. You can read more about RM-7 DIY Ribbon Mics here: https://www.bumblebeepro.com/rm-7-active-diy-ribbon-mic-kit/ The recording demonstrates the sound of an acoustic guitar and relaxed female vocals. Microphone were plugged directly into Zoom H4n and were powered using its +48V phantom power. Such setup works very well, but drains the batteries of Zoom H4n rather quickly. With a pair of new AA batteries the recorded lasts for about 60 - 80 minutes. The microphones were set up as Blumlein pair. The panning was reduced to 20% left and 20% right. The only processing used in DAW were a multiband compressor and a little digital reverb. No EQ was used.