CM-22

I've been getting several emails lately regarding the Milab CM-22. It was custom made for the Australian parliament house in the 80's - a very big order for a small company like Milab.

The CM-22 is a gooseneck model made specifically for speech. The gooseneck itself can be removed and the front screws directly onto the XLR amplifier.


The CM-22 was not designed for music recording, but as long as the SPL:s are not too high it will make for a different microphone with a unique "colour".

We still carry some spare parts for it.

CM-22 info

SRND 360 review in Resolution Magazine

The Milab SRND 360 has just been reviewed in the excellent UK pro-audio magazine Resolution. Read more in the news section at the Milab website.

Tim de Paravicini, E.A.R and Milab

I'm getting questions from time to time regarding the custom E.A.R microphones that Tim de Paravicini built for Kavi Alexander, most famously used for Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt's A Meeting by the River.

The microphones were custom made tube mics with Milab 2700 rectangular capsules (the same as in the VIP-50). We normally don't sell capsules separately and I'm not sure how Tim de Paravicini were able to get hold of them, but I suspect that legendary engineer Kavi Alexander (of Water Lily Acoustics) had something to do with it.

If I'm correctly informed no other microphones were used for A Meeting by the River than two E.A.R/Milabs. The album won a Grammy and is widely considered as one of the best sounding recordings ever made. Just read these quotes:

"I'm here to tell you that 'A Meeting by the River' is just flat-out astounding, one of the most uncannily real recordings I've ever heard. I haven't heard the LP yet, but the CD is a mind-blower: mastered directly from a CD-R transfer of the analog master, this is the best-sounding acoustic guitar recording I've ever heard. From the most subtle string-scrape die-offs to the unleashed dynamics throughout "Ganges Delta Blues," the sound just breathes life into the room and makes the best-sounding discs in my rack sound grainy and flat by comparison." - Corey Greenberg, Stereophile

"The splendor of the music is aided in its transmission by the fact that, like all Water Lily Acoustics releases, this album is masterfully recorded; each instrument is clear, distinct, and three-dimensional sounding. A Meeting by the River is a must-own, a thing of pure, unadulterated beauty, and the strongest record in Cooder's extensive catalog." - Daniel Gioffre, Allmusic

Interview with Kavi Alexander where the microphones are discussed.

Andreas Scholl and the Milab SRND 360

Andreas Scholl is widely considered to be one of the finest classical singers in the world. He is also the owner of a Milab SRND 360 surround microphone.

Andreas was kind enough to write a personal review of the microphone. You can find the review on the Milab website:

Here is a video of a unique recording made with the Milab SRND 360.

Martin Taylor endorses Milab

Martin Taylor, one of the greatest jazz guitarists in the world, now publicly endorses Milab Microphones. Martin, who is more or less always on tour, uses a Milab DC-96B for his guitar - both on stage and in the studio.

Martin has (among many other awards) won the British Jazz Awards for best guitarist no less than 12 times and is widely considered as one of the finest jazz musicians on the planet. We are very proud to be associated with him.

We are working on a new feature for the website with artists who are endorsing Milab. We are starting out with just a few, but highly respected artists, who have what it takes to be "Milab artists". Stay tuned and I will reveal more names...

Martin Taylor's official website

Martin Taylor on MySpace

Martin Taylor on Facebook

Wikipedia

Melody Club on tour

Swedish pop/synth rock band (according to Wikipedia) Melody Club starts their spring tour on friday at KB in Malmö, Sweden. FOH engineer Oscar Söderlund uses mostly Milab mics as usual.

For this tour we have even made some custom designed mics to fit their theme.

http://www.myspace.com/melodyclub

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_Club

Home sweet home

It's been a very intense week with too little sleep and a lot of work, but still a lot of fun.

It was my first Frankfurt fair and I am of course at awe - it's enormous. I had some really good meetings and I'm glad to say that the BDM-01 got a lot of attention. We've produced it mostly because we felt it was missing from our product range, but we never thought of it as a big seller. But seeing that the first batch was sold out even before we went to Frankfurt, I may have to take back those words. There are not so many high-end bass drum mics around, so maybe this was something that the market was waiting for. Only the future will tell.

I'd like to say thank you to all the people who visited us and who took the time for a proper meeting - a couple of which will result in some very exciting news in the near future. Stay tuned and you will learn more soon!