RSR353 - Tyler Campbell - Alder Audio Ribbon Microphones - How To Record With The H44
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
4.8 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 120 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Tyler Campbell CEO the founder of Alder Audio, an Ann Arbor, Michigan based company pushing the boundaries of ribbon mic design. Alder Audio launched in February 2021 with the H44, a workhorse ribbon mic with a patented capsule and durable herringbone ribbon.
Before founding Alder, Tyler worked in product development as a chemist and engineer. He specializes in developing products related to materials design and has worked on a diverse array of projects, from high power lithium batteries to automotive communication cable, to adhesives you can find on the shelf of your local hardware store.
Tyler is also a self-proclaimed gear addict and lifelong home recording enthusiast, who grew up with a front row seat to his family's small manufacturing business in Wisconsin. The H44 design is a direct result of his scientific background combined with his passion for audio, recording, and small business.
I have been trying out the H44 and H44S here at The Toy Box Stusio aka RSR HQ and I have to say these mics sound really fantastic! One of the big challenges for me is recording things like drums with bright cymbals and acoustic and electric guitars that can sometimes be too harsh or vocals that have too much edge. The H44 does a beautiful job of smoothing out those instruments and making them mixable and listenable.
So I'm happy to have Tyler joining us on the show today to learn more about Alder Audio and his mission to design a great ribbon microphone at a great price
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by OWC, Spectra-1964, |
| 0:06.4 | Sample, Isotope, Sonar Works, and API. |
| 0:10.4 | In fact, you're hearing my voice right now on the Spectra-1964 STX-100 micpre in an API |
| 0:17.0 | lunchbox mixed carefully through isotope RX and ozone. All recorded safely onto an OWCSSSD. |
| 0:25.1 | So get ready to rock. I'd say that the advice that I took is kind of the courage to step up and just try things. |
| 0:34.1 | Even when there's a giant wall in front of you that says, you can't do this, |
| 0:38.8 | or this is silly or stupid. People don't think you can manufacture things in the U.S. anymore. |
| 0:43.3 | My dad was like, we're just going to make this thing happen. He just went for it. And so I've kind of |
| 0:47.6 | got that spirit. And I think that that spirit has been a very big thing. |
| 1:01.1 | Yeah. It's been a very big thing. Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. |
| 1:04.2 | I'm Lid Shaw, and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio. |
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