I haven’t had much time to blog this year, which has been partly due to working hard on a new project. Finally, after years of fixing, testing, upgrading and procrastinating…. Adam and I finally launched our own brand of ribbon microphones. 

Introducing the BM9 from Extinct Audio. I have been heavily involved in all stages of the design and manufacture of this baby. It is a general purpose ribbon microphone with a true figure-8 pattern, low noise and a big proximity effect. The aim was to produce an excellent blend of vintage sound and modern utility.

https://xaudia.com/SoundClips/BM9_SmallAcousticStereo.mp3

Electric Guitar

https://xaudia.com/SoundClips/BM9_GretschStrum.wav



https://xaudia.com/SoundClips/BM9_FramusElectric_Vibrato.wav



https://xaudia.com/SoundClips/BM9_FramusElectric_Clean.wav



https://xaudia.com/SoundClips/BM9_FramusElectric_Chorus.wav

Drums

https://xaudia.com/SoundClips/BM9_Drums_OveheadsOnly.wav



https://xaudia.com/SoundClips/BM9_Drums_OveheadsOnly_RollingFloorTom.wav

Update – there are now many much better recordings over at the recordings pages of the Extinct website. But these were the first recordings that Adam and I made with the first production microphones, so let’s leave them here for a little bit of history.