Sound engineer Howard ‘Head’ Bullivant talks deploying Sennheiser mics for PJ Harvey, James Blake, and Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan

Old Lyme, Conn., October 3, 2016 – Following the release of her UK number one album, The Hope Six Demolition Project, English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist PJ Harvey has been out on the road, headlining some of Europe’s most prestigious music festivals to much critical acclaim. Her summer touring schedule, along with her 9-strong band of world-class musicians, has included appearances at the likes of Glastonbury, London’s Field Day, Primavera Sound, and Rock Werchter to name but a few. PJ Harvey’s vocal microphone of choice on these shows is a Sennheiser super-cardioid MD 431.

Harvey’s Front of House engineer is Howard ‘Head’ Bullivant, who has been working with her since 1990 when he recorded her first demos and co-produced her debut album Dry. Since then, he has worked as producer, engineer or mix engineer on five PJ Harvey albums, plus a number of other live and collaborative albums. He toured as mix engineer on her first tour in 1992 and has been involved in almost all of her live shows since 2003. He has been specifying Sennheiser microphones even longer.

Isotonik Studios - World Collection SOLOS

It's time for a new MaxforLive visualiser from original Isotonik Collective member Ned RUSH!

Morph Audio Advance is the first in a series of World Collection SOLOS, intended to allow you to Pick N Mix from a growing line up of individual devices from which to craft your visual performance...

As our most in depth visualiser yet you have more controls in this device than any before it, to have an understanding of just how many there are and how effective they can be then check out Ned's walkthrough video at the bottom or take a moment to see what can be achieved in our demo video at the top!

Feed it audio then choose a shape. Morph between shapes and have the audio effect the modulation of the shapes axis and texture. You can create nice pleasant Globes that float around an orbital axis or some dystopian nightmare of a fractal chaos monster that fills your screen with glitchiness! (Or something like that)

Morph Audio Advance works with our World Viewer and is compatible with the rest of the series including the Ned Rush Starter Pack, Spectral ONE and Utami AV Packs

Soundelux USA Releases U195 Microphone

Receives TEC Award Nomination for its quality, versatility and value

 

AES Booth #629, Los Angeles (September 29, 2016) - Soundelux USA has released the U195 cardioid fet P48 microphone. Based on the original Soundelux U195 in production from 1996-2006, and the Bock 195 in production from 2007-2014, the Soundelux USA U195 features a new improved k67 capsule while maintaining the famously innovative "FAT" switch low-frequency control and it's unparalleled massive output transformer.

 

 

The U195 is a versatile phantom-powered single, low-noise, wide-band fet mic coupled with Soundelux USA's new super smooth k67 capsule.  Add to this a classic, massive output transformer along with a unique "FAT" switch, and you have the ultimate Swiss Army Mic capable of handling any studio chore you can throw at it.

 

"The U195 can satisfy a wide range of applications for engineers and studios that may have a few expensive models, but need to fill out their mic cabinet without breaking the budget," said David Bock, who makes the microphones in California. "This mic provides remarkable fullness and presence with exceptionally low background noise on everything from vocals and acoustic instruments, to guitar cabinets and drums."

 

While the U195 is based on the platform of a very famous mic, this new Soundelux USA version was optimized removing the patterns, removing bandwidth restrictions, multiplying the transformer size and removing the atonal inharmonic fet bias system, resulting in superior musicality at a shockingly lower cost.

 

The Soundelux USA U195 features a pad switch, lo-cut switch, and a "fat" switch, allowing you to carve the desired tone. The also mic comes with a metal threaded stand mount.

 

Specs:

Capsule size: 1" dual symmetrical backplate K67 type

Impedance: 200 Ohms true transformer balanced

Amp: Class A fet/transformer, no switching supplies/oscillators

Amp Controls: fat/norm, lo-cut, pad

Freq Range: 20Hz-16kHz, +/-2dB

S/N: 81dB "A", 72dB unweighted

Dynamic range: 111dB

Sensitivity: 8mv/Pa

 

Price and availability:

The Soundelux USA U195 Microphones carries a US MSRP of $1,249.

To find a stocking dealer, please visit http://www.bockaudio.com/#!find-stocking-dealer/c923 or email bockaudioorders@gmail.com.