Introduction Last week I had the pleasure of making a few recordings with simple videography of the Embers choir – a Norwich-based community choir led by Deva O’Neill, who sing a wide range of European folk songs. I stumbled across a few phone videos…

Introduction Following on from my Avignon jaunt in October, this is another tale of a short city break in Europe with a hidden agenda of sound recording. The planning of a four-day visit to Vienna with some of my wife’s side of the family…

Introduction As I have noted previously, Nevaton’s MC59 mics – that is, its SDC range – are skewed towards the wider polar patterns, with no hypercardioid or supercardioid models available at present (though I hear one is coming!), yet a variety of omni, wide…

Introduction In my previous blog post on the Nevaton MC59-8 (fig 8) and new MC59 Twin mics, I touched briefly – as an aside – on the question of using the MC59 Twin or, indeed, any similar twin mic (such as the Sennheiser MKH…

Introduction I first came across Nevaton mics through Magnús Bergsson’s excellent Hljóðmynd – Soundimage website. Magnús uses a wide range of mics, including some real top-drawer models, and is full of praise for the Nevaton MC59 models. I then had some direct experience with a pair…