Click on the links to hear the sound of each model on male and female vocals and acoustic guitar. Down below you will also find samples of various Kel mics in a variety of musical contexts, from drum overheads to symphony orchestra. Enjoy!
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Acoustic Guitar and Percussion
Here's a couple of acoustic guitars, shaker and talking drum recorded only with HM-1s. All recordings were made with Yamaha PM-1000 channel strips direct to hard disk with Nuendo and MOTU 1224 and no processing, EQ or compression of any kind during tracking. Special thanks to Josh Karnes and Dan Vogel for these.
HM-1 on Symphony Orchestra
Thanks to Dan Vogel (see acoustic guitar and clip above) for these clips featuring a single pair of HM-1s on the York Symphony Orchestra in York, PA. The mics were set in an ORTF array about 10 feet above and 10 feet behind the conductor's head. We think the HM-1 sounds especially good on the brass sections. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3
KEL Mics on Acoustic Country Swing Band
All tracks on these clips were recorded with KEL mics, including HM-1s, HM-2Ds and HM-7Us. Thanks so much to Troy Engle and Justin Carbone from Unplugged Demos for the clips. If you are a Bluegrass fan you will probably recognize Troy's name from The Isaacs and Justin's from Special Consensus. Enjoy!
HM-2d on Kick/Front of Kit
These unprocessed clips feature the HM-2d in use outside kick drum (phase flipped), to pick up the kick and front of kit, blended with one pair of HM-1s on overheads in ORTF. Thanks to Daniel Roy of Winnipeg for manning the drums. There is no EQ or compression on these tracks. Everything you hear is a combination of the drummer, drums, space, mic selection and placement, mic pres (Focusrite ISA428 impedance set to medium for the HM-1s and Amek/Neve 9098 DMP for the HM-2d) and converters (Lucid) (Note: a new window will pop up.)
HM-2D on Blues Guitar
Mark Bussiers writes ... "Thought that I would send you a quick and dirty sound clip using one single HM-2D into a FMR RNP and RNC. The guitar is a Mexican made Muddy Waters tele played through an ancient humming, crackling, fully cranked, Gibson GA-8T with the tremolo engaged. I've tried to capture a 'warts and all' lo-fi vibe and in my opinion the HM-2D was instrumental in helping me do this."
HM-1 Acoustic Guitar Solo
This nice sounding clip was sent in by Sean Roberts of Toronto. A pair of HM-1s was set up in X-Y just off the 12-th fret/neck/body area of his Washburn. Mics went into a Great River MP-2NV pre (Loading button in / Impedance out) into an M-Audio delta 1010. Slight EQ was used around 200 Hz.
HM-1 on Electric Guitar Amp
Here's Sean Roberts again, this time with a clip of his Tele through a vintage Valco amp. Two HM-1s were used, one about 3 inches out front between the centre and edge of the speaker and 45-degrees off-axis and the other about 2 feet up and out. The recording was done in his kitchen!
HM-7U Voiceover
This is a simple spoken word recording of the HM-7U into an Amek 9098. No EQ, filters, compression. The mic was positioned about 5 inches from the narrator, on-axis
HM-2D Simple Narration
Here's a quick clip so you can hear the sound of the HM-2D compared to the HM-7U, same set-up as above.
HM-7U Soprano Sax
Mono mic with light stereo reverb. No EQ or compression.
HM-2D Soprano Sax
Mono Mic with light stereo reverb. No Eq or Compression.
HM-1 on Jazz Sax and Nylon String Guitar
Stereo pair of HM-1s on each instrument, roughly 2 feet straight out from the guitar and three feet from the sax.
Male Voiceover through the HM-1 and a Behringer Xenyx mixer
Thanks to Thomas Aldrich of Orlando, Florida for submitting this clip. Great voice, sounding fine through an HM-1.
More clips coming soon ...
Here's a couple of acoustic guitars, shaker and talking drum recorded only with HM-1s. All recordings were made with Yamaha PM-1000 channel strips direct to hard disk with Nuendo and MOTU 1224 and no processing, EQ or compression of any kind during tracking. Special thanks to Josh Karnes and Dan Vogel for these.
HM-1 on Symphony Orchestra
Thanks to Dan Vogel (see acoustic guitar and clip above) for these clips featuring a single pair of HM-1s on the York Symphony Orchestra in York, PA. The mics were set in an ORTF array about 10 feet above and 10 feet behind the conductor's head. We think the HM-1 sounds especially good on the brass sections. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3
KEL Mics on Acoustic Country Swing Band
All tracks on these clips were recorded with KEL mics, including HM-1s, HM-2Ds and HM-7Us. Thanks so much to Troy Engle and Justin Carbone from Unplugged Demos for the clips. If you are a Bluegrass fan you will probably recognize Troy's name from The Isaacs and Justin's from Special Consensus. Enjoy!
HM-2d on Kick/Front of Kit
These unprocessed clips feature the HM-2d in use outside kick drum (phase flipped), to pick up the kick and front of kit, blended with one pair of HM-1s on overheads in ORTF. Thanks to Daniel Roy of Winnipeg for manning the drums. There is no EQ or compression on these tracks. Everything you hear is a combination of the drummer, drums, space, mic selection and placement, mic pres (Focusrite ISA428 impedance set to medium for the HM-1s and Amek/Neve 9098 DMP for the HM-2d) and converters (Lucid) (Note: a new window will pop up.)
HM-2D on Blues Guitar
Mark Bussiers writes ... "Thought that I would send you a quick and dirty sound clip using one single HM-2D into a FMR RNP and RNC. The guitar is a Mexican made Muddy Waters tele played through an ancient humming, crackling, fully cranked, Gibson GA-8T with the tremolo engaged. I've tried to capture a 'warts and all' lo-fi vibe and in my opinion the HM-2D was instrumental in helping me do this."
HM-1 Acoustic Guitar Solo
This nice sounding clip was sent in by Sean Roberts of Toronto. A pair of HM-1s was set up in X-Y just off the 12-th fret/neck/body area of his Washburn. Mics went into a Great River MP-2NV pre (Loading button in / Impedance out) into an M-Audio delta 1010. Slight EQ was used around 200 Hz.
HM-1 on Electric Guitar Amp
Here's Sean Roberts again, this time with a clip of his Tele through a vintage Valco amp. Two HM-1s were used, one about 3 inches out front between the centre and edge of the speaker and 45-degrees off-axis and the other about 2 feet up and out. The recording was done in his kitchen!
HM-7U Voiceover
This is a simple spoken word recording of the HM-7U into an Amek 9098. No EQ, filters, compression. The mic was positioned about 5 inches from the narrator, on-axis
HM-2D Simple Narration
Here's a quick clip so you can hear the sound of the HM-2D compared to the HM-7U, same set-up as above.
HM-7U Soprano Sax
Mono mic with light stereo reverb. No EQ or compression.
HM-2D Soprano Sax
Mono Mic with light stereo reverb. No Eq or Compression.
HM-1 on Jazz Sax and Nylon String Guitar
Stereo pair of HM-1s on each instrument, roughly 2 feet straight out from the guitar and three feet from the sax.
Male Voiceover through the HM-1 and a Behringer Xenyx mixer
Thanks to Thomas Aldrich of Orlando, Florida for submitting this clip. Great voice, sounding fine through an HM-1.
More clips coming soon ...
