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With so many mics to choose from, it’s easy to lose sight of your goals.
If your goal is to capture great recordings every time, then there can be only one…
Singer/songwriting Geoff Martyn lives and breathes music production,
so when he recommends a mic you know he’s talking from experience.
For one so young he’s already racked up an impressive resume – the
one-time member of Travis has written with some of the best in the
business, including Wet Wet Wet’s Marti Pellow, Adam Levy (The Norah
Jones Band) and Chris Difford (Squeeze).
But from an early age a passion for music production steered him into
the control room, recording and producing not just his own material
but also a diverse roster of bands and solo artists.
It was while recording in another studio, however, that Geoff first
heard that Gemini sound. He instantly realised that sE was the way
forward.
“As soon as I heard the results coming through the monitors I just
knew that I had to have that sound. And when I asked the engineer a
few questions about the mic I realised I could easily achieve the
same sound in my studio.”
“Shortly after that I was recording in a studio in London, and we had
a Neumann, an AKG and the Gemini set up for the session, but it
didn’t take long for the other two mics to fall by the wayside. The
Gemini won hands down, there was just no doubt that it gave the
fullest, richest reproduction of the vocalist’s voice.”
“So that was a year ago, and since then I’ve really embraced the sE
sound – in my studio I’m now the proud owner of a Reflexion Filter,
the sE 2200a, the sE4 Stereo Pair, and, of course, the Gemini II.
When it comes to recording acoustic guitars and vocals there’s just
no competition.”
“The sound of a mic is obviously very important, but with sE gear I
love that you get everything you need right out of the box. Many mic
manufacturers will happily sell you a mic, but then you realise you
need to pay extra for a case, a shockmount and whatever else you
might need. With sE you know that they’ll include everything you need
at a great price.”
“So with the Gemini I have a great valve mic that captures incredible
vocals every time. It’s the ultimate vocal microphone, and I defy
anyone using it not to get a great sound!”
Geoff with his sE Gemini
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