Lauten Audio Oceanus LT-381 - Drum Overhead Demonstration and Review

Drum Overhead setup review and demo for the Lauten Audio Oceanus LT-381 microphone. This video was produced by SoundPure.com and features a drum kit setup with the Torches, Horizons, and Oceanus in different spaces and positions.

Dr Chen on Pressure Gradient Capsule simulation for microphones – A Summary

Dr Charles Chen PhD provides a brief overview on capsule simulation and what we are doing here at Lauten Audio.

Condenser microphones consist mainly of two parts: capsule and preamp. For the preamp, there

is sophisticated commercial software, like PSpice, LTSpice, etc, which can be employed to study a preamp circuit before actually building it. The simulation results are quite close to the behavior of the actual circuits, because we know the mathematical formulas for all the components in the circuits: resistors, inductors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, etc. These formulas are the basis of all those circuit-simulation software’s.

Microphone designers have long hoped to have similar software to help them design condenser microphone capsules. But before we can have this highly demanded software, we need to know all the mathematical formulas describing the capsules. Physicists and mathematicians in acoustics started their research on developing mathematical formulas of condenser capsules half century ago. The first research article appeared in the Journal of Acoustical Society of America (JASA) in 1954. But the structure of the condenser capsules under study was very much simplified to allow a mathematical treatment. Since then, numerous papers published in JASA and more engineering-oriented JAES (Journal of the Audio Engineering Society). But all those mathematical models still contain too many simplifications about the structure of the capsules. For example, those models only study pressure condenser capsules, not pressure-gradient capsules and double-diaphragm capsules. Even for pressure capsules, they cannot describe the effect of the distribution of the holes on the back plate, and the thickness of the back chamber. So the power of those models in design-assistance is quite limited.

Here at Lauten Audio, we have developed and are still improving our own mathematical formulas and software which can simulate all kinds of condenser capsules. We can simulate how the thickness and tension of the diaphragm, the thickness of the air-film between the diaphragm and back-plate, the hole size and distribution on the back-plate, and the thickness of the back-chamber, the capsule shape, etc, effect the frequency responses and the polar patterns of the capsules. The simulated results provide us an excellent guide in developing our capsules.

In case you were wondering…

Lauten Audio Oceanus LT-381 Vacuum Tube Microphone - Acoustic Guitar Demo

Today, Sound Pure released its first in a serious of Lauten Audio microphone video demos. First up is the Oceanus tube microphone on acoustic guitar. Our hats off to the guys at Sound Pure for an excellent production!

Clarion FC-357 receives high-praises from Pro Audio Review

Lauten Audio Clarion FC-357 receives high-praises from Pro Audio Review in their second installment of the Large Diaphram Condenser microphone session trials!

Rob Tavaglione of PAR magazine just complete the gigantic task of testing 5 different LDC microphones on a variety of source material for the Pro Audio Review session trials.

Here are some of Rob's comments:

on Guitar Amp: "The Clarion was chosen for it's "pure amp" cleanliness and accuracy"

on Male Vocals: "We finally chose the Lauten Audio Clarion for its aforementionned cleanness and smoothness, but I specifically liked its midrange fullness, unfettered dynamics and lack of unwanted high-frequency disturbance (with no audible sibilance, spittiness or clickiness)

on Acoustic Instrument: The Clarion had the deepest bottom and best extension, the cleanest top end and the truest dynamics...

read the full article

Lauten Audio Microphones Now Distributed by Audio Plus Services in North America

Champlain, NY — November 19, 2010 — Audio Plus Services, the distributor behind Focal Professional and Vovox products in North America, announced today that they have signed a new exclusive value-added distribution agreement with Lauten Audio for their full line of microphones. Lauten Audio products have evolved over the years to include four distinct microphones: the "Clarion" solid-state low-noise FET, the "Horizon" cardioid tube, the "Oceanus" condenser transformer-less tube, and the "Torch" pressure gradient condenser tube. Each microphone has received rave reviews from both experienced recording engineers and leading pro audio magazines around the world.

"We are extremely excited about bringing on the Lauten Audio microphone line," said Simon Côté, Manager of Professional Products at Audio Plus Services. "The pro audio market has already embraced the quality and sound of these excellent microphones over the past few years and I am sure that our dealers across North America will welcome their product line for their customers. We look forward to a successful sales and marketing relationship with Lauten Audio!"

Brian Loudenslager, Founder of Lauten Audio added, "Audio Plus is a great fit for Lauten Audio and the perfect partner to help us expand our presence in North America. It also allows us to continue our focus on research, engineering and new product development, and work as team to ensure the right products enter the marketplace at the right time. We are very excited to team up with Audio Plus and looking forward to a successful partnership."

Sales Contacts:

USA: Simon Cote - scote@audioplusservices.com

Canada: Ron Sluzar - ron@pacificislandaudio.com

Lauten Clarion FC-357 Review

Check out the review of our Clarion FC-357 microphone by Audio Media Magazine.

Follow this link to our reviews and quotes section: http://www.lautenaudio.com/fc357-clarion-microphone-reviews-feedback.htm

A Phone Call from Robert Jason, Songwriter Producer

We get many phone calls here at Lauten Audio and often times people call just to say how much they love our microphones. Robert Jason was one of those callers.

Randy Kohrs, a long time advocate of our microphones had recommended that Robert try our Clarion FC-357. Robert has been in the industry a long time now and worked with Alabama, Reba McEntire, Barry White, Fox Brothers, Randy Kohrs, ABC, NBC, MTV and New Line Cinema just to name a few. See his full credit list at www.robertjason.com. Robert talked in length while he was driving home with the occasional interruption of police or fire sirens. By they we recommend hands free devices in the car :-). Robert mentioned other mics he had used and where the Clarion FC-357 was excelling.

We love these conversations and it's one of the reasons why we love what we do. At the end of the conversation I asked if he could send us an email with a brief summary of his thoughts on the Clarion. We have provided his quote verbatim below.

"While I can say the Lauten FC357 did a very fine job handling male vocals, it was a session with a female artist that just made my day. Generally, female vocalists can be a bit more challenging to record than male, but the Lauten handled everything she could dish out, all with a smooth, linear, musical result. Who she is is what I got. The low notes of the melody cut through rich and warm, with no proximity effect whatsoever. Despite this microphone's truly modest price of $699 (MSRP) there is NO doubt the Lauten FC-357 mic SOUNDS expensive!"

Robert Jason, Songwriter Producer

www.robertjason.com

Scott Kinsey - Lauten Artist Brief

Jazz synthesizer kingpin Scott Kinsey has been keeping very busy lately. In addition to touring the world with his band the Scott Kinsey Group and the Jimmy Herring Band, he is currently completing work on a new Solo album, putting the finishing touches on the debut Human Element CD (feat Scott, Matthew Garrison, Gary Novak and Arto Tuncboyaciyan) and soon starting work on what will be the first new Tribal Tech CD in 10 years! One important thing all of these new recordings have in common is the Lauten Audio Oceanus and Horizon microphones. "These new microphones are really taking my recordings to a whole new level. They have become my first choice when recording drums and are equally amazing on vocals and saxophones. They really have a unique character to the sound and are making a huge improvement in the quality I can produce out of my studio. I love them!"

Lauten Audio on display at AIMS Show Australia

Come see Lauten Audio microphones at the 2010 (AMAC) Australian Music Association Convention and (AIMS) Australian International Music Show!

übersonic will be displaying the Lauten Audio microphone line in booth number 84

MusicTech Review the Clarion

MusicTech magazine recently reviewed our Clarion FC-357 microphone.

To quote their website. "Some microphones make you feel excited about plugging them in on first sight. It’s hard to define why, but the Lauten Clarion is a case in point. Maybe it’s the classy satin sheen of the metallic grey finish, the crispness of the enamelled badge or the sheer weight and solidity of the build. Either way, this mic impresses before you’ve even removed it from the bamboo box. Other accessories include a suspension cradle shockmount and a slip-over windshield."

Head on over to MusicTechMag.co.uk to download and read the entire review.

Review location: http://www.musictechmag.co.uk/mtm/reviews/clarion