The sE Electronics Voodoo VR-1 and VR-2
ribbon mics mark a new era for ribbon mic technology – until now the
only ribbon mic in the world to perform across 20Hz-20KHz was the
sE/Rupert Neve collaboration, the RNR1, critically acclaimed as the best
Ribbon mic in the world.
This was achieved using state of the art transformers and a Rupert Neve
designed circuit board to reveal HF usually absent. The Voodoo mics
however achieve full frequency response using a new mechanical device
(patent pending), designed by Siwei Zou, the company CEO.
This extraordinary technical achievement allows the traditional ribbon
capsule to develop and capture frequencies from 20Hz to 20KHz like no
other ribbon on the planet. The sound is revolutionary; where the RNR1
is simply a stunning mic in its own class entirely, the Voodoo range
brings traditional ribbon sound to the project and commercial studio,
but extends it to perform as well as most condensers do.
The result is superbly detailed and wonderfully open and natural
sounding recordings of acoustic instruments and guitar cabs. The VR2 is
an ‘active’ version of the VR1, which is the more traditional ‘passive’
ribbon design. These mics’ unique ability to perform, coupled with
searingly good looks, are sure to make the VR1 and VR2 classics of their
time.
