Crowley and Tripp Proscenium
Ribbon Microphone

The Proscenium is a bi-directional, full size ribbon microphone housed in a durable stainless steel casing. It is an efficient instrument that delivers high output levels while maintaining a low noise floor. The figure eight polar pattern of the Proscenium transducer enables you to capture the subtleties of performances in concert halls, large rooms, and houses of worship. The Proscenium truly shines in Blumlein and various stereo arrays.

The internal transducer is designed to tailor bass response without attenuating the overall output. This produces a frequency response that sounds full in the low and midrange. Utilizing an impedance-matched ribbon assembly, the microphone achieves an accurate high range response, ideal for capturing fast transients in vocals, acoustic instruments, and in concert halls.

The Proscenium ribbon microphone incorporates a matched, full size transformer that minimizes signal loss and maximizes output. The transformer is rigidly mounted to eliminate resonance and tighten bass response. It is also oriented 90° to the long axis of the microphone, and is double shielded, to further reduce magnetic and radio frequency interference.

Amplification
The Proscenium is a low noise microphone. The combination of its efficient transducer, robust shielding, and full size transformer give the microphone a low noise floor and output level equal to moving coil (dynamic) microphones. Certain ribbon designs have weaker magnets and less shielding, and require up to 30 dB of additional gain for optimum performance. This is not the case with the Proscenium. Most professional level preamplifiers with normal gain and high input impedance are well suited for the Proscenium.

The Proscenium, like all ribbon microphones, performs optimally with the least amount of loading on the ribbon element as practical. The higher the impedance input on the microphone, the better the low end and mid range frequencies are represented in the output signal. It is quite natural sounding and does not require coloration at the preamp stage for optimal performance.

The Proscenium is an acoustically driven ribbon microphone, which means that no power supply is required for its operation. +48 Volt phantom power will not burst the ribbon element, but over time, exposure to phantom power and switching transients will affect the overall output of the system. Therefore, disable this function when using the Proscenium.

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