Comments on: The American R331 Ribbon Microphone of 1950 https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/ information and ideas about audio history Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Stan Coutant https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/#comment-657253 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:46:18 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2902#comment-657253 ’Tis a delightful surprise and honor to discover you and your tremendous body of work, Mr. Ruggiero. Of course I’m pleased you find the mic site useful. There was a period during which it disappeared from the Web, but with help from special friends I was able to restore it during June of 2025. Continued success with your various efforts!

]]> By: Rick Irvine https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/#comment-605604 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 09:47:08 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2902#comment-605604 In reply to Brian J Judd.

I made one from an sm58 mic clip by carving off the the cradle part and fashioning a suitable sized wedge shape from the remaining part of the clip.

]]> By: Brian J Judd https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/#comment-575454 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:20:07 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2902#comment-575454 I have a DR 332 which is missing the mic clip. Anyone have a spare?

Brian

bjuddville@gmail.com

]]> By: Kane Williams https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/#comment-339474 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:29:27 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2902#comment-339474 From what I have read, the other two models cost more because they are dynamic/ribbon hybrids. The 331 has an internal jumper to set it to ribbon only, the 332 does not, only an impedance selector. It’s the ribbon section of the mic that is decent, so really the 330 or 331 are the desirable ones.

The are possibly my favourite looking mic’s of all time.

]]> By: Dpr https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/#comment-255100 Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:10:12 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2902#comment-255100 I did a session about a year ago with two of these 4 feet in front of a drum kit in blumlein configuration. Mixed with a few close microphones, the sound was fantastic for a Laura Marling like arrangement.

]]> By: chris https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/#comment-6967 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:13:28 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2902#comment-6967 In reply to andy willis.

hi andy. the DR332 is, i think, the better model, so yeah it might have enough high end response to make it good for drum overhead. give it a shot certainly! c.

]]> By: andy willis https://www.preservationsound.com/the-american-r331-ribbon-microphone-of-1950/#comment-6958 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:01:39 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=2902#comment-6958 hiss oh yes, but what a warm ,chilled sound,mr sank is rehabing an dr332 for me and im pretty excited if its similar to yours tonaly !I havent heard one yet ,up until yours so even through pc spkrs it sounds special, im pretty new to recording (ive been writing and recording for 5yrs) do you think these(dr332) would be good as drum overheads or am i way off the mark as im a drumer foremost and am trying to get that old school warm sound as well as using the dr332 for vocals and anything else id appreciate any advice? im from london uk really enjoyed the guiar playing and the whole experience all the best Andy

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