Developed in 2002, CharterOak has independent offices in the US, Canada and the UK and is headquartered in the cozy suburbs of Connecticut. CharterOak was founded by producer/engineer, Michael Deming (Lily’s, Pernice Brothers, Mike Ireland) from the need to obtain more control with his studio recordings.
The CharterOak SA538 and CharterOak SA538B are compared in this demonstration on alto saxophone and baritone sax. As a tube microphone, they possess some of that rich vintage-style warmth, but at the same time as a modern tube microphone, they also have a great deal...
In this shootout, we’ve put 4 SDC mics head to head in recording acoustic guitar. We’ve used all of these mics in a variety of applications all over the studio, so we knew we would be able to get some great audio samples. The mics featured are: The...
In modern voiceover recording, the standard LDC to use is the Neumann U87Ai. We decided to put this mic to the test and do a blind shootout with three other similar LDCs: The Peluso P87, the Peluso 2247 SE, and the CharterOak E700. The LDCs chosen for this shootout...
A simple drum microphone setup is one of the best ways to really hear the definition of the microphones you’re using and the ways in which they work. Here are two videos using a simple four-mic setup, featuring several microphones in the CharterOak line. In the...
The CharterOak E700s are becoming one of our go-to microphones for recording at Sound Pure Studios, and for great reasons. With a very large 1.2” diaphragm, you get amazing low end from this microphone (as heard on our piano videos). But what is truly remarkable is...