{"id":11638,"date":"2018-07-05T15:21:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T14:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/?p=11638"},"modified":"2018-07-11T12:48:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T11:48:02","slug":"lauten-audio-series-black-pro-tools-expert-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/2018\/07\/05\/lauten-audio-series-black-pro-tools-expert-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Tools Expert reviews the Lauten Audio Series Black microphone range (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11683 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pro-tools-expert-logo-512x512.jpg\" alt=\"pro-tools-expert-logo-512x512\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pro-tools-expert-logo-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pro-tools-expert-logo-512x512-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pro-tools-expert-logo-512x512-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pro-tools-expert-logo-512x512-267x268.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Pro Tools Expert&#8217;s James Ivey takes the Lauten Audio Series Black microphones for a spin<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Music production website Pro Tools Expert has reviewed the <a title=\"Lauten Series Black mics at Synthax.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/lauten-audio\/lauten-series-black\/\">Series Black range<\/a> from Lauten Audio, the entry-level studio microphones from American manufacturer Lauten Audio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">All three mics in the Series Black range have been receiving a variety of highly positive reviews lately, with the LA-120s recently <a title=\"Lauten Audio LA-120 microphones \u2013 \u201cimpressive and versatile\u201d \u2013 MusicTech review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/2018\/06\/20\/lauten-audio-la-120-microphone-musictech-review\/\">highlighted by MusicTech<\/a> as &#8220;a versatile, and smooth sounding microphone&#8221;, and <a title=\"Lauten Audio LA-220 review by Future Music \/ Music Radar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/2018\/06\/21\/lauten-audio-la-220-review-future-music\/\">FutureMusic<\/a> finding that the LA-220 FET condenser gave a &#8220;\u00a32k valve condenser a damn good run across the board&#8221; in their tests. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Finally, the LA-320 vacuum tube has been <a title=\"Lauten Audio LA-320 Vacuum Tube Condenser Microphone - Reviews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/lauten-audio\/lauten-series-black\/lauten-la-320\/#tab-product-reviews\">widely praised by a number of <\/a>magazines, and even impressed Vintage King and Produce Like A Pro as a comparing favourably with a number of far more expensive mics in <a title=\"Microphones: Large Diaphragm Condenser Shootout at Vintage King - YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HGMYn0ZoLN0?t=1h18m27s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their extensive microphone shootout<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the Pro Tools Expert video review of the Lauten Audio Series Black microphones<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggvVIVWGGxc\" width=\"860\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">See more videos at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/synthaxtv?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Synthax TV<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cThe Lauten Audio Series Black range seems to have hit the metaphorical nail on the head, when it comes to audio quality and price&#8221; says James Ivey in his Pro Tools Expert review. &#8220;The price of these mics is incredible considering the sound you get from them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;The price of these mics is incredible<br \/>\nconsidering the sound you get from them.\u201d<br \/>\nJames Ivey, <em>Pro Tools Expert<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">In the above video, James uses all three mics to create a short track, recording acoustic guitar and drums, as well as the voiceover for the video. Each track is recorded dry with no effects, and with the built-in high and low-cut filter filters kept flat to show the original tone of each mic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">One word that keeps coming up in descriptions of the Series Black is &#8216;versatile&#8217;, with James even getting a great snare drum recording with the LA-220. He was also so impressed with the LA-120s (which he uses as overheads), that he decided to add them to his own mic collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-LA-320-03-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg\" alt=\"Lauten Audio Series Black LA-320 - Synthax Audio UK\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-LA-320-03-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-LA-320-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-LA-320-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-LA-320-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-LA-320-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-267x268.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h3>Lauten Audio LA-320<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It was clear James found plenty to like about each mic. He uses the LA-320 for the guitar and voiceovers, concluding that \u201cit sounds great, [even with] no processing, no EQ, and with just a little bit of push from the top end of the console, but nothing really at all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;It sounds great, [even with] no processing and no EQ&#8221;<br \/>\nJames Ivey, Pro Tools Expert<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg\" alt=\"Lauten Audio Series Black LA-220 - Synthax Audio UK\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-267x268.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-220-03-Synthax-Audio-UK-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h3>Lauten Audio LA-220<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Of the LA-220 James says, \u201cI\u2019ve been using this quite controversially on a snare drum as a second snare drum top mic. It sounds absolutely fantastic, with a nice thick tone, and again, not much work to make this sound like a killer snare drum mic!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cThis is also a fantastic acoustic guitar mic, vocal mic, voicover mic \u2013 a real all-round workhorse for not a lot of dough!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;It sounds absolutely fantastic&#8221;<br \/>\nJames Ivey, Pro Tools Expert<\/h4>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg\" alt=\"Lauten Audio Series Black LA-120 - Synthax Audio UK\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK-267x268.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Lauten-Audio-LA-120-04-Synthax-Audio-UK-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Lauten Audio LA-120s<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been using these on overheads and they are staying&#8221; James says regarding the LA-120 stereo pair. &#8220;They sound absolutely stonking! They make my cymbals sound really, really cool \u2013 it just sounds really, really good!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;they sound absolutely stonking&#8221;<br \/>\nJames Ivey, Pro Tools Expert<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Find out more about the Lauten Audio Series Black microphones\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/lauten-audio-series-black\">Listen to the Series Black range and see a list of stocking dealers here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Visit www.pro-tools-expert.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-tools-expert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit the Pro Tools Expert website here<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-Logo-01-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-bGlnaHRib3gtaW1hZ2UtMw==\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-Logo-01-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-Logo-01-Synthax-Audio-UK.jpg 489w, https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lauten-Audio-Logo-01-Synthax-Audio-UK-300x123.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Lauten Audio Logo 01 - Synthax Audio UK\" width=\"149\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">If you\u2019d like to know more about the <a title=\"Lauten Audio Series Black mics at Synthax.co.uk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthax.co.uk\/lauten-audio\/lauten-series-black\/\">Lauten Audio Series Black microphones<\/a>, give us a call on <a style=\"color: #00569a;\">01727 821 870<\/a> to speak to one of our team or to arrange a demo. You can also get in touch with us <a href=\"mailto:info@synthax.co.uk?subject=Lauten%20Audio%20Microphones%20Enquiry\">via email<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Tools Expert&#8217;s James Ivey takes the Lauten Audio Series Black microphones for a spin Music production website Pro Tools Expert has reviewed the Series Black range from Lauten Audio, the entry-level studio microphones from American manufacturer Lauten Audio. 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