Soyuz is a very special company: All of their microphones are handcrafted in Russia, using the original technology used to build microphones in the 40s and 50s. They’re assembling and tuning their own capsules from the raw materials, winding their own transformers, and assembling the electronics in–house with point–to-point wiring.
Featuring an outstanding build quality and some of the best capsules and transformers around, their microphones exhibit a unique character and sound.
In this review, I’m testing the SU-013, a small diaphragm FET condenser microphone on multiple sources: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Drums, Piano and Vocals, and putting it up against one of my favourite vintage microphones, a Neumann KM56!
Even in comparison to one of the best mics out there, the SU-013 held its own: I was really impressed with its balanced frequency response and full-bodied sound. This microphone is very versatile and can be used on a lot of different sources. With a spaced pair, you can probably make a full record using just these mics.
Watch my full review here and listen to audio examples here:
I hope you enjoyed this review. Please enter the giveaway by taking the suggested actions above.
Remember: The more actions you take, the more likely you’ll be to win!
Have a marvellous time recording and mixing and good luck in the competition.
Warren Huart
If you have any questions about this giveaway, please feel free to reach out to: [email protected]
They sound great. I have a stereo pair of the Oktava 012-01 and they are great on acoustic and even as overheads but they don’t have the body I just heard form the Soyuz.
Thanks very much @plap-disqus-c75b6f114c23a4d7ea11331e7c00e73c:disqus! I agree! They sound wonderful! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Cool song! Would love to win those mics 🙂
Thanks very much @plap-disqus-68a83eeb494a308fe5295da69428a507:disqus!! Best of luck to you and everyone else! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Man, those microphones are gorgeous! Would love to win a pair, if only to showcase them to people who visit my studio, lol 🙂
Hi Rob Nijhof yes indeed! Best of luck to you and everyone else! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Great review Warren! Would also love to record with those mics
Thanks @plap-disqus-80a8155eb153025ea1d513d0b2c4b675:disqus! Yes, wonderful mics! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Awesome
Great stuff @bhavdeepghai:disqus!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Nice sound on the Microphones. Sound better than anything in my collection on everything. lol
Haha yes indeed @ianhooley:disqus! They sound truly wonderful! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Hello I’m from Portugal, one of the greatest country’s in the world, and I’m a fan of you page and youtube channel for some time, I would like to win this microphones. You are the best Warren
Hi @disqus_l2jGvD0aZd:disqus, wonderful! Congrats on the European Championship!! Have a marvellous tim recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Cool mics, I liked them the most on elec gtr and vox. BTW awesome guitar riff, it has a cool Alice in Chains vibe.
Did your ex girlfriend ever listen to this song?
Hi @plap-disqus-c2626d850c80ea07e7511bbae4c76f4b:disqus, yes, they sound great on Electric Guitar and Vocals! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Hi warren, Love your channel, great review, I want those mics
Hi @jorgearmandopatioherrera:disqus, thanks very much!! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Nice review Warren! I hope I can win this wonderful mic. Greetings from Peru!
Hi @titohuapaya:disqus, best of luck to you and everyone else! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
Nice review and nice microphone !! Hope to win these microphones!!!
I’m from Taiwan.
Thank you Warren!!!
Thanks very much, agreed, great mic! Best of luck to you and everyone else! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
G’day from Down Under. Interesting comparison. The Neumann and Soyuz are different, but (given YouTube’s compression and bit rate reduction) I can’t say I prefer one over the other. However, my wallet says there’s a clear winner. 🙂
G’day down under to you too! Haha I hear you! The wallet wins! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
oh yes. really nice microphone.
can’t buy because of price :3
i just hope to win this.
by the way , thank you Warren 😀
Yes indeed @disqus_jSRYEsbj68:disqus!! Best of luck to you and everyone else! Have a marvellous time recording and mixing, many thanks Warren
awesome i really do hope to win best of luck to you all! <3
Holy crap the mic sounds so crisp and clean! I need this in my life!!!Well at some point. Must make money from this sm57 pair first! ?
Great test to show the versatility of these microphones. Impressed! Hope I win!
Hi Warren. maybe you could also enter. You seem to like them a lot! lol.
Hey WH. Would you imagine these Soyuz Mics would perform well as overheads? They really seem to be well-suited as multi-purpose Mics that would benefit my growing mic locker.
And thank you for the content. Love the info and your wit.
Thanks Warren for this nice comparison and review.
I’ve heard only good thing about Soyuz Mics.
it’ll be nice to own this great pair!!!
thanks again
-Charles
Warren you’re the best! HAHA I can watch this stuff all day! Informative, Creative AND Entertaining. Greatest virtual mentor on the net and certainly for the audio industry. Best of luck to all who have entered this generous giveaway from Soyuz!
Nice mics! Very good for micing low midrange of bassdrum and voice! Voice becomes magically pleasant!) Seems somewhat like ribbon mics, isn’t it? nice singing btw! :)))
Wow! Impressive! Started recording in stereo again with a couple different sources and these would be a great addition to the locker.
…and BTW, ANY time recording and mixing is a marvelous time! Thanks for these videos and give-a ways – they’re very much appreciated!
Ciao!
I have a humble little studio at home
With a couple of basic microphones
Don’t have any small diaphragm models to be fair
They don’t sit in a wooden box or come as a matched pair
So winning this would certainly be a treat
Being comparable to a KM56 is no small feat.
Thanks for the great work Warren!
spectacular mic. I would totally love to win these. Thanks for the review
You Rock Mr. Warren Huart! I’ve learned so much over the last two years from you so when I seen you answered back to everyone I was just hoping to have a chance to say “Thank You!” and hope you are doing marvelously well too!!!
Hey Warren, Thank you so much for the videos, I have learned a ton of stuff, I most definitely didn’t know, it’s mind boggling!!!!!! Wow those mic’s sound great!!!! I would love to win them, going into the studio soon to do some stuff!!!
Great Video!!! Hope the good luck to win these !!!
Thank you Warren!!
I just Soyuz on youtube. After that review I can Soyuz one of those mics on my next recording!
I had a marvellous time watching this marvellous review! Now back to work.. Thanks for this Warren, hope I win these great mics!
A too good to be true giveaway! Hope I win these! Thanks Warren!
cool stuff!
May the Luck be with me .. * I’d like to use the sojuz to record my marvellous vocals warren thanks what a lovely mic especially for piano loved them quality ..X kind regards L.g I’m not creeping lol in it to win it were all trying plus I love your vids .they r fun .