One-Mic Recordings
At Sound Liaison, our One-Mic Recordings are created with a single Josephson C700S stereo microphone, capturing music with exceptional purity, realism, and natural depth. Because this technique relies entirely on one microphone, the complete soundstage must be shaped on the spot. Each instrument is positioned with precision—slightly left or right, closer or farther from the microphone—to achieve perfect balance and a naturally immersive stereo image. Microphone height also plays a crucial role, especially in shaping the low-frequency response through its interaction with the studio floor.
This purist approach results in recordings that deliver the emotional impact of a true live performance. A One-Mic Recording offers full phase coherence, precise imaging, and an impressively wide and deep soundstage. It inspires the musicians to interact dynamically, play together as an ensemble, and create music that feels immediate and alive.
It’s real. It’s live. It’s happening now.
You can easily identify these releases by the “One-Mic” label on our website.
(For other productions, Sound Liaison also uses high-quality multi-mic techniques when the musical context requires it. But the One Mic Recordings remain our most minimalist, natural, and immersive way of capturing sound.)
One hall
One band
One mic
One take
One source
These are our One-Mic Recordings:
Thomas Baggerman Trio - Live at MCO
Undercurrent Trio & Suzan Veneman - Cloud Song
Tim Langedijk & Paul Berner - Down To The Downtown
Gidon Nunes Vaz Trio - Dream Dancer
Carmen Gomes Inc. - Don't You Cry
Feenbrothers - Play Dave Brubeck
Reinier Voet & Pigalle44 - Ballade pour la nuit
Juraj Stanik - I Wonder
Ack van Rooyen & Juraj Stanik - Soft Shoulders
Marzio Scholten - Isolophilia
Braskiri - Live at MCO
Mike del Ferro - Skylark
Red - Nola
Michael Moore & Paul Berner - Amulet
Michael Moore & Paul Berner - The Gift
Tim Langedijk & Paul Berner - From Now On
Carmen Gomes Inc. - Bluesy May
Iman Spaargaren & Peter Bjørnild - In Essence
The advantages of our One-Mic Recording approach are clear: complete phase coherence, precise stereo imaging, remarkable depth, and superior realism. Another key benefit is that it requires the musicians to truly perform as an ensemble. There is nowhere to hide, no editing, no “fixing it in the mix".
What you hear is pure musical interaction.
Human hearing is far more sensitive to phase errors than most people realize. The most effective way to avoid those errors is to capture the entire band from a single point. Until recently, however, we had not encountered a microphone capable of doing this without compromise. Drums and piano often sounded too distant, and the soundstage failed to match what we heard standing in front of the musicians.
That changed with the Josephson C700S. The first thing that impressed us was its natural tonality and exceptional off-axis response, qualities that separate truly great microphones from average ones. The C700S is also unique in design, featuring three capsules instead of the usual two, giving it an incomparable ability to reproduce space and detail.
When working with the Josephson C700S, we no longer place microphones near the instruments; instead, we place the instruments around the microphone. Because mixing is not an option, we craft the entire soundstage on the spot by carefully positioning each musician closer or farther away, and subtly left or right of the microphone.
The result is a recording completely free of phase issues, with an extraordinarily natural sound, a wide and deep soundstage, and a lifelike musical presence. Every musician who has taken part in our One-Mic Recordings has been amazed by the authenticity of the sound, many remark that they have never heard their instrument reproduced so realistically and vividly.
Frans de Rond & Peter Bjørnild
"One microphone straight to DXD recording – and it’s totally enchanting"....
Hifi Critic
"Fabulous....challenging the possibilities of current recording technology."....
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