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In the 1920s and 30s EMI crafted microphones for British Royalty—King George V King George VI and Queen Elizabeth—but these gorgeous mics sat neglected in the EMI Archive Trust for decades. Then in a strange twist of fate production started on the award-winning film “The King’s Speech.” After painstaking restoration the mics came back to life to record the film’s orchestral sections as well as “re-amp” the dialogue for authenticity.
Then the Abbey Road engineers started experimenting with re-amping guitars and synths to get unique crunchy filter-like qualities. Clearly the mics were never designed to be used in this fashion—but breaking the rules is how you stand out.
