Røde has released a ribbon studio microphone in the form of the NTR.

The Røde NTR ribbon microphone design places the ribbon distinctly separate to the microphone frame and body, for greater acoustic transparency around the ribbon element and minimal resonance. The ribbon element uses aluminium that is only 1.8 microns thick – presently one of the thinnest ribbons in existence. To achieve this, Røde developed a proprietary technique to laser cut the ribbon, giving a claimed level of precision and accuracy never before seen in a ribbon microphone.

Surrounding the ribbon element is a chemically etched all-metal layer of mesh – the same used on the SMR pop shield. This is extremely rigid while exhibiting super low density, resulting in greater acoustic transparency.

Married to Røde’s ribbon element is a high output, ultra-low noise, low impedance transformer. Combined with world-class active electronics, this allows the NTR to be used with a wide range of preamps without the additional gain requirements of many other ribbon offerings.

‘It’s been a dream of Røde’s to create the world’s very best ribbon microphone, but the time was never quite right,’ says Røde Global Sales & Marketing Director, Damien Wilson. ‘Our manufacturing capabilities have expanded dramatically over the past few years, and now we have a facility unlike any other in the world. These expanded capabilities have allowed us to realise this dream, and bring the NTR to life.’

More: www.rode.com/ntr