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ROSAWAY (Rachel Ombredane and Stéphane Avellaneda) performing live with Audix microphones.

French Pop Duo ROSAWAY Opts For Audix Microphones

Vocalist Rachel Ombredane employs an OM7 on her vocal and an ADX-10FLP on her flute and Stéphane Avellaneda utilizes a D6 on his kick drum and floor tom.

French singer-songwriter duo ROSAWAY — vocalist and flutist Rachel Ombredane, who studied classical music and musicology at Sorbonne University in Paris, and Stéphane Avellaneda, an internationally touring blues drummer — both choose Audix microphones for their live performances, with Ombredane employing an OM7 on her vocal and an ADX-10FLP on her flute and Avellaneda deploying a D6 on his kick drum and floor tom.

“There is almost no gear for the flute,” says Ombredane. “It’s a classical instrument designed to be heard from a distance in the acoustics of a symphony hall or an old Italian church. But I wanted to play it like a rock star, to make it as cool as the guitar. So, I started doing a lot of research into mics.”

Avellaneda adds, “After we wrote our first songs, we started getting calls asking us to book shows. It happened so fast. What we found was that sound guys were all talking about Audix.”

“What I like about the ADX-10 is, it brings the flute right up front without too much of the breath noise, which can be distracting,” Ombredane continues. “It fully lets me play the flute onstage next to Stéph, who is a rock drummer.”

Ombredane selected the OM7 for similar reasons: “I’m standing very close to the drums. I used to have a different mic, and I couldn’t hear my voice. All I could hear was the snare in my ears. With the OM7, I sing very close and it’s great at rejecting the drums. Audix also asked me what kind of voice I have. Coming from classical studies, I’d say it’s pretty powerful. So, they recommended the OM7, and it turned out to be perfect.”

About the D6, Avellaneda explains, “If you put it inside the kick, you get all that punch, everything you need. If you put it in front and have a closed drum head, you’re going to hear the vibrations of the head. And you don’t have to spend hours tweaking. You get a sound by simply placing it, and it just works.”

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