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Audio samples recorded with ONE's internal microphone

Discover the possibilities when recording with ONE's Internal Condenser Microphone. Designed by professional recording engineers to create Apogee’s "Tuned Aperture Microphone Technology", ONE’s built-in mic along with the optional Mic Mount and 3 Meter USB Cable is the ultimate portable recording solution.

Hear it for yourself...

Listen to these sound samples created with ONE. Each recording was made directly into GarageBand using the Internal Condenser Microphone and without outboard gear or software plugins.

Mic Placement
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Guitar Legend Tommy Emmanuel Records with ONE

With an astounding rendition of his native Australia’s “Waltzing Matilda,” legendary guitarist Tommy Emmanuel records a live performance with just Apogee’s ONE, his laptop, and a room speckled with a few jaw-dropped admirers.

Download .AIFF file
approx. 20MB

Watch the Video of the session

Mic Placement
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Using ONE to record an entire song in GarageBand

“Forever” is a complete song demonstrating ONE’s amazing potential. Each instrument was recorded using ONE’s internal condenser microphone with the exception of bass and electric guitar, which were recorded direct using ONE’s instrument input. Using careful placement, vocals, acoustic guitar and drums were all recorded in mono. Once tracking was complete “Forever” was edited and mixed in GarageBand. Download the GarageBand session file to see exactly what we did.

Download GarageBand session

approx. 520MB

Download .AIFF file
approx. 54MB

Watch the Video of the session

Acoustic Guitar - sound sample

Mic Placement
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When recording acoustic guitar in mono using ONE’s internal microphone, ONE was placed one foot away from the fret board around the twelfth fret. We started with ONE directly in front of the twelfth fret but then moved it down the fret board a bit to get away from the sound hole.

Classical Guitar performed by Jose Luis Guerrero

Acoustic Guitar Strumming .AIFF file
approx. 4MB

Acoustic Guitar Fingerpicking .AIFF file
approx. 3MB

Classical Guitar Fingerpicking.AIFF file
approx. 4MB

Trumpet - sound sample

Mic Placement
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When recording Trumpet using ONE’s internal microphone, ONE was placed at bell height while the player stood off access at a 45 degree angle about 2 feet from ONE. The reason for standing off axis is that pointing the bell directly at the internal microphone caused the signal be a bit bright. Once the player moved off axis we arrived at the tone we were looking for.

Trumpet performed by Stewart Cole

Trumpet .AIFF file
approx. 2MB

Trumpet Mute .AIFF file
approx. 3MB

Drums (Mono) - sound sample

Mic Placement
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When recording drums in mono using ONE’s internal microphone, ONE was placed between the rack tom and floor tom facing the snare drum. This allowed ONE to be in the center of the entire kit capturing all drums equally.