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LEWITT
[edit]LEWITT GmbH is an Austrian audio products corporation based in Vienna. It was founded by CEO Roman Perschon and Ken Yang in 2010. The company produces professional and consumer microphones. Their portfolio comprises mainly studio and live microphones. Product design, engineering and marketing takes place in their headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Production takes place in the company's own purpose-designed 315,000-sqm facility in China. The state-of-the-art production base with 1,500+ employees includes its own die-casting, clean room capsule assembly, anechoic chambers, latest SMT and soldering equipment and much more, covering all aspects of engineering, testing and production. The company’s credo is to provide the consumer with progressive high-end products at reasonable prices.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consumer and professional audio electronics |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Roman Perschon |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Microphones and other audio equipment |
| Website | www.lewitt-audio.com |
Products
[edit]LEWITT microphones are recognizable by their distinguished shape and design, created by the CEO Roman Perschon himself[1]. Most of the microphones of the LCT series are equipped with in-house produced capsules to achieve their modern and unique sound, and also to be able to implement features like the “dual-output” system of the LCT 640 TS (TS for Twin System), that allows to capture the front and the back of the dual diaphragm on separate channels[2]. The LEWITT range includes dynamic, condenser, stereo, and tube microphones. All of them feature zinc die cast bodies and promise consistent polar patterns, efficient off-axis rejection, and authentic reproduction of sound sources.
LCT Series
[edit]The LCT Recording Series features condenser microphones exclusively, ranging from back-electret to large diaphragm studio microphones. The LCT 550 claims to produce 0 dB (A) self-noise coming from electronics[3], making it the world's first (consumer) microphone achieving such a low value. With the LCT 640 TS one is able to record the front and back of the diaphragm on separate channels. This allows to create any polar pattern at any given time, even after the recording is already finished. The LCT 940 unifies two separate circuits, tube and FET, in one microphone, allowing to blend two sound characteristics together at any ratio[4].
MTP Series
[edit]The MTP Live Series features condenser and dynamic microphones for vocals and instruments. Their handheld microphones feature fully rubber-mounted capsules, high gain before feedback and low handling noise. All of them are considered very rugged[5] due to their zinc die cast housings. The top-of-the-line model , the MTP 940 CM, was introduced in January 2013 at NAMM and is basically a multi-pattern 1" true condenser microphone in a handheld housing, that even features different pre-attenuation and low-cut settings.[6]
DTP Series
[edit]The DTP Percussion Series features microphones to capture drums and percussion instruments. Their drum microphone kits are shipped in a protective military-case and also include microphones from the MTP and the LCT Series.
DGT Series
[edit]The DGT microphones are USB and iOS microphones. The highly-acclaimed DGT 650[7], is a stereo microphone with a built-in audio interface, and is compatible with Windows, MAC, and iOS devices. The breakout box features a 6.3 mm hi-z instrument input, MIDI in, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. You can record at a maximum of 24 bit / 96 kHz in Windows, MAC, and on iOS devices.
Other microphones
[edit]Lewitt recently added a broadcast microphone to their range called the INTERVIEWER.
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2012 | LEWITT DTP Percussion Series received ProSoundNetwork's "Best of Show Awards" at the 133rd AES Convention |
| 2013 | LEWITT LCT 940 received the Electronic Musician Editors’ Choice Awards |
| 2014 | LEWITT LCT 940 received a 29th NAMM TEC Award Nomination in the category "Microphone Technology / Recording" |
| 2014 | LEWITT DTP 640 REX received a 29th NAMM Tec Award Nomination in the category "Microphone Technology / Sound Reinforcement" |
| 2014 | LEWITT LCT 550 large-diaphragm condenser microphone received ProSoundNetwork's "Best of Show Award" at 112th NAMM Convention |
| 2015 | LEWITT MTP 940 CM received a 30th NAMM TEC Awards Nomination in the category "Microphone Technology / Sound Reinforcement" |
| 2016 | LEWITT LCT 640 TS was voted as "Gear of the year" in the category "studio microphones" by FutureMusic magazine |
| 2016 | LEWITT LCT 640 TS received FutureMusic's Platinum Award with a score of 9.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lewitt Microphones | Mixdown". www.mixdownmag.com.au. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "Lewitt LCT 640 TS Reviewed - A Polar Expedition! | MusicTech.net". www.musictech.net. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ Studios, Tool. "- Lewitt LCT 550 Condenser Microphone : Featured Reviews : Recording Magazine -". www.recordingmag.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "Lewitt LCT940 |". www.soundonsound.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "Review: Lewitt MTP 550 DM Handheld Dynamic". Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "Lewitt Audio MTP 940 CM | RecordingHacks.com". recordinghacks.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
- ^ "Lewitt DGT 650 USB Microphone Review (VIDEO)". Bedroom Producers Blog. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2017-05-30.