UK start-up SAMSystems has spent four years on the road with leading artists and sound engineers perfecting its innovative ‘Integral 1m10 and im12’ close-miking system for guitar cabs and is now bidding to raise £75,000 in a 40 day campaign with INDIEGOGO to put the product into full production.
The concept behind the Integral devices is simple and yet ingenious. Installed in minutes as a ‘fit and forget’ concept, the lightweight INTEGRAL IM10 and IM12 (10 and 12 denotes the speaker size) feature a circular constructed rigid frame mounted internally between the cabinet grill and existing speaker. A high quality super cardioid dynamic microphone with an exceptionally high/low, full range frequency response, pressure tested at extreme volumes, is housed within the central ‘pepper pot’ strategically aimed off-centre of the speaker coil, delivering the true, balanced analogue output from the speaker via an XLR connector to the mixing desk, and onward to monitors or FOH PA.
SAMSystems explains. ‘For over 60 years, guitar players and sound technicians have struggled with the whole perception of miking up a guitar cab or guitar combo. These include transporting awkward weighty mike stands, far too long spent with sound engineers at sound checks to find the speaker’s sweet spot, the drooping mike stand and more recently, installing sound-deflecting screens to eradicate overspill from other instruments.’
SAMSystems Technical Director Richard Smith says: ‘Close miking guitar cabinets has always been an issue for guitarists and sound engineers, nothing has really changed or improved in the last 60 years. There are so many time consuming issues, from set up times, accurate microphone placement and the problem of overspills from other instruments are just a few.
‘Far from developing an idea and going straight to market, both the INTEGRAL Series IM10 and IM12 have been road tested by experienced touring bands, sound engineers and record producers around the world who openly support INTEGRAL live and in the studio. Our Client testimonials say it all. It’s a simple ‘fit and forget’ process that delivers the true ‘analogue’ sound to the mixing desk. monitors and front of house PA system.’
Info: CROWD FUNDING INDIEGOGO page: https://igg.me/at/SAMSYSTEMS and www.samsystems-uk.com