The audio files available on this page accompany my review of the Telefunken TF11 FET large capacitor microphone in SOS April 2021 issue.
www.soundonsound.com/reviews/telefunken-tf11-fet
Listen to the SoundCloud MP3s below or download the the ZIP file of hi-res WAV files and audition them in your own DAW.
In the article, I described how I found the TF11 to be a great sounding, all-round studio microphone, with a tight bottom end and a pleasing high-frequency lift at around 10kHz. I've provided some short audio examples so you can hear for yourself how it fared in my studio. For all the examples I used the preamps on my Audient ASP2024 console with no additional processing at the recording stage.
01_Acoustic Picked
This is how the TF11 sounded positioned about six inches away from the 12th fret of an acoustic guitar.
02_Acoustic Strummed
The TF11 in the same position but with a strummed acoustic guitar part.
03_Electric Guitar
I positioned the TF11 facing towards the centre of the speaker of a Fender Deville guitar amp. The mic was around 3-4 inches away from the speaker cone. A distorted and cleaner example is included.
04_Outside Kick
As a quick test of the mic's SPL capability, I tried it positioned just outside the resonant head of a 22-inch kick drum. I think it worked great in this role.
05_Drum Overhead
This is how Telefunken's latest microphone sounded as a mono drum overhead. The mic was looking down above the snare drum at a height of around four feet.
06_Male Voiceover
This is how the TF11 sounded with me reading from the manual that comes with the microphone. I was positioned around 4-5 inches away from the mic with a pop shield in place.