#KU5A

Each year, thousands flock to Nashville for the AmericanaFest music festival and conference, an annual celebration showcasing rising talent while honoring the genre’s roots and future. During AmericanaFest in Fall 2025, AEA Ribbon Mics partnered with The Bluegrass Situation to record live in-studio sessions with more than 20 artists, including Donovan Woods and Franklin Jonas, at Welcome…

Condensers and dynamic microphones have dominated the world of live sound for years. But times are changing. With innovations in design and manufacturing, ribbon mics are making their way onto more and more stages, and with good reason. If you're a sound engineer looking to expand your sonic palette, incorporating ribbon mics into your live…

Notice anything different about NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series? They’re using some of our mics! N8s, N22s and KU5As, oh my! We’ve compiled a playlist of the videos featuring us, which can be found on our YouTube page or you can just click play below: Some, we’ll admit, are a little hard to spot, but…

Trevor Lawrence Jr. is the featured artist in this drum-centric AEA Sessions.

Jay Som is the featured artist in one of our most unique AEA Sessions yet. Recorded entirely by the new supercardioid KU5A, Jay Som performs ‘Baybee’ from their 2017 album, ‘Everybody Works’.

Olivia Kuper Harris covers the Jorja Smith song "Where Did I Go", with her own unique spin on it. She delivers her incredible rendition into an AEA KU5A.

Singer-songwriter, Margaret Glaspy, delivers potent vocal renditions of Sarah Siskind’s ‘I do’ with a KU5A on vocals and amps.

Guitar Duo, Adam Levy and Mason Stoops, perform their rendition of the Beatles Classic "Things We Said Today" with KU5A's capturing their guitars.

"As we often do here with RCA’s, it paired beautifully on electric guitar with a dynamic, though it sounds great by itself. It is also stellar on trumpet. I look forward to adding a KU5A to the arsenal!"

"I've been using the RCA BK5 on guitars for years, but after hearing the AEA KU5A, it will be my new mic on guitar amps! So much clarity, depth, and punch! Amazing!"