1. Home
  2. Pro Audio
  3. AMBEO Immersive Audio - Expert Stories for Production Blueprints
  4. AMBEO® Blueprints Expert Stories: Michael Engman Rønnow

Michael Engman Rønnow

AMBEO Expert Stories

Michael has been in the pro market for the last 25 years. He started out as musician in his teens, and entered the studio world around 1992.

I used the VR Mic for capturing a live pop/rock concert from the tour with Danish veteran singer Ivan Pedersen and his band. The mic was placed in a short distance in front on the FOH desk in an acoustically well treated live venue, ”Portalen” (The Portal), with a total of around 750 people. It served as an audience/ambience pick-up microphone, and since the PA was well tuned and smooth sounding, it reliably mirrors that as well. Together with the traditional close stage microphones I have all colours on the palette.

„What I also like about the VR Mic is its possibilities to decode to any sound format, be it stereo, 5.1 or Ambisonics for VR.“
Michael Engman Rønnow

Apart from its obvious abilities to push the audio quality to a new realism in being present at a live concert, what I also like about the VR Mic is its possibilities to decode to any sound format, be it stereo, 5.1 or Ambisonics for VR. With that one microphone positioned thoroughly thought out, I get an ambience layer to work from for many different mixes. If I want, I can use only the rear pick up as audience channels as LS/RS to a surround mix or I can go the full way to base a mix for VR goggles on the AMBEO VR Mic.

About Michael Engman Rønnow

Michael has been in the pro market for the last 25 years. He started out as musician in his teens, and entered the studio world around 1992. He’s now in the sales market of pro audio and still goes on tours playing music or making FOH mix, as well as running his ProTools-based studio at home.

About Michael Engman Rønnow

Expert stories for virtual reality

Henrik Oppermann

Henrik Oppermann is Head of Sound at Visualise.As a leading 3D sound specialist, Henrik brings with him over 10 years’ experience of recording studio quality audio on location for film, advertising, music industry clients and 3D sound installations.

Michael Engman Rønnow

Michael has been in the pro market for the last 25 years. He started out as musician in his teens, and entered the studio world around 1992. He’s now in the sales market of pro audio and still goes on tours playing music or making FOH mix, as well as running his ProTools-based studio at home.

Côme Jalibert

Côme Jalibert started working as a sound engineer and sound designer in 2002. He has always been attracted to the immersive power of sound and has experimented a lot with surround sound. Through his work, he wants sound to be more felt than heard.

Nicolas Büchi

Nicolas Büchi (*1982) is a scientific researcher in the Cast / Audiovisual Media specialization, Department of Design at the Zurich University of the Arts.

Thomas Rechberger

Thomas is a Swiss musician, music producer and sound designer. He has been working as an audio pro on all sides of the microphone for more than 20 years: As the lead guitarist of the band Lovebugs, he has played more than 1,000 concerts in Europe, recorded 13 albums, including several number-one singles, and received a number of Golden Record awards.

Fabian Knauber

As a studied acoustician, Fabian Knauber has acquired a broad theoretical knowledge of room acoustics, 3D audio and binaural technology which he complements by his practical experience as a freelance sound technician. Along with live sound and studio productions, his core areas of expertise include elaborate speaker-based installations and 3D sound for virtual reality.

Stephen Vitiello

Stephen Vitiello is an electronic musician and media artist. CD releases have been published by New Albion Records, Sub Rosa, 12k and Room 40. His sound installations and multi-channel works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon.

Little Konzett

Little Konzett is an Austrian producer, recording, mix and mastering engineer, musician and owner of „Little Big Beat Studios“. The studios are based in the Western part of Austria and in Liechtenstein.

Rodolphe Alexis

As a sound designer and sound engineer, his practice takes on various forms that are in dialogue with other fields of art (installation, sculpture, performance, radio).

Martin Rieger

Martin Rieger labels his profession as 360° sound production, which sees him taking a holistic approach to virtual reality productions, taking more elements into account in the recording and mixing process than traditionally, and crafting the storytelling throughout the entire process.
With his studies in media technology and production, he has a good overview of technologies in exceed of audio.

Dávid Rikk

Budapest based live sound engineer Dávid Rikk, is the head of sound at Akvárium Klub, Hungary’s biggest indoor venue with multiple concert halls. His primary goal is to bring concerts closer to the audience by creating a massive yet still dynamic sounding show and transmit the personality and intimacy of the performing artist. This attitude is behind creating AMBEO 360 @ Akvárium Klub series.

Katarina Hagstedt

Katarina is a Swiss based podcast producer and the founder of the Swiss Podcast Club, creator’s collective which aims to bring great podcasts out of Switzerland through exchange and knowledge sharing.

Georg Bleikolm

Georg Bleikolm was born in Lausanne and settled in Zurich 15 years ago. His heart oscillates between music, science, technology and media. Before he decided to concentrate on his solo projects “KnoR” Georg Bleikolm toured worldwide as a drummer with various bands for a decade and worked as a music producer.

Andrés Mayo

Andrés Mayo, former President of the AES (Audio Engineering Society), is an audio engineer and music producer who has pioneered the art of mastering since 1992. He boasts credits in more than 3,000 albums released in vinyl, CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, streaming and 360-degree audio formats.

Sign up for the newsletter and join the AMBEO Community

If you have any feedback or comment on AMBEO Music Blueprints, or want to share your experience and be featured in an Expert Story, please contact us.

Newsletter subscription