... I'm only a beach bum pretending to be an ex-speaker & microphone guru. I've never made a piezo mike; only some noisemakers & ultrasonic sources. I have no...
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Mike Darling
mike68040
Aug 2, 2006 1:00 pm
FWIW, I've only heard of PVDF being useful in ultrsound transducers & hydrophones. The guy that taught my electroacoustics class worked for B&K doing...
5521
st18901
Aug 2, 2006 6:44 pm
Having done a linkwitz mod on a transsound ts60 I started wondering... Has anybody ever tried to bypass the internal fet completely and go with an external fet...
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Richard Lee
ricardo_lee
Aug 2, 2006 8:34 pm
... hydrophones. The guy that taught my electroacoustics class worked for B&K doing hydrophone work, so if there had been an application in microphones as we...
5523
st18901
Aug 2, 2006 10:24 pm
well - I did it. A real messy hack job, but I do get sound - actually, through all the additional noise, the sound seems pretty good. I also got a lot of...
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Michael Darling
mike68040
Aug 3, 2006 12:59 am
You're probably right - now that I think about it I believe we were using the PVDF sensors at work (shock and vibration measurement) and piezo was the big...
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Richard Lee
ricardo_lee
Aug 3, 2006 10:50 am
... hydrophones. The guy that taught my electroacoustics class worked for B&K doing hydrophone work, so if there had been an application in microphones as we...
5526
tero_niskanen
Aug 4, 2006 6:28 am
Hi, I noticed there where some discussion on the avaibility of Sennheiser KE4-211-2 mic capsules back in 2004. If anyone is still interested in obtaining these...
5527
Alcor Electronics
mr_sevs
Aug 4, 2006 6:42 am
How much do these Omni Capsules cost?? Are they electret capsules are real condenser capsules?? Cheers tero_niskanen <tero.niskanen@...> wrote: Hi, I...
5528
tero_niskanen
Aug 4, 2006 8:37 am
75 usd a piece. They are electret capsules, the same capsule as used in the MKE 2 mics. Tero ... are real condenser capsules??...
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Brad Avenson
bradavenson
Aug 4, 2006 3:07 pm
It can be 12-24V. Whatever will work best for your FET and the signals you expect. If there isn't much current through the FET, you can have more voltage,...
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Brad Avenson
bradavenson
Aug 4, 2006 3:09 pm
It kinda depends on the FET and R1 / R2. It will probably work without the trimmer, but you have less control over fet current. Brad www.avensonaudio.com ... ...
5531
Alcor Electronics
mr_sevs
Aug 4, 2006 7:30 pm
I"m sure they are good Capsules but for $75US I couldn"t see how anyone could justify the cost considering you can Buy Electret Capsules with a Perfectly Flat...
5532
poorlyconditioned
poorlycondit...
Aug 4, 2006 11:46 pm
Does anyone have specs/manufacterers info/pictures of these capsules? These are really good capsules I think. Are they made by Knowles acoustics by chance?...
5533
micbuilders@yahoogrou...
Aug 6, 2006 5:12 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the micbuilders group. File : /Franky's...
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franky9900
Aug 6, 2006 5:14 pm
Hi Richard, look here: Files>Franky's schematics> Sennheiser KE4-211 So long Franky...
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Eli Crane
elijahsound
Aug 7, 2006 6:07 pm
Hello guys, First, let me say that I love this group, so much incredible information. Thank you all. Ok, now to my question... I am attempting at building a...
5536
Alcor Electronics
mr_sevs
Aug 7, 2006 6:19 pm
What I do for my Mics is I go to the "Dollar Store" and they have these Cheapo Plastic Dynamic mics for like $3 and I just Gut them and Put in my capsule and...
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Stefan Avalos
st18901
Aug 7, 2006 7:05 pm
Tubing with an ID of 1 inch will work. I used aluminum with an od of 1.125 because I used the B3M XLR jack. Mouser part # 502-B3M for my first two mics....
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bblack
ktpbeng
Aug 7, 2006 7:50 pm
I need to find some of these dollar store mic bodies!!! I have not seen these here in East Texas. If you buy it wrong (like maybe at Radio Shack!) ;-) a...
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Scott Helmke
scott_helmke
Aug 7, 2006 10:56 pm
It's the Switchcraft B3M, which you can get in either silver or black. It fits very nicely into 1-1/8" ID tubing, which happens to be the diameter of domestic...
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Eric Benjamin
ericbenjamin2
Aug 8, 2006 5:10 am
I came across a new ( to me) microphone the other day: http://www.sterlingaudio.net/products/index.cfm?hp=st31 The thing that is interesting to me is that this...
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Scott Helmke
scott_helmke
Aug 8, 2006 1:13 pm
They do say that it's a 3/4" capsule, so not exactly "small diaphragm". Actually I'd lump it in with the CAD E100, the AT 4033, and a few other side-address...
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Gsteinba52@...
vaiojer
Aug 8, 2006 2:42 pm
Says they are available at 'Guitar Center' - go check out the one in S.F. and give us the full story! Jerry [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Stefan Avalos
st18901
Aug 8, 2006 5:36 pm
Hey, it looks like an ALICE! ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
5544
poorlyconditioned
poorlycondit...
Aug 8, 2006 6:34 pm
... diaphragm". ... anything, ... diaphragm mic. ... reflections. ... small ... inexpensive ... The real questions is the quality of the capsule. It is...
5545
Richard Marshall
marshallnet2
Aug 8, 2006 6:49 pm
Ya know. I have been using a pair of 4033's for drum overheads for years in the studio and folks say "Why use a large condenser for that" . and I don't bother...
5546
lucidgenius
Aug 8, 2006 7:14 pm
Hey Guys, Have a question. I'm building the alice microphone and having problems making the back of the mic (xlr) jack look clean. Any suggestions? Thanks. ...
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Scott Helmke
scott_helmke
Aug 8, 2006 11:14 pm
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, Caleb - what difficulties are you having? I found a couple of things that make the XLR mount work better. One is to...
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Thorsten Loesch
rca_10y
Aug 11, 2006 3:51 pm
Folks, I'm getting some Behringer C2's for a specific project which will be (invariably) upgraded (after the project is finished - in case I screw them up).......
