I agree with Bryan. Like Nathan, I too built the mic preamp shown at http://www.geocities.com/ferocious_1999/md/micpreamp2.html using NE5532. Later I replaced...
... Hi Pramod, hi Nathan, "better" depends on the purpose! In mic preamps, you usually want low noise, but for the WM-61a, the lowest noise op-amp is not...
... Pramod, may I ask what improvements you noticed or measured? -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 /...
Hi all. I am going to build a WM-61A Linkwitz mod mic for phantom power if I can. I have a few questions. Since I'm not using 9v and the maximum voltage for...
This is my first posting here so I hope I'm doing it right. My goal is to be able to listen to very faint natural sounds. I have built several portable...
... From: comfortzonepdx My goal is to be able to listen to very faint natural sounds. SNIP. I assume the diaphragm would have to have an extremely low mass...
Hi Richard, The only measuring instruments I have are a digital multimeter and a pair of ears. Since the former is quite unsuitable for evaluating sound...
... This would give poor results. "Loudspeakers as High Quality Microphones" is the definitive text on how to do this properly. See LSmics.zip in Ricardo's/...
... This will blow the capsule. The zener is the wrong way round Don't connect pins 1 & 3 on the modified capsule Use 1k instead of 10K between 2 & 3 on the...
I may be going down the wrong trail here but I'm wondering if a system could be put together using a very light weight membrane as the diaphragm that is...
Hey, thanks. So turn the zener around or leave out? I thought connecting 1 and 3 was part of mod. Does the MSH-1 circuit handle very high SPL? Thanks again, ...
I have an electret element capsule with the following parameters; Sensitivity: -56dB V/ubar,-36dB V/Pascal +/-4dB. When i look for a different element that has...
http://www.geocities.com/ferocious_1999/md/micpreamp2.html ... greater clarity in my recordings and better high frequency response. The greater sound clarity...
I don't know if this is the direction you wish to go either, but I just came across this site: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/845336/insane_spy_mic/ It looks...
a while back i asked for a explanation of this circuit (using the "alice" microphone as an example. eric benjamin and richard peet wrote two very helpful...
... Using a lighter diaphragm on a condensor mike is unlikely to improve its performance or sensitivity ... unless it was badly designed. They are already...
You might want to start with a circuit that's known to work. MSH-1.gif uses an unmodified WM-61A so overloads before a modified source follower version. But...
Hi Richard, thanks for all your help. I have a much better handle on all this now. I've now seen the files you mentioned except I swear there's no MSH-1.gif to...
... designed for MC phono pickups (equalisation removed, of course). A horn loudspeaker might be best of all, depending on your directional needs. ... Agreed,...
Mike, I'm having serious problems joining this defunct group and seeing this post. Could you post it on MicBuilders? ... -- No virus found in this outgoing...
With apologies to whomever might get offended by my reposting of this message from MicDIYers (message 1497), here it is: (I knew there was a reason I never...
... OK. Since only members can see the archive, and you can't join, and since micbuilders is a direct descendant of MicDIYers, I'll repost David Josephson's...
I would like to make a professional voice recording of myself talking. I am a novice and have had a lot of bad luck trying to succeed in this endeavor. I need...
I swear by the Shure SM7 and Vic Firth isolation headphones. Presonus makes some nice recording modules that are computer driven. JD urania@... wrote:...
... Do you want the recording to be professional or the voice to be professional? Go to a studio for the former, and hire an actor, or at least a voice coach,...
