Comments on: Save the date! November 9&10 – PreservationSound open studio event

By: Bafflegab

Bafflegab — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:09:36 +0000

Just buy a capsule from one of several suppliers and build the boards.

The case can be made from any of several metals. Surely in Bridgeport, Ct. there is someone who will do the metalwork!

A ribbon mic is an easier project in some ways. It’s inherently low impedance so the amp does not have o be in the mic body.

I personally think a GOOD FET mic would be as good as a tube one if you didn’t have phantom power to dick with. David Manley had a discussion with me on this.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:13:56 +0000

In reply to rrusston.

haha if u think i am about to build that thing, you overestimate me… but thanks! I would be up for DIYing a tube mic, if there was a reliable recipe for doing so by re-building an existing FET condensor, EG., an oktava 319…

By: rrusston

rrusston — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 02:29:04 +0000

Here’s a pretty good project that might be something you can morph to what you want:

http://www.radioworld.com/article/curt%E2%80%99s-gyraf-audio-g-tube-mic-project/221879

Audio engineers the world over appreciate the sound of vintage tube microphones like the Neumann U 47 or the AKG C12, but the cost can easily run to several thousand dollars, leaving them beyond the reach of all but the biggest studios (or well-heeled dilettantes). What if I were to tell you that, for under $600 — and with a bit of labor — you could enjoy a taste of that vintage sound?

Looks like up your alley….