Hi everyone,
I've been thinking of building my own ribbon mic, and winding my own transformer, and thanks to the tonnes of stuff on here and lurking for a good few months, I'm pretty much set to begin sourcing the parts, which I'm trying to do locally.
I have a question,... most mic trannies are rather smallish, and I'm wondering if there would be any major advantage/disadvantage to using a larger core?
i can source a c-core locally, but it is considerably larger than your average mic tranny so I thought i would ask as I am contemplating rewinding it to match my ribbon-motor-to-be. I'm only really building this for myself so the weight and size of the final mic doesnt really concern me so long as the mic sounds good.
How would using a larger than average c-core affect the output of a ribbon mic?
I'm guessing shielding would be more of an issue right?
Also I'll be experimenting with both ciggie pack foil and some aluminium leaf I've managed to find, incase that makes any difference other than re-calculating for each.
Cheers,
brukker.
I've been thinking of building my own ribbon mic, and winding my own transformer, and thanks to the tonnes of stuff on here and lurking for a good few months, I'm pretty much set to begin sourcing the parts, which I'm trying to do locally.
I have a question,... most mic trannies are rather smallish, and I'm wondering if there would be any major advantage/disadvantage to using a larger core?
i can source a c-core locally, but it is considerably larger than your average mic tranny so I thought i would ask as I am contemplating rewinding it to match my ribbon-motor-to-be. I'm only really building this for myself so the weight and size of the final mic doesnt really concern me so long as the mic sounds good.
How would using a larger than average c-core affect the output of a ribbon mic?
I'm guessing shielding would be more of an issue right?
Also I'll be experimenting with both ciggie pack foil and some aluminium leaf I've managed to find, incase that makes any difference other than re-calculating for each.
Cheers,
brukker.