Long story short, i had a busted capsule which i reskined myself with gold sputered mylar.
I wanted to try two things:
1. Reskin it in c12 style where gold plating covers the whole area. And still use center termination. This was tricky because tightening screws are not allowed to touch gold plating. It was tricky but i made it. Resonant frequency about 1500hz. I made this happen by pure chance.
2. Make bigger gap between membrane and backplate so that the capsule can handle higher SPL (Snare) without doing anything to the circuit. I just used one layer of clear tape on top of existing spacers.
So i made it happen and it works great.
It has about 30db lower sensitivity than stock capsule. It has 120pf capacity.
It has higher noise floor, but when used on high SPL sources it has huge headroom. So when other condensers clip the signal, this mic has clean transients and therefore same noise floor. So when used on high SPL sources, it actually has the same noise floor level as other condensers because of headroom. It needs same amount of gain like SM57. I used tuned Sterling Audio st51 circuit.
This capsule has less high end than stock. The rest of FR is the same.
I wanted to try two things:
1. Reskin it in c12 style where gold plating covers the whole area. And still use center termination. This was tricky because tightening screws are not allowed to touch gold plating. It was tricky but i made it. Resonant frequency about 1500hz. I made this happen by pure chance.
2. Make bigger gap between membrane and backplate so that the capsule can handle higher SPL (Snare) without doing anything to the circuit. I just used one layer of clear tape on top of existing spacers.
So i made it happen and it works great.
It has about 30db lower sensitivity than stock capsule. It has 120pf capacity.
It has higher noise floor, but when used on high SPL sources it has huge headroom. So when other condensers clip the signal, this mic has clean transients and therefore same noise floor. So when used on high SPL sources, it actually has the same noise floor level as other condensers because of headroom. It needs same amount of gain like SM57. I used tuned Sterling Audio st51 circuit.
This capsule has less high end than stock. The rest of FR is the same.
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