Interesting 251-Inspired Clone

[capacitorless]

Well, I suppose this mic will finally convince anyone who doesn't believe that head basket design has an impact on sound

It looks like the design has been improved enough, to the point of now being considered a head casket.
(sorry)

 

[MagnetoSound]

head casket.
(sorry)

 

[rock soderstrom]

This one will only produce square waves.

The first measurement results of this microphone have just come in, all fears were unfounded, here it is a perfect sine wave!

Evidence-based science - that's what sets us apart from other forums.

 

[soliloqueen]

hey, it's a flexible product! It's got tons of different modes!

 

[ElSmurf]

"You know what would be cool? To build a mic in a piece of banister..."

Thanks for the laugh!

 

[GeorgeToledo]

Should be able to EQ that so it matches a vintage one.

 

[micolas]

Should be able to EQ that so it matches a vintage one.

I think it already has a vintage sound

 

[soliloqueen]

I think it already has a vintage sound

It's a little bit boxy. I think you could use a shelf at least. Or it could be a shelf

 

[k brown]

It's a little bit boxy. I think you could use a shelf at least. Or it could be a shelf

Shelf? - it could be a bridge pillar . . .

 

[OneRoomStudio]

I am genuinely curious how it sounds. It’s accidentally a perfect experiment in taking a known (relatively capable) circuit and capsule, and sticking it in a hellaciously-bad body. I wonder just how bad it sounds.

In other words how much of a mic’s “sound” comes from the body/headbasket? 25%? 50%? More?

 

[micolas]

Such a visual representation suggests the sound of that microphone to me:

"Woman's Head"
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
(oil 1939)

 

[DFischer]

I am genuinely curious how it sounds. It’s accidentally a perfect experiment in taking a known (relatively capable) circuit and capsule, and sticking it in a hellaciously-bad body. I wonder just how bad it sounds.

In other words how much of a mic’s “sound” comes from the body/headbasket? 25%? 50%? More?

When I first started recording 40 years ago my friend and I were micing up our drum set in my parent's basement with our Ross mixer and Fostex X-15 4-track. There was a metal waste can nearby and we had the brilliant idea to stick a mic inside because we both read the cool stories of unusual mic placement from the magazines. It was a comically bad idea, and we laughed about our "boom can" experiment for years.

This mic reminds me of the "boom can".

 

[chrispbass]

Somebody will love it and fondly remember the studio/recording session with the amazing quirky mic.

“Mojo was off the scale’

 

[micolas]

When I first started recording 40 years ago my friend and I were micing up our drum set in my parent's basement with our Ross mixer and Fostex X-15 4-track. There was a metal waste can nearby and we had the brilliant idea to stick a mic inside because we both read the cool stories of unusual mic placement from the magazines. It was a comically bad idea, and we laughed about our "boom can" experiment for years.

This mic reminds me of the "boom can".

I think all of us microphone enthusiasts have done crazy experiments with different enclosures, objects, spaces.

 

[rock soderstrom]

I think all of us microphone enthusiasts have done crazy experiments with different enclosures, objects, spaces.

I also think that most people have already built unusual microphones. I once built a capsule into a peanut tin . We should start a dedicated thread for our best freak mics, that should be fun.

 

[micolas]

We probably all built an intercom for the front door decades ago.
Everyone used a box as futuristic as possible, of different shapes, sizes, with holes, slits, screens. The speaker also had the role of a microphone.
It sounded funny.
And we were fashionable, young and happy.