Recent content by DavidNJ

I was looking for a pre-amp with A/D with two XLRs with Phantom. The E-Mu (now part of Creative) seems to have the specs and I found this review which seems to show pretty good performance...

I have Audition 3.0 (upgraded since Cool Edit Pro) and two figure-8 pattern Nady RSM-5s. An M/S pair is easy. How do I setup a Blumlein pair in the mixer? Thanks, David

How about putting the wav files (say 24bit@192khz) online?

Bought the 1.8µ before I saw your post. Should be enough for 20-30 ribbons (I need 2) so more than enough to practice with. Also bought a tube wringer to corrugate them.

Question: what is different about these ribbons?

People have suggested using the focus ring on an old lens, rolling a corrugated wood dowel over it pressing against a neophrene mouse pad or using a tube wringer. The wringer looks like it is the most reliable, if the most expensive. Recommendations?

Just a little bump to see if there are any more opinions.

And how does this relate to the V69 vs V67 question? Are you just stalking?

I had just found them: http://www.lebowcompany.com/foils_list.htm#ALUMINUM%C2%A0 Ok, which size is best or are different thicknesses better for different uses. They seem to list .8, 1.2, 1.8, 2.5, and 4µ. Mike Joly's website says he uses 1.8µ. This site has 2µ sheets in 50x50mm and 100x100mm...

Joy is Joly after I spent 4 hours finishing my taxes! :) "Nailing the resonant frequency"...would you have to have a variable tone generator and an oscilloscope to measure that? Wouldn't it be more about providing the tension that optimized the relationship between stiffness (preload) and damping?

The DIY ribbon stuff uses very thin imitation silver leaf aluminum. .6 micron vs. 1.8-2.0 micron that seems to be used by the manufacturers and rebuilders (Joy, Peluso, etc., guys who really seem to know their business). Then it has to be corrugated; one writeup used a tube squeezer another used...

They come both way, which is better?

Where do you get replacement ribbons from?

How does the V63M ($80 with shockmount) compare to the MXL 992 ($109 with case and shockmount). The specs on the Marshall site are identical except that the 992 includes a 10db pad and low cut filter switches.

Well that was a good clip, even if it was buried at the 30 minute mark. I downloaded it and watched it in a spectral analysis in Adobe Audition. You could really see the difference and the RSM-5 was clearly a bit better low and high then the RSM-4, although it one case, on the spectral analysis...