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    Essay Contest for a Shure 330 ribbon mic

    Picks If I have to vote for someone other than myself :p , I'd pick #54. This post was very enlightening and spiritual for me. Although somewhat cliche' in wording, the meaning was very well stated and fundamentally profound! For all of us that coveted this mic or any other material thing...
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    life span of a microphone?

    Mics Don't throw mics away, give them to me so I can do my mad scientist-type experiments on them!!! I have heard that the Chinese capsules will deteriorate faster because of cost-cutting during the sputtering process...
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    Essay Contest for a Shure 330 ribbon mic

    :p Ummm... Peritus, I wouldn't get too excited about this. People have been mysteriously disappearing off of UP-Fiddler's 'buddy list' for the last few years! :rolleyes:
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    Mics used by artists?

    Mics I thought STP used a Neumann U-67 through a LA-2a compressor?
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    Essay Contest for a Shure 330 ribbon mic

    Shortest Entry Would Be: Me............!
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    Essay Contest for a Shure 330 ribbon mic

    Thread is Deteriorating Lack of complete sentences.
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    Essay Contest for a Shure 330 ribbon mic

    Supercreep That's a cool recording shack, Supercreep. It looks like you had June Cleaver taking the picture for you. This thread got slow because 1) People ran out of stuff to plagarize. I on the other hand do not plagerize. 2) Apparently this thread has inspired people to attempt oral sex...
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    Crummy Band Promo Shots

    Here ya go This one is me. I didn't think it was bad when I took it, but I've been told it looks 'gay.' Oh well. Off to better things. http://northsiderap.com/Pics/Syndicate/PanicBio.jpg This one is actually kinda cool http://northsiderap.com/Pics/Syndicate/RayPorch.jpg
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    Talk About Agents

    Yo Yo Is that Ali-G?
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    Building a Tube Compressor

    prodigy-pro Try the Black Market forum at http://www.prodigy-pro.com/forum/index.php? if noone here wants to do it.
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    Anyone Need Songs?

    My Songs Of course there would be certain stipulations concerning the use of the music. For one, I'd have to ALWAYS get songwriting credit. If anyone intends to make money on the stuff - - well we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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    Anyone Need Songs?

    Eq Roll off the EQ steeply at 30Hz and pull a few DB off around 150Hz and it sounds OK. I'll probably get around to re-mixing later. That's what happens when I try to mix late after the ol' lady has gone to sleep...
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    Anyone Need Songs?

    Here's an example Here's an example of a song I wrote in under 5 minutes... The Flat Bored Blues This is a 'simple' one, as my goal while writing it was to be as simple as possible. Most of them are better, some are worse. I performed this recording just minutes after I wrote it. It's...
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    Capsule swapping

    Stuff There isn't ALWAYS a capacitor between the capsule and the FET. I've seen designs where the backplate is polarized and the front plate goes directly to the FET gate terminal. Or, find the appropriate biasing resistor... Then cut the path between the resistor and the capsule. Solder...
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    Anyone Need Songs?

    Nothing? I'm suprised that I've had NO inquiries regarding my songs. For all anyone knows I'm giving them away. For all anyone knows I'm Bob Dylan. What's up with this board?
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    Comp CD

    PM Me PM me if and when this gets started!
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    Who's cheap gear do you trust the most?

    Carvin My Carvin mics are 100% Made In China
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    unknown???

    Your Lyrics I'd like to hear 'em to music. A takeoff of ICP and old ICE-T. Yes, that friendly, cuddly black guy you all see on Law & Order used to write like this.
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    making a speaker into a mic

    Speaker Mic I'd try to transform the signal up from 4-8 ohms to 150 ohms via a loaded transformer... Or perhaps a common base transistor stage.
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    Capsule swapping

    Capsule Swap The Peluso might work, but you have to make sure there is a polarization voltage on one half of the Peluso capsule. Usually 40-70 Volts. You also want to make sure there's a roughly .01 capacitor between the capsule and the gate of the FET or tube. The polarizing resistor matters...
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