this dude just made a microphone by hand?? out of WOOD?? this is pure genius, incredible work

so incredible, Frank!

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! Hope yr. well!

Awesome job on this looks and sounds great.

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Efforts well placed. I’m so impressed. Well done Frank!

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! This one was a labor of love. It has a real vibe anywhere around a drum kit, I'll send you a sound sample sometime!

@AmateurBlonde

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrankOlsonTwins make a song with it!

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

I used it for vocals on an up coming track, should be out by July!

Very nice work. I'm amazed at the level of detail you're capable of nowadays.

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! This one was tricky... It definitely took a while to finish!

Hey, awesome build! Looking into designing a cardioid ribbon mic was wondering where you found the formula for labyrinth. You mentioned in the video that it took some time to find a working plan, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much!

@FrankOlsonTwins

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Hmm, I don't recall using any particular plan. I also don't have any specs at hand. I studied lots of photos and checked specs for size and shape and made some estimates. Countant dot org was a good resource for photos and specs, as I recall. I also do a bit of measuring in photoshop, so once I have a good photo I can get a good idea of ratios between parts. Everything in mic building is a tradeoff, so I believe there's no "magic" number for specific labyrinth specs. For example, the first RCA 77A was enormous, with a large coiled copper tube labyrinth and it was known to be a great sounding mic. If you get the body and holes it in the ballpark of size and shape, you'll have a mic you can hone into what you want.

@donniespackman3182

4 ай бұрын

@@FrankOlsonTwins awesome, will do. I designed something in openSCAD last night, I’ll 3d print it sometime next week and see how it works

Having trouble understanding the bass 4 ft of traveling sound. Is it basically catching the resident frequencies so it does not come back to the microphone. What does a really expensive companies do to the reduced the reduce the noise of the ribbon microphone?

@FrankOlsonTwins

7 ай бұрын

Yes, that is concept. The sound travels past the ribbon through the labyrinth and comes out at a different point of phase, keeping the sound from cancelling itself out in the ribbon motor. In some ways, this is the pinnacle of ribbon microphone technology. The technology was researched extensively by RCA engineers at great expense. The final iteration was implemented in the RCA KU3A. You could consider that mic the final evolution of the 77 series. Generally speaking, ribbon mics were basically abandoned after that point for approximately 30 years or more. Most companies do not trouble themselves with unidirectional ribbon mics(AEA is the exception). Most ribbon mics are figure-of-8 pattern, and they catch whatever reflected frequencies that come back to the ribbon. So you usually take the bad with good there, it's inherent in the design. In a good sounding room with certain instruments it's not a problem, and often it is a benefit. Generally for dialog on television and movie stages, you'd be looking for something directional, which is where these small unidirectional ribbons excel(BK-5, 77, KU3). So in short, most of the companies do nothing to reduce figure 8 polar pattern. They just sell them as a figure-8 mic and give you pointers on how to best use it.

This is brilliant! Great job. Question for the build: the output of the labyrinth just goes into the bottom cap of the mic? And what were the dimensions you used for the labyrinth (height/diameter)?

@FrankOlsonTwins

3 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks! I don't recall the exact dimensions- I want to say something like 3" tall and 2.5 wide. The width probably isn't critical as long as you get the correct number of holes drilled. And yep, just like the original, the labyrinth output goes right into the bottom cap.

@meistudiony

3 ай бұрын

@@FrankOlsonTwins thanks for the reply. Im going to try and do a 3D printed labyrinth and more of a ku3a style. Great inspiration here. Thanks so much!

@FrankOlsonTwins

3 ай бұрын

Cool! Yeah, the Ku3 style was the next design I started making, but I haven't finished the project. Let me know how it turns out!

HI, Can I know what microphone transformer you are using?

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

Shinhom(?) 1:35 ribbon mic transformer, b-stock from a cascade fathead

This is an “exhaust pipe” to bleed off extra sound or reflective sound…?

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. By giving the sound somewhere else to travel to , it keeps it from bouncing back to the ribbon and either cancelling itself out(phase-cancelling) or creating a "pressure diaphram"(omni-directional). The original 77DX had an omni-directional setting, by blocking off the pipe directly behind the ribbon. Without the pipe, sound would bounce off from walls and be picked up by the ribbon again. Not necessarily a bad thing, most ribbon mics are designed with no back side. They pick up equally from both sides(figure-of-8).

Thanks

@FrankOlsonTwins

10 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

What kind of labyrinth have you created? Certainly not the magic kind with puppets and macho rock stars.

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

😆😆 Community Represent!

Great build! How many hours do you think it took?

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Oh wow, I don't know, maybe like 50 hours? Not including research, testing and video taping of course! Reverse engineering that labyrinth from photographs was a (fun) challenge!

DIY trypophobia

@FrankOlsonTwins

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, actually i need to change that thumbnail!

@TECHNICKER_Cz

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrankOlsonTwins yep :D but the video is great nonetheless!