OK, I can't believe I am the only person in the world who appreciates this video! I saw it 5 years ago, 3 years ago and then reviewed all ribbon mic videos on youtube during this year's vacation. I still think this video demonstrates the greatest attention to detail on construction. Well done! I hope to post one with ribbon tuning and resonant frequency. I will reference this excellent video as prior art!

Nice reveal at the end ;-). Great video.

@randypreston9377

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster

I think you did an outstanding job demonstrating that ribbon mics are simple and components are relatively cheap, yet the sound is all about skill of the builder with attention to detail. Well done! Thanks you for doing this!

That is a nice sounding mic

@FreddysFrets

8 жыл бұрын

+Declan Duff Thanks for the comment!

@BEEFBRSKT

8 жыл бұрын

sell me one for really cheap please

@FreddysFrets

8 жыл бұрын

+Declan Duff haha....make it yourself....I know of a youtube video that shows you how!

@BEEFBRSKT

8 жыл бұрын

+FreddysFrets touchè im not so good at crafting stuff though, unless it involves a guitar

omg what a twist at the end haha ! love the vid

@yony_music

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it is crazy how good it sounds!

I tuned the ribbon tension using a frequency generator. Resonance target = 30hz.

@Pinko_Band

6 жыл бұрын

Oh dude, you gotta make a vid showing us how you did that! Puh puh pleeeeeease? lol I know this was 4 years ago, and I'll scan your vids for something like that if you've already made one, but if not, I think a lot of folks would get a kick out of learning from it! I love this stuff!

I was listening to this on my DIY Ribbon tweeter

Making stuff is always cool.... and satisfying.

Your planning and design are wonderfully impressive, as well as the video itself. I'm partway through building a similar mic and am so glad I ran into your video. I happened to do several bits the same, right down to the notches in the plexiglass but you've taken some of the scare out of laying in the ribbon. Now I'm ready to proceed. Many thanks.

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments! I had a lot of fun with this project.

Thank you Freddy for this detailed manufacturing explanation! I noticed an important part was not referred to - the glass of Labatts Blue. I dig your ingenious 'crinkler' for the ribbon - great! You touched on and fully explained all aspects of the project - but was surprised you didn't use an f.e.t. amp. Presumably with a 1:37 step-up Xfmr this isn't necessary - and neither is phantom power! I admire your craftmanship and your voice-over explanation. To mis-quote Oscar Wilde: "To make one ribbon mic is splendid - to make two looks like sheer Stereo" Many thanks for this video!!

That was probably the best thing iv'e seen all week.

Thanks. The mic pre was the only other thing in the chain before it hit the A/D conversion. And that was a tube mic pre that I built, I have a video of it here on my channel...the "VP8"

This is so cool! I love ribbon mics and yours sounds amazing. And this is just fun to watch!

"I tuned the ribbon tension using a frequency generator. Resonance target = 30hz." Could you please explain that a bit more?

@willb3698

5 жыл бұрын

obvs the answer is "no".

@billbradleymusic

5 жыл бұрын

Set a tone generator, tighten the foil to raise, or loosen it up to lower tone. Try and match the tone generator. Be careful to not touch the foil to the magnets while plugged in. Seems like a process. Plug in, check, unplug, tighten, plug in test etc.

@gavabundo_0072

3 жыл бұрын

The human ear can only detect from 20hz to 20,000hz sounds. By tuning it to this frequency, i think... I THINK... it leaves some "breathing room" for the mic to give reasonable voltage output at low frequency, which is of course 20hz.

Woa, the twist at the end was great haha and I'm loving the Rush Sector box set in the background ;)

It's a ribbon mic. They require no power. But you do need a mic preamp with lots of clean gain because ribbons typically have a very low output.

@DiegoMoralesOficial

3 жыл бұрын

22 dB Clean

@_gheo

3 жыл бұрын

And that's why transformers are so important ❤️

This is really brilliant! Well done! And the video itself was perfect!

@FreddysFrets

8 жыл бұрын

+Curt Vincent Thanks for the comment!

What an incredible build and the plot twist at the end was amazing. Keep it up!

I just knew when video was coming to an end that freddy recorded all the audio with it. man your designs are so smooth and clean. just love it! this video deserves a double like

you are a true artist; an art is a science with more than seven variables!!!!absolutely perfect!!!

What a twist!

Yes! Me too...about a minute before, I thought "wouldn't it be cool if..." and then, knowing Freddy, figured that he'd do it that way. Awesome vid and great sound from the mic. Freddy, you keep telling people that you're no genius, but then prove yourself a liar by doing such amazing work all the time!

I am impressed with the sound quality of this mic! Good work!

didnt expect it to sound that good!

Your a genius with your mind and hands ... and a giant with your generosity in sharing your talents

It's a downright beautiful and caring build! And your Twist At the end Makes the Video all the more worthwhile

Awesome! This video had a better twist than MIB3.

At the 5:37 mark the ribbon is clamped in. It's done with a small strips of fibreglass PC board material and two bolts on each end.

Great mic. And a surprise at the end too.

Great DIY work! Nice job!

Great job man, and great tutorial. Amazing what you did with this home project.

Awesome work! Sounds great too, thanks for sharing!

What a great sounding mic, and absolutely beautiful craftsmanship. Although this isn't really DIY - with the tools and skill you have, you might as well be a manufacturer lol.

Had a feeling that the end would be as I suspected. Good work!

Great ability you have there and a very natural sounding mic at the end of it. Sounds as nice as my se1's, well played sir! Subscribed.

Fascinating build and a beautifully well-crafted mic. Nicely done. Excellent fit and finish and good warm tone. Didn't see a lot of electrical measurement, but I'd find it hard to believe this your first ribbon mic build and that you eyeballed it.

You are beyond clever! The design, skill in making and the quality of the explanation. AND you play guitar.

Sweet job. I've modded cheap Nady RSM-1 and RSM-4 ribbon mics in a similar way and am very happy with the results.

LOl awesome vid i like the twist at the end. Sounds awesome

Ha! I liked the little surprise at the end! I didn't expect the quality to be that good! Well made :)

Wow...I love the "O'Henry" ending. So cool. An amazing video by an obvious inventor of skill and promise.

That was absolutely amazing. I imagine that the mic tensioning bit requires some trial and error for those not experienced making these. I doubt I could make one as good as yours, but I know I have some old broken mics that I may attempt experimenting with as this definitely looks like a very fun and doable project even for a beginner.

Keep em coming Freddy, especially the handcraft ones, and I'll keep watching em and thumbing them up! :-)

Nice instructional video. Concise and well done. Microphone sounds great.

Man.! This is awesome.! The mic sounds very nice, with presence and bright, nice middles and very clear voice and not humming

nice video, well done. I learned a lot about ribbon mics! Keep up the great work!

Woooow, that's really amazing! Also it sounds really nice! Wonderful work!

One of the best tutes i've seen, for a sophisticated device. Well done!

Thanks! You could try reranch spray cans. I use them sometimes and you can get totally pro results with them.

So beautiful! I love the sound! Amazing!

Wow. That is superb! Great build.

Excellent editing and presentation. No dead time.

Graham, you are very kind with your comment. Thank you!

i used to thrilled when you said how it sound then you told me that the rest video use this as voice-over. Amazing!!!!

You are amazing and smart person with excellent engineer thinking, thanks! :)

Thank you for sharing this! Very explicit tutorial. I may try now after seeing the video. I was thinking about doing it a long time ago but I thought that it's going to be very hard. Now you made a BIG light in my hed :D.

Wow. The quality sounds great!

Hey Freddy, thank you very much on this fantastic instructional video! Very thorough. Happy new year to you Sir! Mark G

that's an awesome surprise at the end!

Hello, where can I get the ribbon microphone mount material I use for the ribbon and transformer

Great video. The sound quality is actually very, very nice. Nice rounded tone that's not too bass mid or high heavy. Do you recommend any particular videos that show how to make this in a little more detail? thanks.

Great info and video., well done. Awesome job with the mic, sounds GREAT!

Oh microphonesmith! You are my new hero. Excellent video

sounds very good! I wonder how would it sound with different spacing and/or materials. Thanks for the video.

I got the same build plans called AUSTIN Ribbon Microphone from rick wilkinson (rickshawrecords at yahoo) years ago. It's a fun build with some challenges. Namely, your own breath when working with the aluminum leaf. I had to pull my shirt up over my nose for that step until I had the motor safely installed in the housing. Pop filters ar critical to keep from blowing out the ribbon. Back then, donor bodies were harder to come by, so the plans described the entire build including the body made from brass pipe, cap and brass mesh. Fastening the motor needed brass screws to stop the risk of having the screw pulled into the motor during assembly by those strong magnets. Also other ferrus metals in the body may affect the magnetic field and possibly color the sound. Nice build.

@michaelgamble296

5 жыл бұрын

Good point about the brass screws!!

Sounds fantastic!!

THE BEST GUITAR/AUDIO/MUSIC VIDEOS!!! thx fred

Freddy, you never fail to impress me with your videos. I truly enjoyed this one. You should be hired to build gadgets for the next 007 movie....

Awesome documentation!

Wow, love the reveal at the end lol You had me shook.

I have heard that metal film from capacitors will work but I guess it depends on how thick it is.

Excellent, nicely done!!

hahah i knew that the mic was used before you said it. great project, great results!

Very cool ! All yours vids are a pleasure to watch. Greetings from France !

Great mic you build!

this was a very high quality video! thank you for the hard working

this was amazing. sounds great for something that improvised :D

Excellent presentation, fun to watch ! I made a ribbon mic. like this back in the early 1970s I used transistor radio output transformer, 3.2 ohms into 500 ohms, it worked great ! Bill P.

very good video....well made....great sound on the mic

Super job, man! I had a feeling you were going to say it was the mic you were using. Ha! Niiiice! Sounds very good. I should add that you voice over chops are really good as well.

Great mic! It was a lot of fun to build. This video was extremely helpful. Had to make a case from scratch and used jb weld on mine: very bad idea. The magnets pooled the metallic hardener and it let go after a about a month. So a few revisions to be made but it was great fun!

Outstanding!

Dude that was awesome. I would have never guessed

Wow, it sounds great!!

HI, could you post links to to buy tools to corrugate alluminium strip, and others elements eg. aluminium paper, magnets ect.?

wicked video mate, keep on rockin in the free world

Good job! and very nice sound:)

wow its bloomin' amazing sounding i'm very surprised at the outcome, well done brother!

Hello it is a great tutorial, I need some advice, I bought a Superlux R102 but it has differente sond from the front and the back, sensitivity is also different on both side. What could be happening? Thanks

Nice build Fred!

Lol the ending was really good Youre going like "aaah i heard it all the time but i did´nt know it grr"

Where did you get this foil?

Brilliant stuff man.

Sounds great!

amazing job. Good work!

You got yourself a new subscriber, sir. Great video!

Just incredible! Wow

You are the coolest dude on the YT!

Fantastic mate ! I am going to try and build one.The reason is I had a really old RCA mic , the ribbon looked like silk ? I really want that tone again.The old rca got sold and then given to a pop star.