The microphone suspends the ribbon between the poles of a permanent magnet. As the ribbon vibrates, the motion and the magnetic field generate a voltage measured by two contacts, one at either end ...

Ribbon mics are a great addition to your mic palette and this one could be the perfect combination of old and new ...

Soon after opening Royer Labs, David and Rick filed a patent simply titled, “Ribbon Microphone.” This patent involved a new approach, offsetting the ribbon toward the front of the microphone to ...

Like most ribbon mics, it doesn't have a presence peak, so it doesn't sound as bright as a condenser mic. With few exceptions, e.g. the beyerdynamic M500, ribbon mics don't have a lot going on above ...

Now, Shure has returned to the manufacturing of ribbon mics with two new models, the KSM353 and KSM313. Both use a ribbon material known as Roswellite, which offers higher tensile strength and more ...

Mic repair Kane’s career shifted again in the 1970s as RCA’s business began to change. This machine was created to corrugate the ultra-thin aluminum strips used in ribbon microphones. It dates to the ...

The UR-1 USB Ribbon Microphone's velocity dynamic ribbon diaphragm is housed in an all-metal body with a double-shielded grill, finished in gold and silver, and is complemented by low noise, high ...

See Also: Ribbon Microphones Rally for Vintage-Audio Geeks Birth of the Microphone: How Sound Became Signal So it was no small boon when, over the last decade, a crop of cheap, Chinese-made ribbon ...

Ribbon microphones are among the oldest and simplest recording devices, but after a heyday in the 1950s, they lost popularity. They lived on as icons of industrial design and were the favorite ...

While carbon microphones were widely used in broadcasting until the late 1920s, they continued in use in the telephone industry up until the 1980s when the use of miniature electret condenser ...

The microphone is often the biggest investment these performers ever make. If you want a different “timbre” to your recordings, then, you could just buy a lot of microphones.

The mic was built around a ribbon element, providing good dynamic response. The design was created in CAD, and was initially intended to be constructed out of three seperate pieces.