[Elecraft] mic

[Brian Denley]

Clay:
What condenser capsule did you put in the 990 housing.  Just curious.  I am using the Behringer Shark DSP 110 as a preamp, low cut, and noise gate.  You can find them used for about $50.  Turn off phantom power with the dynamic mic.  I use the same setup with condensers - just turn on the phantom power.
73s
Brian Denley
KB1VBF
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> On Jun 10, 2017, at 11:58 PM, Clay Autery <cautery at montac.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, it DOES take some fiddling to get it all the way it needs to be. 
> First thing is to make sure it is set for Cardoid and not OMNI...  The
> ONYX Blackjack gives me a little control as a pre, but I find that based
> on the parts and construction mods I made, I don't have extraneous noise
> pickup.
> 
> 73,
> 
> PS - My mic is built on the housing and chassis of an MXL-990 that was
> stripped and powder coated black.  THEN, I also back-filled the ENTIRE
> lower chassis to eliminate voids.  Then added internal sound/vibration
> absorption.  And a proper basket.
> I could probably sell 10 of them a month if I was so inclined.  I am
> not!  It was a LOT of work to do it PERFECTLY.
> 
> ______________________
> Clay Autery, KY5G
> 
>> On 6/10/2017 10:46 PM, Brian Denley wrote:
>> Tried both condenser and dynamic.  I have settled on the dynamic (mxl bcd-1) as it picks up a lot less background sounds.  The condensers work very well but even pick up my wife talking the the dog downstairs!  I do use a noise gate and preamp.
>> 
>> Brian 
>> KB1VBF
> 
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