Battery powered, this easy to build project will rival high end studio microphone preamplifiers. This design is given freely to benefit the audio community and is not licensed for you to use commercially. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
A simple DIY cable that will outperfor any exotic audiophile cable, regardless of price. Requires only good readily-available shielded twisted pair microphone cable and good quality RCA plug. This design is given freely to benefit the audio community and is not licensed for you to use commercially. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
The 56 is a single-ended ultralinear beam tetrode amplifier that will give caviar-quality sound on a fast-food restaurant budget. Only a few parts are critical, and layout is non-critical. Similar to our Type 56J series amplifiers. This design is given freely to benefit the audio community and is not licensed for you to use commercially. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
The Bird Foot Microphone Array by Kermit V. Gray. A MUST READ because this method is an extremely easy and nearly foolproof way to achieve VERY high quality recordings that are the equal of any audiophile record label. Uses three matched microphones: Left, Blend and Right. Designed by the author originally as a simplified variant of Nakamichi's 3-microphone pickup descibed in "Nakamichi Live Recording System Manual" and as a competitor to the Decca Tree. The array may be adapted to other setups. KVG Labs pioneered The Bird Foot Microphone Array in 1978 and has used it for years with great success.
The Cheap DIY Decca Tree Sketch of a simple do-it-yourself Decca Tree microphone mount made of ordinary, easily-obtained lumber. The Decca Tree was an excellent stereo microphone array developed in the 1950s by Decca Records that used three microphones. This method is an extremely easy and nearly foolproof way to achieve VERY high quality recordings (usually of orchestra, theatrical, or choral performances) that are the equal of any audiophile record label. Uses three microphones: Left (Omni), Center (Omni or Cardioid) and Right (Omni).
