On Sep 1, 2024, at 10:27, Jules Ryckebusch via groups.io <ryckebusch@...> wrote:

?lol you are asking a lot of what I asked when he braided to redo this. The 165’s are great but the 2555B is better imo. But fitting three in a donor body is a challenge. Ideally I want to do two or three 34mm dual diaphragm capsules in one body.?

I tried several fig 8 capsules from Primo and Transound. Really didn’t sound good ?

Best Regards,

Jules Ryckebusch?

On Sep 1, 2024, at 09:58, thet via groups.io <parenthetical@...> wrote:

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Thanks, I hadn't seen this, or had forgotten, more likely. That looks like a good way to arrange the 3 capsules.

Are you upgrading the front cap to the TSB2555 because you feel it sounds better than the TSB165? (that would be my memory of those capsules, but I have only built one mic with each and not used them very often.)

I'd like to use 3 matching capsules for flexibility in recombining them in the daw.

If I used 3 TSB2555B capsules, can anyone recommend a donor body that will fit them?

Any recommendations for a small cap that's better than the 165 but still inexpensive?

Also. with larger capsules and therefore wider spacing would it be worth considering time alignment in the daw?

On 01/09/2024 15:41, Jules Ryckebusch wrote:

THis works great.?

I am in process of updating it to use a TSB2555B as the main capsule and two TSB165's for the Sides. I built four of them with my OPA circuit and did some immersive recording with the sides pointing up/down instead of side to side. Sounds great.

Jules

On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 9:26?AM thet via <parenthetical=[email protected]> wrote:

I'm thinking about maybe making a mic with 3 capsules to use as a stereo
mic for recording instruments in my home studio. So a sort of flexible
2D stereo image mic, rather than a 3D soundfield.

I don't need full soundfield, as the room is not so good that I often
want much of the back, top or underneath of the mic. Mounting a full
tetrahedral setup seems like overkill for my likely use.

But I'm thinking of maybe front + left + right cardioid capsules, with a
circuit to provide three outputs, which could then be combined in the
daw to offer M/S or XY (at 45 degrees) or various form of mono multipattern.

I'm interested in suggestions for how the capsules should be placed. If
they are cardioid capsules they'll need some air space around them.
Should they be in a vertical line? or with the front capsule in front in
a triangle?

Also suggestions for which inexpensive capsule would be most suitable.
TSB2555 springs to mind but I'm not sure about the offaxis response, and
maybe a smaller capsule would be better.

any suggestions?

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Best Regards,

Jules Ryckebusch

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