Re: Another weird idea
I would think that the steel rails aren't moving enough for that to really work well (guitar strings move through the magnetic field, causing the signal... I don't know what the displacement of rails
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Casey
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#36962
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Re: Another weird idea
But seriously, cool idea, I'm guessing you would not directly attach the pickup as you would with a piezo. I think the pickup needs a slight gap from the vibrating "steel".
I actually experimented
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JAMES B
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#36961
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Re: Another weird idea
dont get caught!
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JAMES B
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#36960
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Another weird idea
Ever since I built a few pairs of Jules' hydrophones, I have been interested in new ways to make recordings with things other than traditional diaphragm microphones. I have been thinking about
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Mark Day
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#36959
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
Re: Measuring capsule bias voltage, how and why ¡ª
Some info here:
https://audioimprov.com/AudioImprov/Mics/Entries/2016/7/4_Bias_Voltage_for_True_Condenser_Capsules.html
As for the input
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Henry Spragens
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#36958
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
Ok. I will check it tomorrow and let you know the results. Thanks!
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Heinz
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#36957
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
It seems likely that the meter will have an input impedance of c.10M ... most modern DMMs do.
Yes, that is the capacitor.? It's physically smaller than the one fitted to the NT1 (C8 in this
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Arjay1949
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#36956
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
Why do you think it's more likely the primary 0.1uF (100nF) ?capacitor? Do you mean this one? The whole area seems to be sealed.
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Heinz
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#36955
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
* The Multimeter I own is a Mastech MAS830. I had a look at the specs ( https://www.mastech-group.com/global/en/mas830.html ) but I couldn't find any information about it's impedance. I have sent a
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Heinz
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#36954
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
A DMM wil normally have an impedance of around 10M ¦¸. Can you check the make and model of your meter, to confirm that ?
If 10M ¦¸ is true , then a reading of 10V is low. The mic will work, but
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Arjay1949
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#36953
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
Hi! I'm back in town and did the measurement.
Across the two capsule wires it's 10.2V when the microphone is working.
To check the voltage when the mic is not working, I have to wait until tomorrow
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Heinz
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#36952
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
You should make the measurement both when it works and when it doesn't work.
If the voltage is not correct when the mic doesn't work, that would mean that the culprit is the bias generator.
If the
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Jerry Lee Marcel
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#36951
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
Take the measurement across the 2 capsule wires, where they are soldered to the PCB.? One terminal will be connected to ground, the other will be the output of the voltage multiplier low pass filter
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Arjay1949
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#36950
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
Just to avoid any misunderstandings. Could you please be more specific. Where exactly should the measurement be taken?
Another question would be when the measurement should be carried out. When the
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Heinz
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#36949
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
What voltage at the actual capsule termination itself?...
With a DMM that has an impdedance of c.10M - which is typical- then you you still measure something around 50v across the capsule...
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Arjay1949
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#36948
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
Hi Jan! Here you will find the measurements.
Red circle test pad: 15.2
Green circle test pad: 68.7
@Arjay1949
Thanks also for your explanations!
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Heinz
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#36947
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Re: Cheap electrets that go up to 40kHz?
The EM258 has a very useful ouptut at 40KHz.? ?At 80Khz it's almost nothing -- although it will still register something, just above the noise!
MEMS microphone capsules like those listed here:
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Arjay1949
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#36946
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Re: Rode NT1-A requires 3 minutes warm-up time
The meter will do the job, though you cannot accurately measure the capsule voltage like Arjay1949 already said. Capsule voltage will indeed be 73V, not 100V or more like I first said. That was based
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@jp8
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#36945
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Re: Cheap electrets that go up to 40kHz?
Primo EM258 goes up to 80 kHz.
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Jonas Gruska
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#36944
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Cheap electrets that go up to 40kHz?
Hi all -
Any recommendations for cheap-ish electret elements that go up to 40kHz?
Thanks!
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cx b
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#36943
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