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Ambilight for your Piano (Hero)
That old upright piano still sounds great, and now it can easily have its own special effects. [DangerousTim] added LED strips which change color when he tickles the ivories. The strips are applied...
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A Bit More Than A Microphone: The Electret Story
When designing a microphone assembly the other day, I reached for an electret condenser microphone capsule without thinking. To be strictly accurate I ordered a pack of them, these small cylindrical...
View ArticleDIY Ribbon Element Upgrades A Studio Microphone
For those with some experience with pro audio, the term “ribbon microphone” tends to conjure up an image of one of those big, chunky mics from the Golden Age of radio, the kind adorned with the...
View ArticleHomebrew Binaural Microphone Lets You Listen Like a Human
We humans may not have superpowers, but the sensor suite we have is still pretty impressive. We have binocular vision that autofocuses and can detect a single photon, skin studded with sensors for...
View ArticleBuilding A Top-Notch Electret Microphone
Electret microphones are capable of high-quality output, and are prized for their smooth frequency response. However, unlike other types, they can’t simply be plugged directly into a mixing desk....
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James West Began 40 Years at Bell Labs with World-Changing Microphone Tech
I’d be surprised if you weren’t sitting within fifty feet of one of James Edward Maceo West’s most well-known inventions — the electret microphone. Although MEMS microphones have seen a dramatic rise...
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Low-Cost Electret Microphone Preamplifiers
Before the invention of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones, almost all microphones in cell phones and other electronics were a type of condenser microphone called the electret microphone....
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