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All work is done to EXACT RCA Specifications
All work is done to EXACT RCA Specifications
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EQ Magazine (eqmag.com)
frequently runs Microphone nostalgia
Pro Audio Review Magazine (proaudioreview.com) Jan, 1999 Legends in their own time In the momentum created by the recent interest in vacuum tubes, there has been a renewed interest in ribbon microphone technology. In the United States, two people on different coasts reached legendary status with regard to ribbon microphones: Charles Gant (deceased) in Lakewood, Calif. And Clarence Kane in Pitman, N.J. Seemingly all old RCA microphones arrived at one or the other man for re-ribboning and other services- because they had worked for "the company" for years doing exactly that. "The mics don’t look very complicated, but there’s a lot going on inside. If you have the books, though, you can tell which is which. Some had dual ribbons. They liked to change the numbers for marketing, but the D and DX are quite a lot a like. The DX has a 3 dB to 4 dB higher output than the D. It’s the highest output of any velocity mic RCA made. On the DX, they changed the magnetic content to squeeze out a few more dB. They also changed the transformer, and that helped a lot. You could strap if for the full level by leaving the strapping open. If you were too close to a band and you couldn’t move back, you could strap the mic to take off some of the low end." |
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