2013 Advent Calendar Day 6
Probably the most recognisable mic... Shure Model 55A Unidyne âFatboyâ.
2013 Advent Calendar Day 5
RCA Ribbon Microphone In the early 1920s, Drs. Walter H. Schottky and Erwin Gerlach co-invented the first ribbon microphone. A few years later, Dr. Harry F. Olson of RCA started…
2013 Advent Calendar Day 4
The First Condenser Mic. In 1916 the brilliant electrical engineer Edward Christopher "E.C." Wente invented the condenser microphone.
2013 Advent Calendar Day 3
Blake Transmitter In 1877 Francis Blake invented a carbon microphone for use in the telephone, shortly after Thomas Edison invented a microphone that also used carbon contacts. Blake used a…
2013 Advent Calendar Day 2
Bell's Double Pole Membrane Transmitter. Bellâs Double Pole Membrane Transmitter and Iron Box Receiver were used in 1876 to transmit and receive the worldâs first one-way long distance telephone call…
2013 Advent Calendar Day 1
This year I am going to make an advent calendar using my blog. It will be featuring cool or historically important microphones. This is Bell's original liquid transmitter from a…