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…
Norad tracks santa via satellite…
Well, since its christmas and I'm enjoying such christmas albums as 'james Brown's funky christmas and Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra's wonderful A very Ping Pong Christmas: Funky Treats from…