Both the original and [Frank]’s homage are ribbon microphones, in which a thin strip of corrugated metal suspended between the poles of magnets acts as a transducer. But the similarities end ...

But if this digital microphone project is a bit too modern for you, why not try your hand at building a ribbon microphone instead?

The AXBT was the 4th generation design of the original Marconi Type A microphone (X, B and T representing improvements) widely used by the BBC from the early 1930s onwards. The ribbon microphone ...

As a session guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist, Andrew Synowiec is immersed in a wide variety of recording projects ranging from albums and jingles to work on major film and ...