My Dream Microphone Costs $25,000 — So I Made My Own.

I try to make a U-47 style microphone. Turns out I know absolutely nothing about making microphones.

Listen to my album please: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6dKA6U1Cf5Bc5GYLAXVbQO?si=xUNGZwd7SI28vfaMQobVeg

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Check out One Reason by Carmen Costello here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2zal9iOC8Zk0CkOjvNSBz5?si=0c6630b68e434383

Thank you to @JimLill for the inspiration, @MarkYoshimotoNemcoff for the capsule recommendation, and @FuzzAudio for sending over some tubes to try out!

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00:00 Intro
00:57 Background
03:22 Old XLR connector
05:33 New XLR connector
06:41 Capsule preparation
07:35 The scary part
08:30 Testing the mic
09:50 Zip ties?
10:24 Oh my god
11:07 Fixing the issues
11:29 Polar pattern sticker
12:04 Is it done yet?
12:31 The badge
12:45 What the hell is a backplate voltage
14:20 Electrolytic capacitor? I hardly know her!
16:26 Tube choice
17:00 IT'S DONE
18:27 Sound sample