The idea originated 25 years ago when a local TV talk show host wanted a
vintage RCA 77 on his desk, but a good working 77DX could not be found.
Ribbons had more or less disappeared and finding someone to restore them
properly was almost impossible. So we installed the capsule and electronics
of an AKG 414 inside the RCA mic. And I remember getting calls from sound
people who wanted to know how we got such a good sound out of an old RCA
ribbon mic. That way we got vintage looks and modern sound. That's what the
client wanted.

Louis



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Louis,
Why would you do that?  It seems to me that if someone wanted the sound 
of a 414, they'd just rent a 414.

Angie Dickinson Mickle
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Louis Hone wrote:
> A crystal microphone that sounds good ???  I can't comment on this actual
> broadcast, but I wouldn't go with looks alone:  I have several vintage
> microphones that I rent out and some of them I have modified, so that the
> guts are AKG 414s or Neumann U-87, or KM-84s.   So they may look like RCA
> 44s or RCA 77s or RCA BK5s  but they sound very different.
> 
> Louis
> 
> 
> 
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> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel Roth
> Sent: 2 février 2011 14:19
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for recording in the
late
> 1920s?
> 
> I seem to recall a Fresh Air broadcast in the mid-90's with the Squirrel
Nut
> Zippers in which the producers employed a vintage Philmore Crystal
> Microphone from the 20's. The entire room was captured by this one mic and
> it sounded tremendously authentic, despite the FM broadcast.
> ------
> Dan Roth
> Audio Technician
> Walter J Brown Media Archives and
> Peabody Awards Collection
> University of Georgia
> Main Library
> Athens, GA
> 
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for recording in the
late
> 1920s?
> 
> Start with engineer Raymond Sooey's journal:
> http://www.davidsarnoff.org/soo-maintext.html
> 
> He may have run the very sessions you are asking about.
> 
> -- Tom Fine
> 
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> From: "Kathryn Hobgood Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:17 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] How would a band be setup for recording in the late
> 1920s?
> 
> 
>> Hi folks, I am wondering if anyone has a resource recommendation that
> would
>> discuss how a band would record in the late 1920s? (Specifically for
>> Victor.) My colleague here in New Orleans tells me that the
> instrumentalists
>> would arrange themselves around a microphone in a semicircle, the loudest
>> instruments being staggered further away. The vocalist, meanwhile, would
>> have his/her/their own mic some distance from the band, and the two lines
>> would run straight to the machine. Does this sound accurate to you? I
need
>> to verify this setup and would love some resource suggestions.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> --
>> Kathryn Hobgood Ray
>>
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>> 504.650.1238
>> http://www.snoozerquinn.com
>>
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