With EQ and compression part of the Hx1, I save time and effort in post-production the audio already sounds so good that I don’t have to massage it." “Everything needed to produce great-sounding phone conversations is in there.
#SUPERIOR SOUND STUDIO PROFESSIONAL#
“The Hx1 is a sleek, professional looking piece of hardware that looks first-class in the studio and produces superior sound," says Brown. His clients could interact naturally with remote callers their interviews once again became “a conversation, where the tech doesn’t get in the way" says Brown. They want to conduct those same phone interviews remotely, but still expect ‘studio quality.’ I urgently needed a way to deliver that quality to keep my clients happy luckily, I found the Telos Hx1."Īfter research and testing, Brown found that the new Hx1 digital hybrid solved his problems. “I have a major client that used to fly executives to our studio to record phone calls from staff for use in company informational CDs," Brown reminisces. He has been in the recording business since the early '70s - and although the purpose of his business hasn’t changed, the way he produces his product certainly has. Keith Brown, owner of Crystal Sound Recording Studios in Des Moines, Iowa, can attest to this. Modern day tube condenser microphones, just like their ancestors, require an external power supply, because tubes consume more energy than phantom power is able to provide.Everything changes.
More recently, tube technology has become popular again as a “vintage” sound alternative. Due to its convenience, P48 phantom power soon became a world standard.
P48 phantom power works with 48 volts, supplied via the usual 3-pin microphone cable, and it does not affect dynamic microphones that do not require external power. When transistor technology took over in the late 1960s, Neumann invented a standardized scheme to power condenser microphones directly from the mixing desk, without the need for external PSU boxes and multipin cables. This was inconvenient in many ways, especially when many microphones were used at the same time, because each type required its own PSU box and a dedicated multipin cable. Early specimens – Neumann has produced condenser mics since 1928! – had tube electronics, which were powered by an external PSU box the size of a brick. This could be inconvenient in the old days, but today just about any microphone input offers P48 phantom power – a Neumann invention, which has become the international standard (see box “Powering Condenser Microphones”).Ĭondenser microphones require external power for their internal electronics. The impedance converter makes the signal more “sturdy” by making more signal current available.Ĭondenser microphones therefore require external power. It requires what is called an “impedance converter”, a circuit that buffers between the capsule and the outside world. The condenser capsule’s output voltage is actually quite high, but it produces almost no current, because so little energy is stored in this small capacitor. The capsule signal itself, however, is much too “fragile” to be connected to other pieces of gear. Voilà, we have converted sound into an electrical signal. As a result, the capacitance changes to the rhythm of the sound waves. In other words, the distance between the two capacitor plates changes. When sound waves hit the diaphragm, it moves back and forth relative to the solid backplate. The most common material is gold-sputtered mylar, but some (mostly older) models employ an extremely thin metal foil. The membrane or diaphragm, as it is often called, must be electrically conductive, at least on its surface. It consists of a thin membrane in close proximity to a solid metal plate. The closer they are, the higher the capacitance.Ī condenser capsule is constructed similarly. You may remember from physics class that a capacitor is essentially two metal plates in close proximity. The British call them “capacitor microphones” – and for a reason, too.
0 kommentar(er)
