Re: [OM] RE: [OT negative films, minilabs, etc. Now AUDIOPHILE

[Moose]

They are probably quite common. The problem is that nobody thought it 
was special when condenser mikes started being used in professional 
recording that they were powered by batteries, so nobody noted it as a 
feature on the jacket. In fact, that was one reason many didn't like 
them compared to dynamic mikes, which require no power source. The 
batteries are in the mike body and last pretty close to their shelf 
life, as they are only used to bias the condenser cell and have almost 
no drain. thus it's easy to forget about them, only to have them die at 
an inopportune moment. I converted a couple of them to power off an 
amplifier board once for a built-in installation that only needed voice 
quality anyway and where the buyers would never remember to replace them.
I'll bet Dan is referring to some new 'thing' rather than all those 
garden variety records out there recorded with condenser mikes powered 
by batteries. The old becomes new again.
Moose

Mickey Trageser wrote:

> Where can I find examples of Vinyl recorded with this configuration?
>  


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