{"id":9236,"date":"2016-05-19T08:30:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=9236"},"modified":"2016-05-19T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T22:41:34","slug":"a-mic-of-constant-sorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/19\/a-mic-of-constant-sorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"a mic of constant sorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been trying to build a carbon microphone. Why? Well, partly, because I can, and partly, because if you want that “telephone” sort of sound, the best way to do it is to use a telephone element<\/em> rather than fake it later (see also: BULLHORN<\/a>), and partly because I want to be able to sing into a can, like them fellers at the radio station.<\/p>\n


A Microphone of Constant Sorrow<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n

And this should<\/em> be – electrically, at least – very simple. Small power supply – battery is fine – resistor or two, capacitor. Done. Very simple circuit.<\/p>\n

But it isn’t working, and I have absolutely no idea why, and I’m highly frustrated. I’m going to try a higher-voltage circuit, which I’ve been avoiding for no good reason other than it shouldn’t help<\/em>, but I’m starting to think the carbon element I got new-old-stock off eBay isn’t up to snuff.<\/p>\n

Anybody else built one of these monsters before? I have actually managed to get extremely-low-volume recordings out of it a couple of times – far too low level to be useful, I’m afraid – so I don’t think the element is actually dead. But honestly, I have no idea.<\/p>\n

eta:<\/b> GUESS WHO HAS A WAVEFORM \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n


A WAV of Constant Sorrow<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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