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Making Ribbon Microphones…The Detailed Process
As a tribute to the sound of the RCA 44, a Pasadena company is making a modern day version, and here is the fascinating process. Thanks to Barry Mitchell for the clip. -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHkOkqnJjy0
Here’s another excellent “How It’s Made” episode showing the assembly of an AEA ribbon microphone. This mic is almost $4000.
If you want to hear what that AEA ribbon mic sounds like, put on headphones and watch this video of Gary Louris of The Jayhawks performing one of their songs recently. Recorded straight to a Nagra analog machine.
https://youtu.be/7nEIO1-RJig
This is the Microphone Norman Petty had in his recording studio.
canadian TV show featured it though. hows it’s made gets played in the canadian discovery channel all the time.
I have a working 44BX and 77D I got when my dad passed away along with some others
Small correction: AEA is a Pasadena company owned by Wes Dooley. http://www.ribbonmics.com/
Such beauty.
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