Differential Microphones
Differential Microphones
Differential Microphones
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Models Courtesy of
MM-KAI
Restaurant,
Ft
Lauderdale, Fla.
MCI listens to its customers -because our customers know their business.
That's why we've responded to them by incorporating the following features
in MCI's stock JH -416 board and JH -100 transport:
JH -416 RECORDING CONSOLE NOW HAS
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Illuminated channel
Improved conductive plastic faders by Penny and Giles, Ltd.
Full reciprocal
Monitor mute switch
mute switch with channel number
Mike input pad
EQ in /out switch
midrange equalization -boost or cut of 14db
and new higher gain preamp to accommodate the full range of professional
Full quad panning,
microphones (I.M. distortion @ ODBM input less than .15 %)
both L -R and F -B for 360 degrees of quad positioning on all input modules and
48 additional tie -lines and jacks on patch bay.
echo returns
The MCI JH -100 transport replaces the JH -10 transport in MCI's JH -16, JH -8 and
JH -24 8 -,16 -, and 24 -track recorders. The JH -100 combines state of the art
electronically controlled tape handling and other unique features, so that:
JH -100 TAPE TRANSPORT NOW HAS
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D.C. capstan servo drive; super- accurate, crystal -controlled fixed tape speeds
Stable variable speed operation from front panel for
15 -30 ips (7.5 ips available)
Wide range external speed programing
special effects and speed corrections
for inter -machine sync, audio /video or audio /audio remote speed control, special
effects
"Piano proof" flutter; typically .04% 15 ips DIN weighted, .06%
All mode reel tension control system; constant tape
15 ips DIN unweighted
Full
tension; high speed accuracy anywhere in reel; consistant tape packing
Totally "relay -less"
manual velocity programing for cueing, editing, special effects
New "Mark II" auto locator; full bidirectional
design with full TTL deck logic
operation; keyboard entry; readout and operation in real time; no overshoot
New decor and trim.
controlled approach speed
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4007 NE 6th Ave. / Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33308
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ADVANTAGES
The inherent advantages of an
ideal differential amplifier are:
1. Cancellation of ambient
the mercy of
environment.
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DISADVANTAGES
Disadvantages inherent in a
differential microphone are:
1. The microphone must be driven
sensitivity matching
pairs is desirable.
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microphone
THE PRACTICAL
DIFFERENTIAL MICROPHONE
To date, we have used three types
of circuits in our tests (two of these
circuits have been tested during actual
IV'spacing
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I'd like to thank all those who
helped me with ideas and advice,
including: Paul Stark, Carl Countryman,
Sennheiser of New York, Alembic and
the Greatful Dead.
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FOOTNOTES
1. "Make a Quality Differential Microphone" by Lou Burroughs db Magazine, Jul '72.
2. Special thanks to the men at
SENNHEISER'S New York office, who
were most helpful in locating well
matched pairs of their fine MD211
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3. The circuit of Fig. 3c is an
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207 of "Operational Anpltfiers
Design And Applications" from Burr
Brown by McGraw Hill 1971.
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