Talk:Ribbon microphone

Roswellite
Several times now I've deleted the word Roswellite from discussion of new materials, especially nanomaterials. I consider the term a commercial plug for its originators. As well, I've been taking out explicit mention of Roswellite inventors Crowley and Tripp. I'd like to see an AES paper or equivalent about the material and the men before putting names into the article. The two guys and their funnily-named material are most certainly present in one of the references that readers can click on and read. All I'm trying to do is keep the article generic for the broad subject of ribbon microphones. Binksternet (talk) 02:56, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, an edit war by an anon IP to plug someone's name or product smells fishy. However, when I Googled the terms, a number of references came up, Broadcast Engineering among them. So perhaps the subject deserves a mention - albeit with the rhetoric toned down. LuckyLouie (talk) 14:44, 4 December 2008 (UTC) OK, I had a chance to read a half dozen or so of the Google hits. What strikes me is that they are all very similar, as if quoting from a press release. There are a number of "according to Crowley and Tripp" statements filled with hyperbole. This leads me to believe that C&T have a very energetic press agent promoting stories in a number of audio mags and making product announcements at industry events. The only evidence that "Roswellite" is a technological breakthrough seems to come from the company itself. There are no mentions in AES or IEEE literature. My feeling is that WP should not cover product announcements, and until C&T rise to the level of their own article, the generic statement we now have regarding nanomaterials is appropriate - LuckyLouie (talk) 16:52, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Lip mic
I agree that article link does not apply to this one. "Lip microphone" is a term mostly used in the UK to designate a particular style of noise-cancelling mic. The element can by dynamic, ceramic, or ribbon, such as the Coles 4104B. - LuckyLouie (talk) 18:58, 2 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Any handheld vocal mic can effectively be used touching the grille to the lips, with consequently greater gain before feedback. Some microphones require the lips to touch the grille, one being the differoid designs by Crown International, a notable model being the Crown CM 311—the one used by Madonna and Garth in their earliest acceptance of a headset mic for live concerts. Another differoid mic by Crown is the CM 310 which is handheld or placed in a mic clip. Drummers who sing benefit from that one. Further close-to-the-lip mics are the Audix OM series of handheld vocalist mics; these do not require the lips to touch the grille, but their very low sensitivity effectively makes it so in practice. Away from the concert stage, as early as 1937 Tannoy made a public-announce microphone from eight push-pull carbon microphone capsules arrayed in an aluminium housing. The user was to hold it at or very close to the lips. Police and civil workers used these along with a horn loudspeaker-an early loud-hailer.


 * All of these could best be discussed at the article noise-canceling microphone. Cheers - Binksternet (talk) 20:14, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Diagrams Please?
I think this article would benefit greatly from some diagrams. For example, two seconds of googling found this much-more-informative link: http://www.cybergeo.com/music/microphones/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.14.154.3 (talk) 20:41, 25 January 2013 (UTC)

Active ribbon microphones
Am I guessing correctly that an "Active ribbon mic" is a microphone that replaces the transformer of a traditional ribbon mic with an electronic amplifier? --203.22.236.14 (talk) 23:14, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

Working principle scheme – magnetic monopoles
Hi. Even though I understand that the picture is just a scheme, I find it unfortunate and misleading that the magnets look like they are monopoles, which does not exist. Some picture like this would be more accurate: http://www.vias.org/crowhurstba/crowhurst_basic_audio_vol1_032.html. Anyway, thanks for the page, Cheers 188.246.111.249 (talk) 09:42, 1 May 2023 (UTC)