371803-oktavamod-collection-diy-tips-free-mods-reviews-advice. In the course of a day I answer about 60 new inquiries by email. Often these come from folks looking for DIY, troubleshooting or general mic advice. Surprisingly enough, it just occurred to me I've posted a lot of answers on Gearslutz to frequently asked questions that I could refer folks to. So I've pulled together The OktavaMod Collection: DIY Tips, Free Mods, Reviews and Advice. Here for your perusing pleasure (warts, rants and controversy left intact) are some links to threads I've contributed to over the past several years. The links are grouped into SDC, LDC, Ribbon, DIY and MK-319 threads. Small Diaphragm Condenser Mics - has anyone tried the oktavamod on their MXL mics? Large Diaphragm Condenser Mics - MXL Mics - Which models are good?
Ribbon Mics - Ribbon Madness....Coles 4038 vs. Low end Mic mods & free DIY mods w pics DIY Tube LDC Kit found on eBay.. Oktava MK-319 - Anniversary Edition? Award-winning microphone engineering from Michael Joly. Indistinguishable from the KM 84? Decide for yourself. Michael Joly Engineering Modified Oktava MK-012 Acoustic Guitar: KM 84 vs. OktavaMod'd MK-012 In the clip above, Grammy-winning engineer Bill Pearson cuts back and forth between the legendary KM 84 and my mod'd MK-012.
There are thirteen edits in this clip. The mics are so similar the clip sounds like one mic. MJE modified MK-012 vs Neumann KM 84 on Piano Neumann KM 84 pair, piano MJE mod'd Oktava MK-012 pair, piano There's only one way to get the results heard here - an OktavaMod microphone modification from Michael Joly. The very popular (90,000 in use!) Michael Joly Engineering upgrades this studio workhorse with a special Premium Electronics component package to increase resolution, lower noise and reduce distortion while improving transient response.
This is Michael Joly writing. On acoustic guitar for example... ...these mods allow finger and plectrum attacks to be rendered with faster and more accurate transient detail. Oktava MK-012-01 MSP2 Factory Matched Stereo Pair Microphones in Wood Case (Silver) Oktava MK-012-01 MSP2 Factory Matched Stereo Pair Microphones Details In pairs, the Oktava MK012-01s are perfectly suited for coincident and spaced stereo miking techniques, and also overhead usage in live and studio situations. This Factory Matched stereo pair comes with a cardioid capsule and -10 dB pad. The Oktava MK 012-01 is a compact, high quality capacitor microphone with interchangeable capsules to provide a choice of cardioid, hypercardioid or omni-directional polar patterns. The wide, flat response ensures that all sounds are captured with a high degree of accuracy. A -10 dB pad is included for use in high SPL environments. The capsules, which screw onto the microphone body, utilize a precision, integral connection system to ensure reliable electrical contact.
Oktava MK-012-01 MSP2 Factory Matched Stereo Pair Microphones Specifications Mic Type: Small diaphragm condenser Polar Pattern: Cardioid Freq. Click here to view all Oktava products. Tubemic. Home Building a Tube Microphone: the Royer Mod A cheap solid-state large diaphragm microphone can be refitted with a vacuum tube to make it sound much better. I got plans from an article in Tape Op magazine issue #25. It can be found here at for $8: If this link doesn't work, you can scour the web to see if you can find a pdf of the tube mod article. This page is in no way intended to be a step-by-step instruction manual on how to build a tube microphone.
Parts and Prices I like to build useful things from scrap, junk, miscellaneous parts lying around the house. Parts I bought: The MXL-2001 large diaphragm microphone. A high-quality audio transformer from Cinemag Audio Transformers. A 5840 W Raytheon vacuum tube from Triode Electronics, $5.95. Various capacitors, resistors and power supply transformer from Mouser Electronics, about $14 plus $6 for shipping.
A capacitor or two from Radio Shack, about $3. Mogami four-conductor shielded microphone cable (!) 569273-oktava-mk-319-mod-questions-w-pics. Well this is interesting indeed. Not much work at all for a substantial improvement. I got a small variety of components types and values to try: I thought I'd evaluate changes progressively as I went, by making short test recordings. I have a stock of short recordings with different mics: vocal, doumbek, electric and bass guitar into amp & cabinet, acoustic guitar, and cuatro.
Recorded through a Focusrite ISA One. Not rigorously scientific: but useful for quick assessments, since I use the same test licks for each instrument. The cuatro is particularly useful, as the jangly harmonics of this inherently not well intonated instrument really put the upper mids and high end response of a mic in the spotlight. I should mention that many of the existing parts on my unit appear to be reasonable quality components: except the C3 electrolytic cap. I replaced C2 with a 820pf COG cap (the existing one was 680pf) and resistors R1 and R2 with 1000M ohm 1% metal oxide film resistors . Peluso Microphone Lab.