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Using a speaker as a microphone is a trick old enough to have become common knowledge, but how often do you see the hack reversed? As part of a larger …read more Continue reading 2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Playing Audio on a Microphone
When it comes to microphones, [Roan] has expensive tastes. He fancies the famous Telefunken U-47, but doesn’t quite have the five-figure budget to afford a real one. Thus, he set …read more Continue reading Hacking Together an Expensive-Sounding Microphone At Home
Trying to use your microphone in an Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine, but getting only silence? This is a common hurdle, as audio input isn’t enabled by default and requires specific configuration. In this post, we are going to see what you can … Continue reading Microphone not working in Oracle VirtualBox VM
Electret capsules can be found in some of the highest quality microphones for studio use, as well as in some of the very cheapest microphone capsules on the market. More …read more Continue reading The Electret Preamp You Might Need
Immersive audio is the new hotness in the recording world. Once upon a time, mono was good enough. Then someone realized humans have two ears, and everyone wanted stereo. For …read more Continue reading Maurice Brings Immersive Audio Recording to the Masses
Humans have long admired the sound of birdsong, but to fully appreciate how technically amazing it is, you need an ultrasonic microphone. [Benn Jordan] recently created a video about using …read more Continue reading AVIF: The Avian Image Format
Most humans with two ears have a pretty good sense of directional hearing. However, you can build equipment to localize audio sources, too. That’s precisely what [Sam], [Ezra], and [Ari] …read more Continue reading Audio Localization Gear Built On The Cheap
There are lots of different types of microphone, with the ribbon microphone being one of the rarer ones. Commercial versions are often prized for their tone and frequency response. You …read more Continue reading You Can Make Your Own Ribbon Mic With A Gum Wrapper
Laser microphones have been around since the Cold War. Back in those days, they were a favorite tool of the KGB – allowing spies to listen in on what was …read more Continue reading Spy Tech: Build Your Own Laser Eavesdropper
There’s a mystique around ribbon microphones due to their being expensive studio-grade items, which has led more than one experimenter down the rabbit hole of making one. [Catherine van West] …read more Continue reading A Ribbon Microphone Is Harder Than You Think