Sylvia Massy returns to Working Class Audio for the first time since Episode 14 back in 2015. She joins Matt from her studio in Ashland, Oregon to talk about her new book, The Great Book of Vintage Microphones, co-authored with Chris Johnson. To write it, Sylvia and Chris acquired the entire estate collection of Milwaukee radio legend Bob Paquette: 3,500 microphones kept together rather than cherry-picked apart. The book covers 100 years of microphone history, from David Edward Hughes's 1877 burnt-stick carbon transducer to the ribbons and condensers most engineers grew up with.
In This Episode, We Discuss:
The Studio in Ashland: Converted Radiator Shop, Five-Bay Garage, Concrete Construction
Chris Joshnson: Co-Author, Life Partner, and the Man Who Negotiated a Microphone Museum
Bob Paquette's Collection: 3,500 Mics, Milwaukee Radio History, and Keeping It Together
The First Microphone: David Edward Hughes, 1877, a Burnt Carbon Stick
Crystal Mics, Carbon Telephone Elements, and Technology That Lasted Into the 1990s
Condenser Development: From a Wooden Box Power Supply Down to the Pencil Condensers We Use Today
The First Directional Microphone
A Condenser That Went to the South Pole With Admiral Byrd
The Glow Discharge Mic: Plasma Between Two Electrodes, Banned After 1928
Art Deco Mics That Looked Like Spaceships and Sounded Worse Because of Their Cases
Western Electric Birdcage, Tadpole Mics, Bakelite, and the 1947 Astatic 600S
The ChicLet: Color Options
Pearl Mics From Sweden and the 6102 RFP
Sylvia's Favorite Mic for Female Vocal
Microphone Seeds: Ribbons, Dynamics, and Condensers
Matt’s RANT!: Client Mix Approval ServerLinks and Show Notes:
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