We are Migrating to Bumblebeepro.com Domain
Both web-sites are accepting the orders without any interruptions!! All your orders and inquiries are processed as usual, all the e-mails are active and monitored!
Hi everyone! You might be aware that there was some confusion about our branding - we've started as DIY Audio Components, then introduced some equipment branded as Bumblebee, but still featured on DIY Audio Components web-site... Now we've made the final decision to re-brand everything as Bumblebee in order to make things simple and clear. So, I wanted to let you know that we have started migrating to bumblebeepro.com domain...
RM-5 Ribbon Mics Used in Cirque Du Soleil Album!
It seems that the DIY equipment is stepping up to the next level being used in world class commercial productions. Some time ago I was contacted by one of my customers - Rob Heaney, who appeared to be a music producer, who recorded and produced most of the albums of a world famous Cirque Du Soleil show, he had built few RM-5 Ribbon Mic kits...
I often receive questions about the performance of different foil thicknesses in ribbon microphone motors. The main thing people are interested in is if thinner foils result in "more highs". So, I've tried to summarize my replies in this post and explain the basics of the topic...
I am proud to say that RM-5 ribbon microphones were chosen for the awesome saxophone mouthpiece review written by The Diligent Musician blog. The author compares 19 different mouthpieces for Alto Saxophones in details, with quality audio samples for each model. The article is certainly worth your time, and I would say it is a must-read (and listen) if you are a saxophone player!
The first assembled prototype of a new RE-323 ribbon microphone motor with a ribbon installed! The mechanical design is quite sophisticated, but all the parts come together neatly with just a tiny bit of filing for FR4 pads. Cool, taking into account that they were machined by three different local contractors...
Today I've assembled the first prototype of a Transformer Coupled Active DI that will be available as a kit soon. It is a simple, yet very good sounding classical design with a j-fet input stage chosen for its virtually unlimited input impedance (the input impedance of the device is set to 10Mohms) and a bipolar buffer/transformer driver. The transformer is my own original design developed and made particularly for this Active DI project...
