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what is this mic beyonce have used .. ? help..
beyonce's photo .. please hurry

[Hugh Robjohns]

It's the D33 (or possibly D22) model from a long defunct manufacturer called American Microphones It's an omnidirectional dynamic mic dating from the late 1940s, and was one of the first mics to use Canon's XL connectors -- with the latch but before they introduced the rubber inserts!

[shufflebeat]

What took you so long?

[Hugh Robjohns]

Sorry... busy day writing a review of an AVB interface! :lol: I'll try and speed things up next time Sir... sorry Sir... Won't happen again Sir... :D

The shape of that vintage mic is so distinctive! I remembered it was a D33 but couldn't remember the manufacturer so had to use Mr Google to confirm and find the pics....

If the gold was too flashy, they also made them in a supposedly 'non-reflective black' for TV use... although it looks more like brushed steel to me!

[Hugh Robjohns]

what is this mic beyonce have used .. ? help..
beyonce's photo .. please hurry

Not in such a hurry to voice appreciation then... ;) :lol:

[ManFromGlass]

Well I’ll say thanks because it’s a mic I haven’t seen before. I noticed the spec on the 22 goes up to 8k. I assume that is on purpose making it, what? A good mic for broadcasters? Or singers who only produce limited overtones? (Sorry bad joke!)

[Eddy Deegan]

what is this mic beyonce have used .. ? help..
beyonce's photo .. please hurry

Not in such a hurry to voice appreciation then... ;) :lol:

Nor, it would seem, particularly in a hurry to find out if anyone had answered. At the time of writing the OP hasn't visited since the post was made.

:headbang:

[ManFromGlass]

Well Beyoncé photos can be distracting
: :mrgreen:

[zenguitar]

I approved the post reluctantly, had a nagging feeling that it was made to promote the link. But as the question has been answered, there's no need for the link and I see that it isn't there anymore.

Andy :beamup:

[Hugh Robjohns]

I noticed the spec on the 22 goes up to 8k. I assume that is on purpose making it, what? A good mic for broadcasters? Or singers who only produce limited overtones? (Sorry bad joke!)

ha ha! :lol: No... it was just a lower quality moving coil element.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Nor, it would seem, particularly in a hurry to find out if anyone had answered. At the time of writing the OP hasn't visited since the post was made.

Yes, I saw that too. Presumably he/she found the answer themselves of from some other site. The Google tells me that similar questions have been asked elsewhere.

[Hugh Robjohns]

I approved the post reluctantly, had a nagging feeling that it was made to promote the link. But as the question has been answered, there's no need for the link and I see that it isn't there anymore.

I had the same nagging feeling... so I replaced the link with the specific picture! T'was me!

[ManFromGlass]

Slightly off topic - some of the early mics almost look like works of art. Would you think these days due to the available science, that mic design now is dictated mostly by the science?

[Luke W]

Would you think these days due to the available science, that mic design now is dictated mostly by the science?

I'd imagine that what the average user thinks a mic should look like and what shapes are easy/cheap to manufacture are probably fairly big influences. Something that is technically excellent but looks a bit odd and costs a lot to produce would probably lose out in a lot of cases to something average that looks like a U87.

But that's just my (uninformed) thought, I may well be very wrong.

[Hugh Robjohns]

From what I've seen and heard, I'm certain that some boutique mic manufacturers out there have never read a science book at all. :lol: And there are a few companies that are deliberately making some pretty wacky ..sorry, arty-looking... microphones.

But the 50s was a special period in history. The post-War jubilation combined with an explosion in science and materials, and especially the rocket and atomic developments... It's hardly surprising that everything ended up looking like some part of a rocket back then!