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Title: Ambient emesser 108
Post by: fotoralf.be on January 17, 2009, 08:52:11 AM

Does anyone here have any practital experience with this microphone?

http://www.ambient.de/produkte/mikrofone/emesser/emesser_e.html

Ralf

Title: Re: Ambient emesser 108
Post by: Gutbucket on January 27, 2009, 12:49:58 PM

Not me.  I also wondered about that thing years ago, but never found much on it.  I imagine it's built from two inexpensive cardioids placed back to back with the polarity inverted on one of them, in that small housing.  I have a hard time imagining that it sounds great, but I'd love to be surprised. 

I'd like to play around with an inexpensive, tiny figure 8 if it sounded decent.

Title: Re: Ambient emesser 108
Post by: heyitsmejess on January 28, 2009, 02:07:27 AM

^^ as would i.

however, i cant find it for sale, or a price for it.

Title: Re: Ambient emesser 108
Post by: fotoralf.be on January 29, 2009, 06:57:21 AM

Quote from: Gutbucket on January 27, 2009, 12:49:58 PM

I'd like to play around with an inexpensive, tiny figure 8 if it sounded decent.

I still have two Sony ECM909 MS stereo mics around here. They have two capsules, apparently without built-in FETs, one that looks like a cardiod pointing forward and some sort of fig-8 looking sideways. They sound OK but they're very low output and far too noisy for anything serious. Maybe I'll get around to try them with better electronics, one day. I was thinking about using the two cardiod capsules and one of the fig-8 for a very compact double-MS arrangement.

Ralf

Title: Re: Ambient emesser 108
Post by: fotoralf.be on January 29, 2009, 07:03:34 AM

Quote from: heyitsmejess on January 28, 2009, 02:07:27 AM

however, i cant find it for sale, or a price for it.

The one I've seen on ebay.de sold for slightly over 200 euros. Second-hand, that is.

Ralf

Title: Re: Ambient emesser 108
Post by: headroom on January 31, 2009, 10:13:27 AM

Its a bit noisy waht I have heard