Thursday, May 25, 2017

The best microphone book on the planet?


Microphones: Design and Application - LOU BURROUGHS


Lou Burroughs is the co-founder of Electro-Voice. Awarded 27 electroacoustic patents.


He also wrote the Electro-Voice "Microphone Facts" newsletter.


An example newsletter comparing moving coil microphones to condenser and ribbon ones is:
http://www.electrovoice.com/downloadfile.php?i=971807


An interesting one page account of his life written by John Woram:
http://www.aes.org/aeshc/docs/jaes.obit/JAES_V34_3_PG222.pdf


Some quotes from the first few paragraphs of the book:


The audio engineer and his microphone may be compared to the artist and his paint brush.


Microphone technique is an art and the ear of the listener is the critic.


Lou Burroughs









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