True Condenser Build 

I built two! Thank you so much for the work you put into making great instructions and working with a good supplier (JLI).

You, my friend, have some of the best examples of how an electronic build should be laid out. Easy to understand, I play an idiot in my spare time, and fun to watch. The music, the pictures, the voice, all come together so well, it's hard not to watch. Loved every minute.

this video is a hidden gem, wish you guys did more

Wish I could understand all of this in order to experiment and make my own builds. It just sounds so great that I want to do it myself.

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing- wonderful job!

You've done something truly wonderful here, thank you, I will build these!

I was searching this content since 5months,.... Thank you soooo much ❤️❤️💯

Amazing! There is literally no noise from microphone!

Very informative and amazing Build Love it

This was brilliant! I just subbed! Looking forward to more great content from you. 👍

I happen to know a bit of electronics myself, and i want to build one of this someday😊 thanks for the video!

Just found you via instructables. Wow, what a cool channel you've created. I'm hooked.

WOW!! Thank You So Much🙏💐 This video is absolutely Professional and has beautiful calm, also with high quality footages and great knowledge Transfer method, You are Great Sir, and I'm really happy to learned this instructable. One of the few truly best Premium tutorial videos I've ever seen on RU-vid and also in my life. I really enjoyed the end piece, in fact this is more than a tutorial video, better to say really coming out of the heart into one video! God Bless You Sir, And Be Prosperous🙏

Wooow excelente video ! Felicitaciones

Thank you for this incredible video I've been looking into diy mics for ages and was looking at trying to make an xlr variant of the diy perks diy usbsc mic and learned so much more :)

Excellent video

Holy moley! I need to get on top of building this! :0

Wonderful!

Great singing!

Nice build sir. 🎙️

Hey there. thanks for an interesting yet quite technical video. Fascinating. I would seriously consider one of these kits. but, I'm confident I speak for many of us viewers in saying : Too technical to assemble. If most of the bits and pieces were mostly already soldered. With minimal assembling. then I personally would be happy to purchase and assemble a kit. I guess what comes to mind, is the saying : Good things don't come easy. It sounds Excellent. Thanks lovely Vocalist.

great video. and when you said “lets go out in the field” i thought you meant to a recording studio, then you went to an actual field! 😄. srsly, great mic build instruction

Well Done!

Fun stuff!

You are awesome men you are the best

Hooray, last weekend the boards arrived and I assembled two microphones with Rk-12 capsules. I used them to form the stereo atmosphere of the TV broadcast of MMA. The overall impression is a great sound. The only thing I didn't have time to solder the Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors since the delivery from mouser was later. But I really wanted to just hear them - super. An interesting detail on the first day of the broadcast, everything was just perfect, but on the second day, when changing the site on one of the microphones (with Gain +25 db), noise appeared (a slight crackle) - 63 dbfs and the signal became weaker by 9 db relative to the second, exactly the same. It was not critical, but unexpected. Now I'm waiting for new xlr connectors (the Chinese quality is just terrible) and I'll solder Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors to them, and then I'll listen and figure it out. But in general, I am insanely satisfied, thank you for your work!

Love the builds on your channel! I wonder how these would hold up against big brand condensers in an A/B shootout. I haven't found anyone that has done a comparison like that.

您是一位非常让人敬佩的人

6:23 there's a typo, the audio is R5 and R15 but the screen has R5 and R9. I had to go through a few times to make sure I wasn't losing my mind. This is my first video of yours and I subscribed due to the excellent transfer of knowledge. Oh, and please tell Kady that I prefer her version.

Nice build !! Have tried installing a pattern switch allowing and using XLR connector? I wonder what it would sound like.

Nice bro

Such a beautiful and full sounding mic - your singer is of course doing a great job as well. Really interested in building this. Are there any advantage to adding the trimpot to the hex inverter board?

Огромное количество знаний и документов в описании, и это бесплатно... Спасибо, попробую сделать свой микрофон

Hi there. Very interesting an awesome video. The mic builds are amazing! I would like to try and build a few of my own mics! Could you perhaps do a video on converting a cheap battery powered Lav like a Boya BY-M1 to allow powered connections to "plug in power" mics. I have a Rode Video Micro which is really awesome but you cannot connect it to a mixer directly to line in given that it requires plug in power. The Boya BY-M1 uses a tiny battery which allows it to work as a line in device but can also work with plug in power. Would be really cool to see if the circuit can be made into a "plug in power" system. So instead of a Lav mic at the end, it would instead have a 3.5mm female connector? Thanks again for the awesome content.

Wonderful, definitely going to try and build this one! With the pre-assembled PCB's and parts from JLI this looks very doable, just a matter of assembly and soldering connections to the capsule, the XLR and between the inverter PCB and main board, am I right? Really want to try a dual output mic and use it with the Austrian Audio plugins (stereo creator and polar designer). Such a cool idea. Sadly can't find the mini U87 bodies anywhere. I will see if I can find a body somewhere. How do I know if it fits / mounts? I would prefer something relatively small and with a simple screw mount (so I can mount it without a shockmount), so it's easy to place in an ms or blumlein configuration and it won't be that wieldy. But I figure something out. Thanks for the great video!

Great video but if that whispering at the beginning of the video would have went on any longer I would have just shut the video off, there's a lot of people out there including myself who find ASMR and people whispering into a microphone to be very disturbing and creepy and super unpleasant to listen to I'm actually thinking about trying to build a microphone but on that super good at soldering so I'm not sure if I'm going to do it or not

Greetings, I am very interested in the previous mic build you are referring to @5:12. I've seen a video of yours with the "Alice" mic, is that what you were referring to? If so I see a few extra components in this diagram for both sides of the circuit. Mainly the capacitors and diode located at VCC_A1 and VCC_B1 and the once by VCC_A2 and VCC_B2. Can you let me know or point me in a direction to know what those do in for the circuit?

There's my like but it's for her voice.

Do you still need the 5 pin to dual 3 pin breakout cable and a 5 pin XLR jack if you're just using a single channel capsule?

Love the videos, but one question. You always seem to solder you 1G resistor high off the PCB, is that just down to the cost and being able to clip and reuse?

Hey DJJules, I have a question from this build. I do not have the same base microphone that you did, but i have followed the build the same way and have a crafted finsged product. My question comes to audio interface, what would you recommend as I am still just getting into good audio recording/live streaming. Do i need an amplifier or does the phantom power from something like the Focusrite scarlet? Im lost when it comes to the other end of the xlr. I dont need a full answer, but if you can guide me to a place where i can start reading up on this would be just as great. There is a lot of information from all over and I dont know where to start without skipping anything.

Yep... That's exactly how it should be done. As far as I know...

For your explanation at around 9:40, could you possibly explain how I could modify my XLR microphone (3 pin) to reduce noise?

This is awesome! How would one build a greater mic than a Blue or a Shure?

I welcome you! Recently I have a great interest in diy microphones and very often people on forums refer to Alice. And now I'm glad I found you on pcbway and instructables For several days now, I've been watching videos, translating texts, and trying to figure it out. I have a few questions, please tell me: 1. Do I understand correctly that when using only Front capcul only, we get a cardioid orientation? 2. And when using Mix Front-Rear, we get an Omni orientation. 3. And with Mix Front-Rear out phase, we get a curly eight.

Is there a different source for these TSC-2 capsules? Shipping to Europe costs as much as capsule itself. :(

Hi where did you source the body and head basket?

Is it advisable to upgrade the 16mm capsule in my Maono AU-A04 microphone to a 22mm capsule?

Hi. For building the microphone with the JLI-2555BXZ3-GP capsule what other parts should I get from jlielectronics? The OPA Alice - Single Channel and anything else? Thank you.

Love your work . I am a Neanderthal but if I wasn’t , I would try this build . So what is a price range for these complete kits ? T Hanks you made my day .

do you need an extra board to make the bias work for a 34mm condenser capsule?

I understand basic circuitry but this seems like rocket science.What if i just buy the capsule to replace the capsule in my bm700 would it work,if yes then how much improvement can one expect?

where would i get a body for this if i want to build one myself, im extremly interested in buying and building one of these

Hi I see u have the rk12 capsule would this work in the on the akg p420 board the wiring is 3 wire and I think it's also a fet.

Dear friend, tell me, is there somewhere a list of all the parts from which the microphone was assembled?

Can you provide the PCB schematic?

If my capsule has only one positive wire, how do I wire it up?

What's the brand of this mic

Hi, I am looking for a DIY condenser microphone. In Germany I only find the RK87 capsule at ebay. All other capsules are nameless. My goal ist to build a mic and a preamp with phantom power for less €. I will record ambient noise in a room setting. Can I use your build for that?

Honorable Jules, If I put both circuits in a box 1 meter away from the capsule, will there be any problem for audio quality? Thanks in advance! 🙂

what is the ingredients for this ??

Excuse me, but what audio interface or phantom power would I use, and can I have price ranges for both? not sure how you would connect this to a computer, thats my only problem

wow

Hi there, I'm a little confused, on the Alice op amp circuit, there are 2 grounds is that correct? because on the simple schematic pdf seems its common ground, unlike the step by step pdf there are 2! Now regarding a single side condenser, the signal wire goes to the Alice input and the backplate (condenser ground) is connected to Bias voltage? Now I am using the phantom power to power the mic so first a go through a LDO to send the 12V to the hex for the 80V!! Please need some light! Thanks in advance!

Wow the singer is awesome , who is she? And what knowledge and degree you have to have to build mics?

Is there a way to build this without needing a breakout? How would i build one and be able to go 3 pin xlr straight out the mic?

I have the single sided mic board and voltage multiplier board. I don't understand where the connections to the mic capsule are made. Mic board signal - goes to the diaphragm of the capsule. But the capsule housing is ground right? does that connect to ground on the mic board. Then where does "pol" the polarization power connect on the capsule. There are only two "wires" on the capsule ??? Please help.

I really want to draw your attention... Firstly , where can I find the schematic diagram of preamplifier circuit... Secondly, why are we using opamp , we can also make a preamplifier using JFETS and BJTS which are perfectly linear for acoustic range..... Whereas OPamps are too harsh in higher frequencies, ..... I would like to request you to make another part of this video using High end jfets and bjts.... Hope you'll do this

Does the TSC1 need the hex inverter too ?

how can I make a mic like this, but powered with USB

do I need the hex inverter if I can use 48V phantom power?

How did you calculate 100kHz oscillation?

It seems no one else has asked, maybe you state it in the video but I can't find it. Is there an estimate of the total cost of building one of these mics? I'm trying to price out a u87 clone build or buy. Not sure what route to take. My aim is for the closest approximation at the lowest cost. I'll put in the hours if necessary.

Hi I would like to understand how much it will be in terms of savings. Currently building this microphone is around 70 euros for me in Italy, can you tell me how much would cost a similar mic already built?

I'm suscriber, Where can I see the diagrams?

Can you share PCB files with us so we are not forced to go with PCBWay? ;)

Can't find the microphone in Canada D:

Why not 48V phantom power?

"Newman"?

that background violin doesn't help, does it?

Do I need a phantom power or a preamp to make this mic work? Can I simply plug it on a pc by converting the XLR in a jack connector?

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No

that intro get you a dislike, i hate asmr and whisper but your video is good just the intro.

So this guy apparently knows about audio , But completely ruins his video by putting overly loud music over the top of the narration .... That's a great way to ruin a video , Is this video a narration video or a music video , I don't think he knows himself .... Anyway a few mins of trying to watch this was bad enough ... Click click , Gone else where ...👎👎👎👎

Hello! Please tell me if I want to use this capsule www.jlielectronics.com/microphone-capsules/jli-tyu-86u/ what to do with the fourth cable from the second membrane. As far as I understand, your scheme uses 3 cables, a front membrane, a rear one and a common third cable. I'm sorry if my question seems too stupid and naive, but I'm just starting to get to know this world.