Return of the i-mic

In the second issue of Planet Harmonica, alongside a roadtest of various famous or less famous harmonica microphones, I published the schematics of a home-made microphone designed by Michel Triste, a retired electrical engineer who used to be one of Greg Szlapczynski's students.

The success of that particular issue, and specifically that particular feature, was tremendous. Even though it was published in 2000 and is no longer linked to the main page of the dying website, it's still the most visited page on the site. Over the years, I've received many photographs of people's i-mics and I kept them aside preciously waiting for the day when I'd have time to set them up on a page of their own.

Today, I receiced Arnout Deurinck's funky looking pepper mill i-mic and so I decided a photo album of i-mics was long overdue. I salvaged whatever was available online, and this week-end I'll skim through my dusty e-mail archives to salvage many more i-mics.

I also have somewhere a clean, revised schematic that was sent to me, and a no longer functional link to an amazing flash DIY instructions by Steve Dayton. I'll try to retrieve and post these in the coming days as well.  And of course, if you have any photos of your own creations you want to send over, please do! This time, I will put them online !!!

The photo album will always be available in the sidebar on the right, so feel free to consult it regularly ! Long live the i-mic !

Comments

[Mehdi Cheikhameguyaz]

Hi !
It was a surprise seeing mi IMic on your website ! But it's col and you know what ? It gaves me the willing to buil another one, that one was my first try EVER building something by myself :)
But it is still working and it's the one I choose to come to live with me in Mexico (Cuernavaca).
Long life to the harp, Keep on bluesin'
Mehdi

[Laurence Becker]

I've just built a mic, can email a pict if you want. Not sure where to...

Laurence