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Neumann H istory 1928–2005 English.
Neumann H istory 3 2 Georg Neumann – An Inventor and His Life’s Work Company founder Georg Neumann was born on 13 October 1898, in Chorin, some 80 km North- east of Berlin. He received his vocational train- ing at the firm of Mix & Genest in Berlin.
Neumann H istory 5 4 More than Just Microphones ... By 1928 Neumann had spread his attention to other aspects of studio engineering, such as record making. It was his interest in record tech- nology that was, in fact, the real reason for the split with Eugen Reisz.
Neumann H istory 7 6 The First Remote-Switchable Microphone Other models appeared in 1949 and 1950, both bearing some notable progress. In 1950 the M 50 featured a pressure capsule embedded in acrylic glass to give an outstanding omnidirec- tional pattern.
Neumann H istory 9 8 The variety of microphone models, however, increased: First the existing, well-tried models of the 60 Series (e.g., KM 63, KM 64, and KM 65, U 67) were replaced by suc- cessors using semiconductors.
Neumann H istory 11 10 Refinements in Phonographic T echnology Up until around 1953, Neumann built disk-cut- ting lathes for phonograph records with a con- stant groove pitch. Between 1953 and 1955, Neumann developed a method of varying the groove pitch depending on the recorded am- plitude.
Neumann H istory 13 12 1980: U89 Variable Studio Microphone 1988: KM 100 Variable Miniature Microphone System 1987: RSM 190-S First Stereo Shotgun Microphone 1988: RSM 191-S 1994: RSM 191 A-S 1983: KM.
Neumann H istory 15 14 Especially for outdoor re- cordings the RSM 191 stereo shotgun micro- phone was developed. The recording angle of this MS combination can be ad- justed for the most di- verse recording situa- tions.
Neumann H istory 17 16 Back to the T ubes The assertion above that the U 67 was Neumann’s last tube microphone is not entirely correct. Down to the present day, the development of semiconductor circuitry has resulted in tremen- dous improvements in specifications.
Neumann H istory 19 18 Neumann goes Digital Simultaneously, in the first years of the new millenium, the Neumann engineers were work- ing intensively on the development of the first digital microphone. Once again, this involved basic research in a completely new technology in this field.
Neumann H istory 21 20 Neumann: A Name Stands for Quality and Precision Despite all the progress in machines and pro- duction technology, manufacturing a high-qual- ity microphone involved a great deal of hand- icraft, upon which the quality of these trans- ducers and a reputation such as Neumann’s ultimately depend.
Neumann H istory 23 22 Quality Must Be Measurable To meet the operating conditions encountered in the studio the microphones are subject to testing throughout their manufacture. The cap- sules alone undergo more than 50 different tests before final assembly.
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