D.I.Y. Microphone Projects
MS Mic Construction Phantom XY Construction Figure 8 & Blumlein
Capsule Modification and Mounting Nifty Circuits Mic Links and Parts Sources
This site features projects and circuits for building stereo microphones from low-cost Panasonic electret microphone capsules. Included are Mid-Side, XY, and Blumlein microphone setups. In addition, there are interesting related circuits and links to sites with microphone information and parts sources.

MS Mic Version 2
This mic uses two Panasonic WM-55A103 cardioid electret capsules whose outputs are combined to form a figure eight mic for the side output, and a front-firing electret for the mid output. It has a stereo matrixing cicuit with adjustable width and a built-in preamp with adjustable gain providing a line level unbalanced output.
Circuit diagram and construction pics.
Phantom Powered XY Mic
This mic uses two Panasonic WM-55A103 cardioid electret capsules in XY configuration. A simple four transistor circuit uses phantom power to power the capsules and provide balanced microphone level low impedance outputs.
Circuit diagram and construction pics.
Figure-eight and Blumlein Circuits

Circuit diagrams to build simple figure-eight mics and Blumlein arrays.
MS Mic Construction Phantom XY Construction Figure 8 & Blumlein
Capsule Modification and Mounting Nifty Circuits Mic Links and Parts Sources
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