The work of techs like these keep us in touch with roots of recording technology. He is able to rebuild or re-voice, making new corrugations, and replacing weakened magnets with custom-machined Neodymium, which he believes “preserve the original sound while boosting output.”Įxperience here has led Fouxman to create his own line of custom transformers and ribbon designs, which he offers through Samar Audio & Microphone Design.
In addition to condenser mods, Fouxman has a passion for the classic ribbon microphones.
Fouxman says his customers feel these changes turn a “forgotten doorstop” into the reliable, all-purpose tool its manufacturers intended. For instance, Fouxman ’s mod of the ubiquitous AKG C1000, re-seats the capsule closer to the grill and adds a less reflective wire mesh, to complement his electronic upgrades. Like Joly, Fouxman has discovered first-hand how much impact the acoustic design of the head-basket can have on the performance. It’s like taking a pair of eyes from Jennifer, a nose from David, the mouth from Susan, and try to arrange them into a beautiful face.” “But many mics today are designed very cut-and-paste. The capsule design influences the electronics, which ask for its own choice of output transformer,” he says in a deep Russian accent. I figured I’d give it a shot, and the next thing we knew, we could barely keep up!”įouxman learns from the classics and strives to make microphones perform as a cohesive whole: “The best microphones are very well-organized systems. Once I offered those, people just started asking for a mod on the 002. The first 002 mod was born out of a customer request: “I started with the MOTU interfaces, because that’s what we were using for a recording project. But then the word got out: ‘Hey, this thing actually sounds good’”. “When came out, I was met with skepticism, which was frustrating at first. With affection, Newport states that the 3630 was “designed to give you the most noise and hiss and pumping possible.” So he swapped out the VCA as well as the input and output transformers, and began performing these in-depth mods himself, and selling DIY kits. Noticing a talent for circuits, Newport’s friend challenged him to try a mod of his Alesis 3630: “There’s no way you can make this thing sound better.” We didn’t have a big budget or a lot of gear,” says Newport. The Black Lion story begins with an Alesis 3630 and a dare: “I loved recording music and was working on a project with a friend.
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