{"id":24522,"date":"2013-12-20T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T23:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9n2.ac0.myftpupload.com\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2013-12-20T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T23:37:16","slug":"initial-990-pcb-mic-test-left-990-advanced-modrk12-right-pcbrk48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24522","title":{"rendered":"Initial 990 PCB mic test &#8211; Left 990 Advanced Mod+RK12 &#8211; Right PCB+RK48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Initial 990 Advanced Mod\/PCB replacement mic test. Need to get these in front of the Drum kit for a real test!<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"wavesurfer-block wavesurfer-audio\"><div class=\"wavesurfer-player\" data-wave-color=\"#000000\" data-cursor-color=\"#dddddd\" data-progress-color=\"#ededed\" data-height=\"127\" data-url=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Rhodes-noodle-mic-test-SK-One-1-2.m4a\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-progress\"><progress class=\"wavesurfer-loading\" value=\"0\" max=\"100\"><\/progress><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-buttons_set\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-play\"><span>Play<\/span><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"wavesurfer-stop\"><span>Stop<\/span><\/button><div class=\"wavesurfer-time\"><\/div><div class=\"wavesurfer-duration\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?attachment_id=5970\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5970\" src=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500.jpg\" alt=\"artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500-308x308.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initial 990 Advanced Mod\/PCB replacement mic test. Need to get these in front of the<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24522\">Read the post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Initial 990 PCB mic test &#8211; Left 990 Advanced Mod+RK12 &#8211; Right PCB+RK48<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[348,76,310,103],"class_list":["post-24522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","category-hardware","tag-990-mod","tag-microphone","tag-microphone-parts-com","tag-rhodes","excerpt","zoom","full-without-featured","even","excerpt-0"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/artworks-000050894401-sxqh6e-t500x500.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24481,"url":"https:\/\/ericbeam.com\/?p=24481","url_meta":{"origin":24522,"position":0},"title":"Modified MXL 990 (RK-12 + microphone-parts.com\/Jim Williams PCB redesign)","author":"Eric","date":"August 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Finished soldering up\/shooting photos of an exciting soon to be released mic mod from microphone-parts.com. This particular mic started as a MXL 990. The capsule got swapped & the PCB\/components had a complete make over. The mic sounds wonderful. It's low-end response is insane. 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