Walking the floor at AES in New York City, you cold see that most new audio production gear has gone digital, runs on computers and is operated from a graphic user interface (even some mixing consoles ...

If you’ve ever seen an old movie or TV show where there was a radio announcer, you’ve probably seen a ribbon microphone. The RCA 44 (see Edmund Lowe, on right) had exceptional sound quality and are ...

Given that the now-defunct broadcast division of RCA helped finance and supply equipment to many of America’s early radio stations, it’s not surprising that RCA microphones dominated broadcast studios ...