928–2005 Neumann History English
Neumann History Georg Neumann – An Inventor and His Life’s Work Company founder Georg Neumann was born on 13 October 1898, in Chorin, some 80 km Northeast of Berlin. He received his vocational training at the firm of Mix & Genest in Berlin. Later he worked in a research laboratory at AEG’s Oberspree Cable Works where the focus was on building amplifiers. Eugen Reisz was director of this laboratory. A short while later, he founded his own firm and took on Georg Neumann as an employee.
Neumann History 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 technology that was, in fact, the real reason for the split with Eugen Reisz.
Neumann History uring equipment in acoustic testing laboratories for many years, notching up world-wide sales in the process. 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 omnidirectional pattern. But more important was its predecessor, the M 49, which was the first microphone that could be remote-switched.
Neumann History Artificial Ears Learn to Hear At the 1973 International Radio and Television Exhibition in Berlin, the world witnessed the debut of the “Dummy Head”. This marked the 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 successors using semiconductors.
Neumann History Refinements in Phonographic Technology Up until around 1953, Neumann built disk-cutting lathes for phonograph records with a constant groove pitch. Between 1953 and 1955, Neumann developed a method of varying the groove pitch depending on the recorded amplitude. To this end, an additional playback head was mounted on the tape deck.
Neumann History 1964: KM 63 ... 65 U 64, SRM 64 Miniature Microphones 1928: Foundation of the Company by Georg Neumann 1979: USM 69 Variable Stereo Microphone 1965: KTM First Transistor Condenser Microphone 1966: for Modulation Lead KM 83 ... 85 Powering Miniature Microphones for Phantom Powering 1966: KM 66 Variable Miniature Microphone 1928: CMV 3 First Condenser Microphone (The Neumann-Bottle) 1949: U 47 Variable Condenser Microphone 1957: U 48 1949: MM 2 Cal.
Neumann History Especially for outdoor recordings the RSM 191 stereo shotgun microphone was developed. The recording angle of this MS combination can be adjusted for the most diverse recording situations. Upheaval Everywhere These dynamic developments in the area of capsule technology and circuitry coincided not only with turbulent upheavals in global politics, but also with changes throughout the Neumann Company’s corporate structure.
Neumann History Back to the Tubes Neumann on Stage The assertion above that the U 67 was Neumann’s last tube microphone is not entirely correct. Although a few artists had already favored the use of Neumann microphones such as the KMS 85 and KMS 140 on the stage, it was only with the development of the KMS 105 in 1999 that Neumann first expanded into the vast field of live stage applications on a larger scale.
Neumann History Neumann goes Digital Simultaneously, in the first years of the new millenium, the Neumann engineers were working intensively on the development of the first digital microphone. Once again, this involved basic research in a completely new technology in this field. This finally resulted in the successful development of the first digital microphone, the Solution D-01, which was introduced to the market.
Neumann History Neumann: A Name Stands for Quality and Precision Despite all the progress in machines and production technology, manufacturing a high-quality microphone involved a great deal of handicraft, upon which the quality of these transducers and a reputation such as Neumann’s ultimately depend.
Neumann History Quality Must Be Measurable To meet the operating conditions encountered in the studio the microphones are subject to testing throughout their manufacture. The capsules alone undergo more than 50 different tests before final assembly. Since the very beginning in 1928 Neumann condenser microphones have always operated on an audio frequency circuit, with the capsule consequently acting as a very high-impedance generator, rendering it highly sensitive to moisture.
Legend P. 2 Georg Neumann P. 14 Reisz-microphone Stereo-shotgun microphone RSM 191 (1988) Company’s headquarters in Charlottenstrasse, Berlin Company’s headquarters in Ollenhauerstrasse, Berlin P. 3 Erich Rickmann – Co-founder of the company Capsules for the CMV 3 P. 15 CMV 3 – The first condenser microphone (1928) Large diaphragm microphone TLM 193 (1993) Miniature microphone KM 184 (1994) TLM 103 – The “quietest” studio microphone (1997) P.
