satya Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 https://micpedia.com/ Odratek BV have announced the launch of Micpedia, an online database that provides a wealth of technical information on almost 4500 models of microphone. https://www.soundonsound.com/news/micpedia-website-launched-today 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 it's terrible - let's try the most famous mics of all time: a search for C12 just comes with some random modern clones search for U47 comes up with the modern TF clone a search for U47 Fet points to the OPR clone a search for U67 comes up blank try a more modern classic - Royer r121 - no result - you need to search for R-121 - not Royer or R121 the links themselves are just the manufacturers blurb (EXACT reproduction of a V14 etc ) It's just a weak excuse to try to sell you some product much better is: http://recordinghacks.com/microphones 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, simon said: it's terrible - let's try the most famous mics of all time: a search for C12 just comes with some random modern clones search for U47 comes up with the modern TF clone a search for U47 Fet points to the OPR clone a search for U67 comes up blank try a more modern classic - Royer r121 - no result - you need to search for R-121 - not Royer or R121 the links themselves are just the manufacturers blurb (EXACT reproduction of a V14 etc ) It's just a weak excuse to try to sell you some product much better is: http://recordinghacks.com/microphones The mics are there; the problem is the actual search engine. For example, you need to search for C 12, U 47 Fet, U 67, etc. The entries themselves, for at least for the ones I looked at, were not just manufacturers blurbs. It does look like the recordinghacks site does have way more information though, including frequency response and links to the manufactures' websites. The site itself is butt ugly but that is just my opinion. Edited December 12, 2022 by Doug Rintoul 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 8 hours ago, Doug Rintoul said: The mics are there; the problem is the actual search engine. For example, you need to search for C 12, U 47 Fet, U 67, etc. The entries themselves, for at least for the ones I looked at, were not just manufacturers blurbs. It does look like the recordinghacks site does have way more information though, including frequency response and links to the manufactures' websites. The site itself is butt ugly but that is just my opinion. You're right, the search engine isn't really working effectively. Taking "U 67" as an example - it leads to a page with some information (not as comprehensive as recordinghacks) - then asks you to click for "Micpedia’s article on the U 67". This gives you a 404-error - although the URL it sends you to is a link to the U67 reissue, which isn't actually the same mic. I do agree that recordinghacks looks a bit "web 1.0" but that new (?) site puts all the text in a small scrolling window, so that it may look prettier but isn't nearly as user-friendly (rant over !) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson white Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 it's a side project and they've owned up to the search engine issues here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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