Ariel DSP Microphone

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Title: Ariel DSP Microphone
Post by: pentium on June 04, 2015, 06:50:55 PM
I promised a few people that I would post some photos since well, there are none.  :wink:

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Plus to top it off, what better way to test it than with a video! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUCC1BU2R4k)

I'm a bit concerned about the left channel though. Both the VU meter and the LED indicator say there is some form of input but the channel is otherwise totally dead.
Title: Re: Ariel DSP Microphone
Post by: NeXTnewbe on May 24, 2025, 06:01:50 AM
I wonder who else in this forum has one of this Ariel DSP microphones

Title: Re: Ariel DSP Microphone
Post by: Andreas on May 25, 2025, 07:51:45 AM
Quote from: NeXTnewbe on May 24, 2025, 06:01:50 AMI wonder who else in this forum has one of this Ariel DSP microphones
I had two of these - one selled on eBay.
Title: Re: Ariel DSP Microphone
Post by: cuby on May 25, 2025, 10:06:17 AM
Quite a bit of hardware inside, but the only exotic parts seem to be the Motorola 56ADC16 ADC chips, which can still be found on ebay for ~$9.

So it should be possible to build a clone...
Title: Re: Ariel DSP Microphone
Post by: NeXTnewbe on July 31, 2025, 06:40:12 AM
Quote from: cuby on May 25, 2025, 10:06:17 AMQuite a bit of hardware inside, but the only exotic parts seem to be the Motorola 56ADC16 ADC chips, which can still be found on ebay for ~$9.

So it should be possible to build a clone...

it is possible, but we need a bit more information to reverse engineer it

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