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David Letterman has traded in his 77DX (prop) for something else (prop).
It looks like a U47 FET. What is it actually?

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Do you suppose he had/has either mic "ON" ?


"Ty Ford" <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:48:05 -0400, mcp6453 wrote
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>> David Letterman has traded in his 77DX (prop) for something else (prop).
>> It looks like a U47 FET. What is it actually?
>
> Saw that. Given the penchant to copy anything that looks like a Neumann,
> it
> could be ANYTHING. I was thinking maybe an M 147.
>
> Ty Ford
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:56:51 -0700, "My Last Sigh"
<mylastsigh@comcast.net> wrote:

>Do you suppose he had/has either mic "ON" ?

Maybe it's just there in case everything else fails...

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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:56:51 -0400, My Last Sigh wrote
(in article <C7SdnRO1kLyJKnTfRVn-sQ@comcast.com> ):

> Do you suppose he had/has either mic "ON" ?


Usually not. It's more for show. It would comb filter with his lav. It is
wired in, but you'd really hear it when he does the pencil mic thing.

They also have a boom op on the show, just in case.

Ty Ford



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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 03:48:05 GMT, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>David Letterman has traded in his 77DX (prop) for something else (prop).
>It looks like a U47 FET. What is it actually?

The last 77 had the ribbon removed and a shure mike capsule installed.