Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 | by matthew mcglynn The crew from
the Discovery Channel’s “How It’s Made” show got a tour of the
Sennheiser/Neumann factory in Wennebostel, and put together a
5-minute broadcast featuring the manufacture of a Neumann U87Ai
microphone. I was especially intrigued to see this, because I
toured the same factory last April, and like the Discovery team,
was able to watch a U87 being made, from the lathes cutting body
parts to the clean room staff assembling capsules, to the final
assembly, sweep testing, and packaging. Read more about my
Sennheiser/Neumann Factory Tour. Here’s the How It’s Made video…
and below that, the transcript. Transcript of Neumann Microphone
segment from How It’s Made: People have been doing mic checks
since 1876, when the microphone was invented as part of the
telephone. Microphones convert sound to a signal that can be
transmitted through televisions, radios, and many other things.
If you have something to say, you’ll need a microphone to
broadcast it. From th