This group is dedicated to all styles and aspects of pre-war jazz.
It was named after the Red Hot Jazz Archives, with kind permission of Mr Scott Alexander.
Since we were wondering how an acoustical/ecletrical combination could exist, I just offered the presence of a horn coupled to the carbon mic as a possibility.
Thanks to Nick for the investment of time and knowledge. The Mainspring Marsh article I posted earlier mentions 'sound collectors' for carbon microphones and I
I believe the first microphones were carbon granule or carbon button types, adapted from telephony. Perhaps in the Truetone system, collecting horns were
Dave, I can't say for certain if a hybrid acoustic-electric system did or didn't exist, so I'll have to do some digging. But I'm scratching my head trying to