RockScience, The Studio

11/15/2025

I have so many donor bodies in stock, I decided to finish a few. These will be going on reverb at a nice price. One of the 770s is a ck12 style. The rest are k47 style. All with cinemag. One of the 990s (blue one) has the fancy mic parts headbasket.

10/01/2025

While I was lasering, thought I'd put a cute nickname on this one. This 920 body has the low cost neutrik transformer (the lo-fi option.)
https://rockscience.net/microphones/

10/01/2025

Sacrificial m-audio Nova body dialing in the laser for various paint colors. That one will end up in my personal locker and have a story.
https://rockscience.net/microphones/

09/17/2025

Getting ready to send out an email blurb about the Laser Engraving. Here's a post on the site with more detail.

RockScience mics retire badges & paint. Every build now laser-engraved with our logo and its config. Same sound, sharper look.

09/11/2025

Marking a couple of 770 bodies.

08/17/2025

I think I'm good on donor bodies for now. Somebody take my ebay away!

05/28/2025

The RS site has been re-built and the mic shop products simplified and clarified (I hope). Have a look

RockScience is a studio for sound, code, and creativity — offering software development, audio production, and custom microphone rebuilds

04/16/2025

Two 770 transformer builds in progress

03/17/2025

Donor Body Alert: The Nova is a great transformer-coupled mic body. It's heavy and pro feeling, has a great headbasket and can be adapted with my boards and capsules with a choice of high-end transformers

This mic is in like new condition in its original box with a bag, mic cable and mic stand hardware. This would be an excellent mic for recording vocals, horns or any other situation. Tried to show it from all angles.

03/14/2025

Donor body alert. This is an older style 991. It's a heavier/thicker-walled body and the bottom screws in (instead of having little teeny tiny set screws that are easy to strip).
My SDC rebuild is a KM84 circuit with choice of transformer (Cinemag, etc) and 3U Audio Capsule (card, super-card, omni)

MXL 991 Small Diaphragm Condenser Microphone Not Tested. Condition is For parts or not working. Shipped with USPS Ground Advantage.

02/27/2025

770 build #1 is in progress. The v1.00 boards arrive and everything actually fits and lines up

02/19/2025

Finally getting around to drawing a MXL-770 footprint board. Same dimensions as the 990 but with external pad and filter switches. The transformer will be on a daughter board on standoffs. Was able to fit the internal pattern switch too! Same BFM (Big F'n Microphone) circuit based on the KM84.