The Go-Filter Microphone

Handcrafted by Tony Palermo

The Go-Filter microphone is the professional way to render the sound of a voice heard over a telephone, walky-talky or radio. Go-Filter mics sound exactly like a telephone because they ARE telephones--with both the tinny tone and slight distortion. The Go-Filter mic--the name’s a play on gefilte fish--is made out of 1960s-70s telephone components, wired-up, grounded and acoustically damped to function like a conventional microphone.

As a world-renowned radio drama artist, I've used my Go-Filter mics on radio drama shows for years. They don't hum, don't feed back, don't have problems with popping P's, don't pick up "bleed" from actors NOT on mic, and look so "Flash Gordon-ly" different from conventional mics that cast members won't mistake them for a regular mic--or vice versa.

While the Go-Filter mic's housing is steel, its nylon face-plate and vintage grille cloth allows actors to manually produce the hang-up clicks you hear through the telephone line by flicking their fingernails on the ribbed grille cloth or tapping on the face-plate. The face-plate is also easily wiped clean, for good hygiene.

Besides mimicking telephone voices, musicians from rock bands like Tool and Queens of the Stone Age have used Go-Filter mics on stage and in studio--for everything from micing vocals to guitar amps and even drums. Rock producer, Joe Barresi bought a dozen Go-Filters to serve as "sonic secret weapons" providing highly unusual sounds.

NOTE: Go-Filter mics get past airport security with no hassles. I travel with them all the time.

The telephone element is enclosed in a sturdy metal body with a 6-foot male XLR cable attached, and a standard mic stand mount. You just plug them into a typical mic cable and run them into your mixer. If you apply some reverb or delay, you can easily mimic a stadium, spaceship or airport p.a. sound. Please note that just like a telephone, you should speak very closely into the Go-Filter mic--it is a telephone, after all.

You can listen to an MP3 clip that demonstrates the Go-Filter mic in action 

     RuyaSonic Go-Filer Mic demo - MP3 (5.4 MB)

--HOW TO ORDER--

PRICES:
Go-Filter mic:                             $60.00 USD
Shipping, Handling & Insurance:    $15.00  (for U.S. and Canada) - Higher shipping prices apply for European and Asian orders, so contact:

HOW TO PAY:

I accept credit card payments via the free and secure www.PayPal.com service.

1) Go to the www.PayPal.com website, click on the “Send Money” button, and register for free.

2) Use my e-mail address of: to send the money to my PayPal account.

3) PayPal has an info box on their payment page that allows you to send a note to me, use it to specify WHAT you are ordering (I offer many different items). For all orders, include your full postal-mail address.
NOTE: If you do not specify WHAT you are ordering, I cannot ship you ANYTHING.  

4) NOTE: You must pay in U.S. dollars—which is easy to do on Paypal.
For how-to info, see: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/sell/mc/mc_send-outside

DELIVERY:
Once your payment has been received, your Go-Filter mic be shipped via U.S. Priority Mail. Domestic customers will receive their mics in about 3 business days.

If you have any questions, contact:

TONY PALERMO is an audio theatre producer, performer, and educator living in Los Angeles, California.
He performs professionally, conducts workshops, and produces programs for hire.

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