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Re: OT: Found sounds, contact mic recommendation



Howdy,

 I have been making contact mics for YEARS with the
rat-shack 27-064. Too bad they no longer sell them. I
guess it's allelectronics from here out.
Rig

 
--- Tony K <bigtonyk@gmail.com> wrote:

> you can make your own contact mic...
> 
> http://home.earthlink.net/~erinys/contactmic.html
> 
> Or, maybe get one of those clip on lapel mics and
> clip it to the
> string.  That might pick up the vibrations and give
> you some
> interesting sounds.
> 
>
http://www.radioshack.com/sm-hands-free-tie-clip-omnidirectional-electret--pi-2102927.html
> 
> Tony
> 
> On 10/1/07, Veda, Qua <qua.veda@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I'd like to record some found sounds by mic'ing a
> string connected to
> > various items.   The string would have some
> tension in it.   I'm imagining
> > sandwiching the string between a contact mic and a
> hard object , or maybe
> > between two contact mics.
> >
> > Any recommendations of what kind of mic could be
> used to do this?
> >
> > In the meantime, here is a fun musical piece using
> recordings of gargling
> > and splashing in a bath tub
> > http://www.waterdogstudio.com/bowl/
> >
> > -Qua
> 
> 
> -- 
> -==-=-=-
> Tony
> 
> 



       
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