Re: OT: Found sounds, contact mic recommendation

["Tony K" <bigtonyk@gmail.com>]

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:
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> 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


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