Re: [microsound] re: contact mics

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Pete

This is a post from the alt.noise ng, hope it's of some use...

Cheers

Paul


> Contact mics, can be made from a piezo transducer. You can buy one at
radio
> Shack for $1.47. It's small and round and is encased in black plastic,
with a
> black wire and a red wire exposed. Take the black plastic casing off, (use
> needle nosed plyers) this will expose a flat gold disc. This is your
contact
> mic. Now you need a stereo wire. This can also be purchased at Radio Shack
for
> around $5, for a 40 ft wire.
> On one end of the wire there will be two exposed bare wires, on the other
end
> will be a quarter inch jack (this is the way they are sold, and it's the
one
> you want) Alot of people solder the mic to the two exposed ends, I suggest
> buying some alligator clips insted. plug in the quarter inch into a mic
jack on
> your mixer, or amp or directly into a tape recorder, this might mean
getting
> another adapter to convert the quater inch.. Than tape the mic to anything
that
> vibrates etc. Make sure that it's taped firmly to whatever you're going to
> record. That's it! This is from Bargain Basement's beginner's guide to
noise
> maual. You can write to get a copy. It has all sorts of stuff like this in
it.
>  Contact through Hospitalproductions.8m.com
----- Original Message -----
From: pete gregory <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 12:42 PM
Subject: [microsound] re: contact mics


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> . i get asked about
> these things all the time and i am always happy to send one to some one
> with instructions on how to make more.

>So please can you provide us with more information on contact mics.
>How to make them, how people have used them and any other
>pertinent information to your explorations with them.

>Your insight and knowledge would be greatly appreciated

It would be greatly appreciated here too. Keep it simple too, as I'm thick
as shit.