Re: [microsound] contact mic

[Jeremy Tolsma <ccws@xxxxxxxx>]

> I tried this out last night and I have a few words of advice.
>
> 1.  Buy a few of the transducers.  First reason is that they seem to be
> pretty well glued into the casing and can be difficult to get out without
> bending.  Second reason is that the actual "microphone" part that you will
> use is very thing an again may bend especially when you're trying to pull
> it off of a surface you have it mounted to.

just buy the peizo discs at 50cents a pop, then you dont have to open any
plastic casings or pay for them.  Open your yellow pages to 'electronics'
and let your fingers do the walking.

> 2.  The directions explain how to solder your new microphone to a cable
and
> then to a jack.  Given the fragile state of the microphone you're
soldering
> efforts may quickly go to waste when the mic goes bad.  Instead I found a
> pre made cable (also at Radio Shack) that on one end was a 1/4" mono jack
> and on the other end was 2 alligator clips.  This was it's easy to swap
out
> new mics.
>

how do you actually place the mic flat on a surface for recording if its got
a big old alligator clip on it?