Fun things upon which to stick a contact mic?

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:44 pm

Just got a pair of most excellently constructed contact mics in from Cryptic Carousel Records for $16 total (free shipping!).

Can't wait to test these bad boys out and see what fun noises I can capture.

Anybody got some unique, off-the-normal ideas as far as things I could put them on?

Thinking more fun noises and textures than Top 40 Album material here.

kslight · Post by **kslight** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:05 pm

Strap it to your throat.

winky dinglehoffer · Post by **winky dinglehoffer** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:28 pm

slinky (metal, natch.)

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Wed May 30, 2012 11:22 pm

Appliances.

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:52 am

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click where it says "video" to see some kids who brought in different stuff to try with a contact mic:
http://www.ubertar.com/kids1.html

nobody, really · Post by **nobody, really** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:47 pm

big stainless mixing bowl half filled w/ water.
sliding glass door.

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:51 pm

Ride Cymbal.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:18 am

Ooh.... good stuff. Love the m8xing bowl idea especially.

sonocide6 · Post by **sonocide6** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:04 am

I am part of an extremely apathetic group that does some ambient black metal. (We probably only get together once or twice a year!) One of the other guys has created some very cool textures by attaching contact mics to metal plates (and other things) and then dragging them across various surfaces (concrete floors, carpet, wooden floors). Just some ideas!

Zacharia Matilda · Post by **Zacharia Matilda** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:53 am

Heating/cooling ducts

tonewoods · Post by **tonewoods** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:04 pm

Smitty wrote:Just got a pair of most excellently constructed contact mics in from Cryptic Carousel Records for $16 total (free shipping!).

Wow...
Are those Hi or Lo Z mics??
How do they sound?
I've got a tuba that needs some help...

Brett Siler · Post by **Brett Siler** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:15 pm

Just last night I finished a session where a guy had a contact mike hooked up to a skateboard deck. We amplified it through a bass amp, distorted it and it sounded huge!

Also long time ago I played a show and a guy named Noiseman337 (or something like that) and he had a contact mike hooked up to some sheet metal and into about 4 or 5 different pedals. It sounded insane.

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:30 pm

Brett Siler wrote:Just last night I finished a session where a guy had a contact mike hooked up to a skateboard deck. We amplified it through a bass amp, distorted it and it sounded huge!

Potentially stupid question here, but what was he doing with the skate deck to make it make noise? I kinda hope he was actually skating on it...

Brett Siler · Post by **Brett Siler** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:05 pm

ha I wish he was skating it! There weren't any trucks or wheels on the skateboard, just the deck. He was playing it with his hands and some times feet as a percussion instrument. We put it through a big muff and then into an ampeg head and 4x10 cab, scooped the mids and boosted the bass and high mids. It sounded like a kick drum. It didn't sound distorted either just really huge and thick.

stylus flanger · Post by **stylus flanger** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:50 pm

i'd like to hear it on the backboard from a street ball slam dunk contest. post results.

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