Freesound Forums

been inspired by this

http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/197715/

Love it! so much so I want to go make some of my own..

sooooooooo

which mic does some one recommend? actually i dont want toooo expensive as I am thinkin about some wheels sounds on mud and sand... they might get run over hahahaha

ho about a low end suggesttion and a mid end suggestion?

thought I spotted somethin somewhere about mod'ing a radio shack PZM?

thankyou!

martian!

Its cheaper to build your own. There are a few ways to construct contact microphones.

Take a look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjbvSwBUvs

(if you don't have a glue gun, you can probably find another way of securing the transducer, maybe some gum-like strong blue tac or other glue)

For PZM (boundary mics)- you could use the Primo EM172 capsules and wood for the surface.
for contact mics- buy a few piezo elements from farnell/Digikey/conrad and use Susanne Grunewald's excellent guide for constructing them:
http://www.suzannesoundcreations.com/diy-pickup-mics-piezos-part-ii/

I also really recommend building a simple "impedance buffer" for your piezo's, because they have very high impedance, much higher then your average mic preamp input. Using such a buffer between your piezo and preamp really improves the bass response and overall sound. The buffer I built myself is based on the following guide:

http://www.till.com/articles/GuitarPreamp/

Head-Phaze wrote:
Its cheaper to build your own. There are a few ways to construct contact microphones.

Take a look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjbvSwBUvs

(if you don't have a glue gun, you can probably find another way of securing the transducer, maybe some gum-like strong blue tac or other glue)

ok pretty simple - like how he deals with the cat- I have that problem a lot... actually a lot of my quiet recordigns have quiet cat snores in ......

Yuval wrote:
For PZM (boundary mics)- you could use the Primo EM172 capsules and wood for the surface.
for contact mics- buy a few piezo elements from farnell/Digikey/conrad and use Susanne Grunewald's excellent guide for constructing them:
http://www.suzannesoundcreations.com/diy-pickup-mics-piezos-part-ii/

I also really recommend building a simple "impedance buffer" for your piezo's, because they have very high impedance, much higher then your average mic preamp input. Using such a buffer between your piezo and preamp really improves the bass response and overall sound. The buffer I built myself is based on the following guide:

http://www.till.com/articles/GuitarPreamp/

nice tips - yes the pre-amp...

I have a nice street not so far from me that has lots of electronics shops...

thanks