In a recent blog post over at Boom Box Post, company co-owner Kate Finan discusses here recent experiments -- and successes -- in using contact microphones for underwater recording. It's a great examination of some of the alternatives available for the (sometimes expensive) commercially available hydrophones on the market. … [Read more...]
HISS and a ROAR Contact Mic, Tim Prebble Explores the Lack of Acoustic
CONTACT MIC is a new library of sound design source material recorded by Tim Prebble and released by HISSandaROAR, including 1,556 sounds recorded at 192kHz/24-Bit using contact microphones. Recording with contact microphones is fascinating territory to explore due to the unpredictable results; it encourages experimentation! Inspired by the incredible work of Alan Splet and … [Read more...]