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Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:10 am

In my recently submitted Latin percussion soundfont there's a drumstick click sample with multiple velocity layers. Hickory sticks, too.

cron · Post by **cron** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:14 am

Plug your headphones into the mic socket and shout at them. Works a treat.

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:47 am

cron wrote:Plug your headphones into the mic socket and shout at them. Works a treat.

Holy...

Wow.

You'll need a denoiser if you're going to record this way, though.

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:35 am

geoffkhan wrote:
cron wrote:Plug your headphones into the mic socket and shout at them. Works a treat.
Holy...

Wow.

You'll need a denoiser if you're going to record this way, though.

Maybe not as much as you might first think. I suppose you are assuming there will be a lot of hum pickup from the cable? That will depend on how the cable is constructed. I think I remember some cheap headphones actually using shielded cable. If the cable is at least made in twisted-pair style, it will reject a fair amount of hum. The very low impedance of the headphones should also help reduce noise problems. Depending on the mechanical construction of the headphones, you might even be able to place one earcup directly behind the other one, and simulate a "humbucker" arrangement of the coils. (I'm assuming your headphones are dynamic, as most are.) To get the humbucker effect, you would need a special adapter to convert the stereo headphone signal into a mono "noise canceling" signal.

You just might be able to make a half-decent large-diaphragm dynamic mic from the right pair of headphones. With shielded cable, you could have a stereo pair.

A matching transformer might also be helpful, depending on your preamp.

I should try tinkering with this, just to see what I can come up with.

take care,
McLilith

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:37 am

i once swallowed a pair of inner ear headphones(little bud ones)
tried to get some inner organ sounds,nearly fuckin choked so dont do it at home kids

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:46 am

Wow.

I would never advise anyone to swallow a mic or headphone cartridge, but out of morbid curiousity, did you get any interesting sounds for all that trouble you put yourself through?

It's also a wonder you didn't also get an electric shock to your internal organs, from some freaky piece of studio gear that didn't happen to be grounded properly. If you think it hurts when the sound man doesn't setup the PA properly, and you get a shock on the lips from a hot mic...

Scary stuff.

take care,
McLilith

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:22 pm

no didnt get a sound
started gaggin n chokin before i got chance to press record

had to pull it out and run to the toilet if ya get me

and no i am not trying the other way

Moritz Morpheus MkIII · Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:24 pm

vurt wrote:i once swallowed a pair of inner ear headphones(little bud ones)
tried to get some inner organ sounds,nearly fuckin choked so dont do it at home kids

you´re crazy..

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:28 pm

it was robs fault!thats all im sayin

Andywanders · Post by **Andywanders** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:07 am

vurt wrote:i once swallowed a pair of inner ear headphones(little bud ones)
tried to get some inner organ sounds,nearly fuckin choked so dont do it at home kids

Brilliant..!

1-2-3-4 sample?