HawkeyeKane
1917 posts
Jul 28, 2013
4:06 PM
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I just caught this on Technobird's eBay store. Aside from things like ring mics, I think this has to be the smallest harp mic I've ever laid eyes on!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Vintage-Piezo-DX-75-Mini-Harp-Mic-Harmonica-Microphone-Hi-Z-Hot-Tone-L-K-/221256488489?pt=US_Pro_Audio_Microphones&hash=item3383ea1629
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tookatooka
3415 posts
Jul 28, 2013
4:35 PM
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This is how it sounds.
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HawkeyeKane
1920 posts
Jul 28, 2013
4:44 PM
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Well that ain't half bad if you ask me! Helluva lot better than any ring mic I've ever laid ears on.
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nacoran
6979 posts
Jul 28, 2013
5:04 PM
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The trick isn't getting them small, but keeping the recording qualities high. A quick Google, and the smallest mics seem to be for hearing aids.
http://www.dvice.com/archives/2012/01/worlds_smallest.php
Of course, there are smaller ones in the harp world too. Turboharp, for instance, has a harp with a laser pickup built in for each reed.
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HawkeyeKane
1922 posts
Jul 28, 2013
6:55 PM
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@nacoran
The ELX is an amazing piece of engineering to be sure. But it's not technically a microphone. It's an optical pickup. It uses light to measure vibrations in a reed, much in the same way a guitar pickup measures a string's vibrations magnetically, and then translates it into an audio signal.
A microphone is just that. A microphone. It picks up the acoustic frequencies attainable by its element.
I've asked Jim Anataki if he intends to develop it further, like to the point being able to punch any key into a software box, and it then pitch shifts it to that key. So you could have a C harp reeds in the ELX, but have the computer shift it so the notes are that of an A harp. He said it's technically feasible, but he hasn't looked that far ahead just yet.
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Last Edited by HawkeyeKane on Jul 28, 2013 6:56 PM
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Reed Triller
163 posts
Jul 28, 2013
7:19 PM
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Not so fast, partner. I have used the mic on my cell phone earbuds just for kicks.
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HawkeyeKane
1924 posts
Jul 28, 2013
7:21 PM
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Oh Reed, here we go again.....;-)
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Reed Triller
164 posts
Jul 28, 2013
7:42 PM
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lol
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jbone
1316 posts
Jul 28, 2013
8:48 PM
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Astatic 332 is a good small crystal mic as well. Smallest I have owned. It kind of needs a multi-speaker amp and the gain and highs cut way back since it's a crystal element but over all a good small mic. ery light and easy to hold with rounded corners and a squarish shell. It's about the size of that piezo mic.
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nacoran
6983 posts
Jul 29, 2013
2:28 PM
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I actually used to use a computer mic for recording. It was longer than that, but I think only for convenience. I suspect you could cut the stick part out and it would work fine after rewiring. It was possible to get good recordings with it, but only with a lot of effort.
Of course, if you can get accurate sound capture with any device you can mod the sound with software, and you don't have to have the computer power with you in the microphone. There are wireless/bluetooth headphones with microphones. It would be interesting to see what people could do with oddball mics from non-musical setting.
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