The mic attaches close to the surface and wax doesn’t suppress vibrations. Needs a bit of time to warm it up in fingers, yet after some time is very flexible and can be pressed hard. Can brake paint from the surface, though…īee wax leaves marks, sometimes hard to remove. The second wax (colored one) is a bit softer and mic can be pressed closer to the surface.Īdvantage of Blue-Tack and bee wax is that you can reuse it many times and it adheres harder to the surface (you can place them verically, which is hard when using tape).īlue-Tack leaves no marks on the surface and is quick to use. But high freq details will be important when pitching down. It’s hard to say if it’s because of mic placement, amount of wax and pressure applied or wax type. What is interesting, is that different types of wax gives slightly different timbre/brightness. Bee wax as I thought gives more high freq details. JrF C-Series mic is interesting considering it’s price, especially with bee wax.ĭefinitely Barcus Berry wins this comparison because it’s freq range. Note that I have used no adhesive on them. ![]() Hydrophones have less transients and details, which is not surprising. – Barcus Berry Plenar Wave System attached using original 3M tape: To compare results I did second round, recording scrapes on metal briefcase. – Barcus Berry Plenar Wave System attached using colored bee wax: – Barcus Berry Plenar Wave System attached using pure granulated bee wax: – Barcus Berry Plenar Wave System attached using Blue-Tack: – JrF C-Series Contact Mic with Hosa Transformer attached using colored bee wax: – JrF C-Series Contact Mic with Hosa Transformer attached using pure granulated bee wax: ![]() – JrF C-Series Contact Mic with Hosa Transformer attached using Blue-Tack: – JrF D-Series Hydrophone with Hosa Transformer (no adhesive used): – Aquarian H2a Hydrophone in suction cup (no adhesive used): Barcus mic is bigger / attached in two places, which might give more complex sound. Even with such a small prop you can get wide range of sounds, attaching it in different places. Placement of contact mic is extremely important. I have compared them all and here are results.Īs a sound source #1 I used milk blender engine, which you might be familiar with from my previous post. I found natural bee wax in different internet shops: for artists of for kids to play (=artists). You can get super interesting sounds for designing and layering this way.įor Barcus Berry, first I was using double sided 3M adhesive tape which came up with the mic and when I run out of it I started using Blue-Tack, following Tim Prebble’s wise advices.īoth Tim and the great Ann Kroeber (if you haven’t before, than definitely check this great Tonebenders podcast episode with her, where she’s sharing her amazing field recording experiences) also mentioned using bee wax for attaching contact mics to the surface. I adore recording using different types of microphones at the same time – shotgun mics, contact mics and/or induction coils. It gave nicely deep low end.įor JrF mics it’s worth to use Hosa MIT-129 Impedance Transformer, which results in much better noise floor and wider frequency range. Recently I have recorded my own heart beat for a feature film “Bogowie” (“Gods”) which I was supervising, using JrF hydrophone and the sound was very nice and interesting (clean and wide range). You can use hydrophones as a contact mics, getting interesting results. They give unique perspective for field recording and results are always unknown, which I find exciting. ![]() Since I love recording using contact mics, I have a few of them. Shootout of different contact microphones I own and methods of attaching them to the surface. This is something I was planning to do for some time.
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