Muff's Modules & More

jimmyambulance · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:37 pm Post subject: Water Drip Clock

So this isn't anything new or exciting, but I figured I'd share it because it gave me a bit of joy. I'm constantly trying to come up with different performance interfaces for my live shows. In this vid it's pretty simple: ice melts into a metal bowl affixed with a contact microphone. signal goes into a-119 -> rcd -> rene. i'll try to make a more musical example when i have a chance.

robotfunk · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:48 pm Post subject:

great idea!

infradead · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject:

whoa very cool idea

thebot · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:53 pm Post subject:

That is really cool, great idea. I love contact mics, cheap and versatile is always a great combination in my book.

transistor logic · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:46 pm Post subject:

nice !! I've been wanting contact mics for a while , want them even more now that i see this cool experiment

DonaldCrunk · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:05 pm Post subject:

brilliant!

subterryanean · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:31 pm Post subject:

That's really clever!

Also, Translogic - Contact mics are really easy to make, and I'm pretty damn terrible at soldering, they're about the only thing I can do that works for any prolonged period of time. Just do a search, they're a few good simple "pictorial" instructions out there. I'd like to try my hand at making a simple piezo pre amp one of these days, but I really havn't found the need for one when just sending the mic through some pedals into a amp or mixer.

sentimentalist · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:41 am Post subject:

Cool!!!
Great idea.
Waiting for your longer musical example/composition/performance!!!
Good luck.

mirarimusic · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:36 am Post subject:

love it

Nesto · Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:12 am Post subject:

Fantastic!
I have finally been inspired to get an envelope follower

wbkennedy1 · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:40 am Post subject:

woah, wayyyy cool.. ilove those sounds coming out of the modular too. its like water dripping in a cold vast gravity-less echo chamber suspended in space. how does it sound when you pour water into the bucket??like crazy noise?

glitchpop · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:10 am Post subject:

Really cool (but warming up) twisted

mirarimusic · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject:

niiiiice

zapp550 · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:29 am Post subject:

Love this video, every time I watch this it reminds me how open modulars really are

Squall · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:12 am Post subject:

Thank you. I had a cheap contact mic sitting around but probably would never have thought of this. I attached it to a cardboard phone box and sent that to an envelope generator. Now I have crude but definitely useable drum trigger. So much fun.

soul · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:36 pm Post subject:

Excellent...Excellent. Great work, both audibly and visually.

Spanningtree · Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:44 pm Post subject:

Very innovative! SlayerBadger!

j.precursor · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:11 am Post subject:

Brilliant work! thumbs up

love it, been looking about for creative ideas on performing with the modular.

Soundoferror · Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:40 pm Post subject:

great!, nice to see something out of the ordinary as a trigger/source. and ice/water is close to our hearts.
visually cool as well

as an aside, michael colligan here in chicago is in a project called Friction Brothers and uses dry ice that he then applies hot kettles to. lovely friction scraping sounds. no modular but ice. sorry for the detour.
cheers &
happy new year

lloydcole · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 8:45 pm Post subject:

This is great. It could make a wonderful installation.

DerHeinrich · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:46 am Post subject:

Very cool idea!

Northbest · Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:01 pm Post subject:

I love the sounds! A sharp recording would make for some really great and unique percussion samples.

cracki · Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:56 pm Post subject:

stevelew · Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:46 pm Post subject:

This is awesome. I had put my a 119 away because I never used it, I hooked it back up about a week ago and I can't keep my hands off of it. Now I think I need two or three!