I hooked an electromagnetic pickup to my field recorder and you won't believe the sounds that came out

Sorry about the tabloid, click-bait topic title. :wink:

ā€¦but itā€™s kinda true. Who needs synths when you have cool sound sources and a nice little sampler?

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I got a virus and ad targeted for viagra by clicking on this thread

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Wow! Can you share a bit about the pickup you used in this video? Is it just an ordinary acoustic pickup, or did you find one that is more sensitive to electronic equipment?

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Looks similar to some of the accessories from the Koma Field Kit? Another great video Carl!

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The glass of ice water was :heart_eyes:

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I would also be curious about this information. For both pickups- actually.

Cool video! Thanks for sharing!

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Thatā€™s exactly it. The electromagnetic pickup from the Field Kit.

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The contact mic is also from the Field Kit. But itā€™s just an ordinary piezo element. Cheap as chips! And fun.

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Thanks Carl! Iā€™ve just ordered one of these, since I didnā€™t want the entire Koma accessories pack:

From what Iā€™ve read in my short research today, these are adequate to pick up EM activity. Although one can probably be found for cheaper (this one has prime shipping - and I am impatient :smiley: ).

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Thatā€™s probably pretty exactly the type of mic Iā€™ve got. Much fun!

How is the zoom?

Looks fun and good to get me out the house

Oh. Itā€™s great. From field recording, to pods, to recording your stereo out from the mixer. Or six separate tracks if you wish.

I use it quite frequently.

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Just for fun tooā€¦

Love the Zoom- mics are fantastic useful all purpose portable recorder, havenā€™t tried it as an interface- but I should

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I have the H5 (wish now I had the H6). Took it on vacation with me along with a synth. Worked well as an audio interface :D.

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I came across this today while researching EM pickups. Looks awesome!!

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Then- I suppose that Iā€™ll just have to sell my current interface and try working exclusively from the H6 for hardware.

Iā€™m almost tempted to do away with my plans for DT and instead keep my MDUW, get a TM-1 and use that as my controller(serious thought in my head- downside- lack of real keyboard input for programming notes in, but itā€™s definitely a consideration)

Oh snap! @CarlMikaelBjork- to get those lovely mics Iā€™d only have to purchase the expansion for the field kit and not the field kit itself?!

@ryan - yeah.

Or just go to amazon and search for ā€œpiezo elementā€, ā€œcontact micā€ or ā€œelectromagnetic pickupā€ - thatā€™ll most likely be cheaper.

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Thanks!