{"product_id":"synthrotek-sound-study-modular-kontact-mic","title":"Synthrotek Sound Study Modular Kontact MIC","description":"Brand: Synthrotek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kontact MIC is a lo-fi theme park. It's a Eurorack microphone preamp with a piezo contact mic built into the panel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe creative applications are endless: finger percussion\/rubbing\/scratching, guitar input (works surprisingly well with just a little lofi crunch), acoustic sources to CV, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe PCB fibreglass has quite a nice rough texture - rubbing it with a finger or a plectrum creates quite a wide range of sounds. The back of the panel is plated to expand the surface area of the contact mic. The mic will also pick up all the physical sounds in your modular - patching, cables rustling, switches, fingers on knobs - without picking up airborne sounds i.e. the sound your modular is making. At very high sound levels will pick up vibrations from the speaker output and start to feedback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe module will work with both DIYed contact mics made from inexpensive piezo transducers, off the shelf contact mics (often called Piezo Pickups) made for guitars and violins which you can pick up for ten bucks from Amazon or eBay or more bespoke mics like the popular Jez Riley French models (including hydrophones!) which are firmly aimed at Sound Designers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is an easy way to bring environmental noise and feedback into a modular system, inspired by the early days of electroacoustic music in Paris and Cologne, and by the contact microphone and phonograph cartridge experiments of John Cage, Gordon Mumma, Robert Ashley and Nicholas Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiezo mic soldered to the backside of the front panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMic preamp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInput jack (switches off the piezo mic when used)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGain knob\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutput jack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack panel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• The Kontact MIC is a lo-fi theme park.\u003cbr\u003e• It's a Eurorack microphone preamp with a piezo contact mic built into the panel.\u003cbr\u003e• The creative applications are endless: finger percussion\/rubbing\/scratching, guitar input, acoustic sources to CV, etc.\u003cbr\u003e• The PCB fibreglass has quite a nice rough texture - rubbing it with a finger or a plectrum creates quite a wide range of sounds.\u003cbr\u003e• The back of the panel is plated to expand the surface area of the contact mic.","brand":"Synthrotek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51891594559770,"sku":"MCAB09B8T16XQ","price":71.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6772\/2266\/files\/51MEo6Vo_BL.jpg?v=1775146679","url":"https:\/\/craftedyogi.com\/products\/synthrotek-sound-study-modular-kontact-mic","provider":"Craftedyogi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}