Saturday, February 23, 2008

If anyone can figure out how to do this, I'd love to try it.
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Anonymous said...

It's a water thermin! Hot! It's beautiful, like rubbing your wet finger along the edge of a well-made wine glass.

We did something like this with goldfish in a tank, though it didn't sound anything like that. The pitch was much lower and not nearly as tonal, more like...body noises. Those must be amped way up to get such a clear note.

On second look, though, I think those might be contact microphones set up to give off a certain tone when the water's vibration hits them. In fact, I'm almost sure that's what it is. You're not actually hearing the resonance of the water, as with the glass, but the vibrations of the water set to five different pitches. That's why the notes don't change in pitch, only volume. Not so much a thermin as an electronic marimba.

Still pretty hot, though. You could combine the fish/contact mic idea into some interesting performance art.

2/26/2008 2:35 AM

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