[sdiy] Kazooka

[Pete Niedermayr]

I was down for 3 weeks and I had 1800 messages !
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peng 
  To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:38 AM
  Subject: Re: [sdiy] Kazooka


  Hi y'all,

    Just got my internet connection back and I'm wading thru 350+ messeges. Ouch !!!!
  Aww, who am I kidding. I'm enjoying myself and it's nice to be back...home.

  Harry Bissell Jr <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
    The FAQ claims it is a magnetic pickup... I'd suspect
    its a telephone pickup coil from the dark ages...

    The diaphram would have to be metallic in that case...

    ~or~ its a dynamic microphone element.

    I've found that electric kazoos are VERY prone to
    feedback in live applications....


    -------I would put it VERY,ULTRA,MEGA prone to feedback !!!!!!!  I use a momentary footswitch to enable playing which can give a cool side benefit. You can get an effect kinda like when DJs toss the talkback switch back and forth. Hold a note (a hum) and start steppin'.


    so I have a "Kazoozaphone" which joins a trumpet bell
    and a standard kazoo for those all important gigs...

    H^) harry


    --- "Metzger, Michael A" 
    wrote:

    > Kazooka.....this looks like a cool little device.
    > Thanks Peng!
    >
    http://www.broadjam.com/artists/artistindex.asp?artistID=7034
    >

    > 
    > 
    > My guess is it's just a small piezo mic next to the
    > kazoo's resonator. But the
    > cable also looks like it's coming out of some
    > shrinkwrap on the end. I wonder
    > how it's made.
    > Peng - can you shed any light on this?
    > 
    > It could be used to control pitch, of course. But I
    > wonder how suited it is for
    > use as a modulation source. It looks to be worth
    > experimenting with.
    > Interrrrresting!
    > 
    > Mike
    > 
    > 
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
    > [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf
    > Of Peng
    > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 5:12 PM
    > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
    > Subject: Re: [sdiy] BLGate Switch ---- Electric
    > Kazoo
    > 
    > 
    > Have you heard of the Kazooka ? Not sure if your
    > looking for an actual electric
    > kazoo. I enjoy mine and it was cheap, too ( $15 ).
    > 
    > P.
    > 
    > 





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