<hanging head in shame>
You're right Shemp. In my desperation to get the track out the door, I
really didn't take advantage of the 940's unique characteristics. But I have
to disagree a bit--I find that the unique weight distribution of the
MOTM-900 makes for a richer (some might say "phatter") ringing sound when
dropped from great heights. My best results have been from mounting one of
the older Radio Shack PZM mics right on the faceplate so that it can pick up
the "wind" sounds as it spirals (due to the aforementioned weight
distribution) to the ground. The headphones would still be used to pick up
the impact.
Now if I could only figure out how to get it to continue to spit out voltage
after impact, I'd be all set. I tried wrapping it in egg cartons, but those
really suck acoustically. I spent a lot of money on a long-enough extension
cord to use the module properly, and I'll be annoyed if I can't make that
investement pay off.
In a couple days I'll talk about using self-oscillating filters to make dogs
self-oscillate, then patching them into the 120. Lots of fun and sounds
great (not so much fun for my dogs however--I think they require lower
voltage or something).
David.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tentochi [mailto:tentochi@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:11 AM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [motm] Biv
>
>
> From: "Tentochi" <tentochi@...>
>
> I listened to your tracks. It think your MOTM '940 sounds terrible! Try
> and make better sonic use of ALL your modules next time.
>
> I recommend taking your headphones into a preamp into the '410. Lay the
> headphones on the ground and drop the '940 from a 10-story building right
> next to the headphones. The '940 is definitely one of the best sounding
> modules in the MOTM arsenal. Because of the circuitry in the
> '940, it has a
> much better ring to it on rebound that the other modules too.
> The frequency
> of the bounce is also much longer that the other modules due to its light
> weight.
>
> The biggest complaint about the '940 is the lack of LEDs to
> indicate bounce
> frequency in real time.
>
> All sound is good. Praise be to sound!
>
> --Shemp
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: velure [mailto:velure@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:53 PM
> > To: motm@onelist.com
> > Subject: Re: [motm] Biv
> >
> >
> > From: "velure" <velure@...>
> >
> > > He used the ∗prototype∗, JH hand-built on perf board.
> >
> > hey everyone check out my mp3 site. i used every motm module
> to date and
> > then some they haven't even been thought up yet. send me prototypes :P
> >
> > is that how you did it Biv?
> >
> > -steve
> >
> >
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