An updated design for the popular passive magnetic contact mic. Taking the same features of the more capable Active Contact Mic, the new version has a larger 20mm diameter piezo disc housed in a waterproof 3D printed ABS enclosure, on a high quality, 3m / 9ft long screened microphone cable terminating in your choice of Neutrik audio plugs - 3.5mm minijack, 1/4" / 6.35mm jack or XLR. A velcro cable tie and metal carry tin are useful features that now come as standard.
Designed with external field recording in mind, for amplifying metal structures such as bridges, masts, gates or any other ferrous metal source. Piezos are only really useful when firmly held in place, and the magnet in this assembly does just that, leaving your hands free to tend to recording equipment and/or unleash your inner percussionist on metal things. A great sound design tool.
Please note this type of passive piezo contact mic will work best with a dedicated piezo impedance matching preamplifier. If you have a field recorder with XLR input it is recommended to purchase the Active Magnetic Contact Microphone as this has a built in preamp. The passive version will still work with standard microphone preamps as found on field recorders, mixers and audio interfaces, however due to the high pass filtering behaviour of unmatched piezos, the low end of the frequency spectrum will be attenuated below around 200Hz.
Designed with external field recording in mind, for amplifying metal structures such as bridges, masts, gates or any other ferrous metal source. Piezos are only really useful when firmly held in place, and the magnet in this assembly does just that, leaving your hands free to tend to recording equipment and/or unleash your inner percussionist on metal things. A great sound design tool.
Please note this type of passive piezo contact mic will work best with a dedicated piezo impedance matching preamplifier. If you have a field recorder with XLR input it is recommended to purchase the Active Magnetic Contact Microphone as this has a built in preamp. The passive version will still work with standard microphone preamps as found on field recorders, mixers and audio interfaces, however due to the high pass filtering behaviour of unmatched piezos, the low end of the frequency spectrum will be attenuated below around 200Hz.