I love experimenting with piezo mics. I "stereo" mic'ed a cabasa by taping one to the flat end and using a dynamic on the chains, panning hard L&R. Really cool sound! I wonder what it would sound like if you took an old bass head, taped a piezo mic to that, then suspended it in the room somewhere. It would be way less resonant than a rigid material, but should still capture a lot of sound (I would theorize). You could use the angle of the head to shape what sounds are getting picked up maybe? Keep it perpendicular to the cymbals?
Thanks algorithm - great experiment and amazing results, really. Experiments don't normally work out that way lol you learn stuff but they don't usually have some breakthrough watershed moment like this. Thanks for putting this up so we could find it!
Oeksound Soothe might be a good tool to help mitigate whatever resonant frequencies are in whatever you're sticking the piezo on. It's pretty much designed to do things exactly like that.
Wow! This video is really taking off. I knew it would get some views but I think I really might have struck upon something here. Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Thank you so much! Wow, this video is kinda blowing up! I will be recording a drum cover of Zepp's Nobody's Fault But Mine in the next few days. I'll do a complete explanation video of the entire tracking/mixing process along with it.
That is true. But I had been struggling to get that massive big room distortion sound before I started messing around with this. The Bonham drum sound is incomplete without that. And it all has to do with isolating out the cymbals. In a bigger room it isn't a problem. But in smaller rooms the cymbals just bounce around everywhere because there's no where else for that energy to go. You start adding heavy compression and distortion to that and it's game over in a full mix. You may already know that, but I wish I had stated that clearly when I was making this video.
I buy the piezo elements off Amazon for about a buck a piece off Amazon. I got them to tape to drum heads for triggers but the uses are endless. I think the video you saw was using the principle of boundary microphonics. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_microphone
My Nobody's Fault But Mine drum cover is up! ua-cam.com/video/r9p_2kN9SvM/v-deo.html
Wow what a groove! and great drum sound! Your drumming is excellent. Subscribed🔥
Very John Bonham !!! Really nice! I could listen to that all day long! 👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much!
I love experimenting with piezo mics. I "stereo" mic'ed a cabasa by taping one to the flat end and using a dynamic on the chains, panning hard L&R. Really cool sound!
I wonder what it would sound like if you took an old bass head, taped a piezo mic to that, then suspended it in the room somewhere. It would be way less resonant than a rigid material, but should still capture a lot of sound (I would theorize). You could use the angle of the head to shape what sounds are getting picked up maybe? Keep it perpendicular to the cymbals?
That would be interesting to see! Thanks for watching.
Thanks algorithm - great experiment and amazing results, really.
Experiments don't normally work out that way lol you learn stuff but they don't usually have some breakthrough watershed moment like this.
Thanks for putting this up so we could find it!
Thanks for watching!
Oeksound Soothe might be a good tool to help mitigate whatever resonant frequencies are in whatever you're sticking the piezo on. It's pretty much designed to do things exactly like that.
Yeah, That one is definitely on the list of "expensive plugins to buy when I can justify it economically."
This is a super interesting approach to getting a big room tone. I might have to get a contact mic out and try this!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Love your excitement about this subject! Keep goin!
Thank you so much! 😁
That’s crazy how much the piezo picks up
Ikr? I doubt I'm the first person to ever try this. But if I'm not, why isn't everybody doing this?
I've heard of the use of boundary mics such as the Shure SM91 for such uses. Yours is a much cheaper option. Very interesting. Thanks for the idea!
Wow! This video is really taking off. I knew it would get some views but I think I really might have struck upon something here.
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Awesome!
Thanks for watching!
Loving this sound. Would be interested in your signal chain and your decisions on verb and delay sends. Great sound !
Thank you so much! Wow, this video is kinda blowing up!
I will be recording a drum cover of Zepp's Nobody's Fault But Mine in the next few days. I'll do a complete explanation video of the entire tracking/mixing process along with it.
The video I promised is up! ua-cam.com/video/-TbD6HuYJuw/v-deo.html
To be fair.... you had a pretty gigantic sound even without it!
That is true. But I had been struggling to get that massive big room distortion sound before I started messing around with this. The Bonham drum sound is incomplete without that. And it all has to do with isolating out the cymbals. In a bigger room it isn't a problem. But in smaller rooms the cymbals just bounce around everywhere because there's no where else for that energy to go. You start adding heavy compression and distortion to that and it's game over in a full mix.
You may already know that, but I wish I had stated that clearly when I was making this video.
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Thanks for watching!
I buy the piezo elements off Amazon for about a buck a piece off Amazon. I got them to tape to drum heads for triggers but the uses are endless. I think the video you saw was using the principle of boundary microphonics. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_microphone
Ah! I've heard of that but never really looked into how it works.