Hydrophonic Cocktail
Hydrophone + Ice + Tonic. Sound and cocktail design in one easy step. The latest addition to my microphone quiver is the Aquarian H2a-XLR hydrophone. For less than US$200, you get a really well-built...
View ArticleUnderwater Finger Cymbals
Dipping struck finger cymbals into water creates some great filtering effects. [Credit where credit’s due: This is a technique I’ve always wanted to try, and I first heard of it in a great video by...
View ArticleUnderwater Bowed Metal
Horse hair, water, mic, and wok lid. Now we're cookin'! My last post featured teensy finger cymbals being dipped in water while resonating, recorded with a submerged hydrophone. This time we go a bit...
View ArticleProsumerism
Use gear made by those who make gear they themselves use, and make gear for other users. That's prosumerism. [Gigantic über-thanks to Tim Prebble and Richard Devine for their contributions to this...
View ArticleMagnet + Hydrophone
Magnet + Hydrophone from Noise Jockey on Vimeo. [Did you miss my first video?] It is what is says, people! ;-) I ducked out some handling noise, but for the most part the audio is unaltered. Enjoy.
View ArticleHydromotordrone
Yes, the Noise Jockey Corporate Yacht follows the Noise Jockey Online Branding and Color Usage Guidelines. Kayaking on the Whiskeytown Reservoir in Northern California, I was surrounded by motorboats...
View ArticleMilk Frother
This thing was given to me as a Christmas gift. I immediately wanted to not froth milk with it, but to record it. With a hydrophone. It was initially disappointing…until I put it into a metal pan and...
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