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Cool idea but the reverb sounds kind of muddy / boomy. First thing I would try is placing your driver and contact mic a bit differently maybe try avoiding the middle of the washer and keep both more towards an edge or corner rather than center. Next I'd try eq on the reverb. Try eq'ing the send and/or the return to and from your washer. Low cut and even cutting up to 200 or 300hz will probably help things. Also boosting high mids and highs I would think may produce interesting results.
@nerdycatgamerКүн бұрын
epic video B)
@Fl4ppers2 күн бұрын
I'll point out a few issues with doing it this way and a couple of solutions. First is there is a boxy frequency range thats present when using painted surfaces. Enamel and other paint acts like a dampener on very low and high midrange upwards. Second if its a piezo doing the picking-up then they have a hard scoop in the low midrange. The solution to this is to cut the boxy frequencies and boost the low midrange and highs until the sound feels right. Another solution is to find a really nice, big bit of flat steel that is unpainted and suspend that. The lack of suspension on the washing also presents some issues with the way the sound gets transferred as it wont freely vibrate the way it could there.
@Levibetz2 күн бұрын
Another thing you could do is playback the signal into the plate at 2x speed, then bring it back down to real speed and it'll double the length of the tail and sound like a larger room.
@RadianFilms642 күн бұрын
Hi there! I was wondering you are shipping products to Romania, Europe. I am interested in buying Marshmallow DIY Phantom kit from you. Let me know when you get the chance. Thank you!
@mattj13412 күн бұрын
Amazing work, especially with pickup sustainer
@E-gorchik4 күн бұрын
Hello, I would really like to get this microphone, but I have no opportunity to buy it in my country, I live in Ukraine, I have an unusual question for you, could you send it to me, I can pay to any details, if this is difficult for you, just ignore this request, thank you.
@metalmarshmallowllc4 күн бұрын
Hi, I have shipped orders to Ukraine recently. You can order on my website metalmarshmallow.com
@r0bophonic4 күн бұрын
The final result actually sounds a lot like the natural reverb of a very small room!
@ASTRALCXRXNA4 күн бұрын
I honestly though the reverb sounded a little WASHED 😂😂😂😂😂
@dreamingone6154 күн бұрын
Well, I clicked bc it looked like this might go in a field recording direction. I was hoping you were using a big grain silo or something as your reverb plate. I loved the classical guitar on the pointy shred axe.
@sea-ferring5 күн бұрын
It's extremely dark sounding. Could be good combined with other effects.
@JesusIced5 күн бұрын
x10 was very good. cant say was it realistic or not because ive never ever seen such caves, but other in other cases its as if you had actually recorded vocals and guitar in a tiled bathroom. unbelievable quality. i need one of these contact mics, probably ill cannibalize some of my mics to make it diy. great video, subscribed, liked, etc!
@skunkman7775 күн бұрын
they're calling him "The Frankie MacDonald of Audio Technology"
@JazzyFizzleDrummers5 күн бұрын
It sounds a bit boxy. Pun intended
@puvendranpillay88025 күн бұрын
Acoustic guitar body reverb?
@metalmarshmallowllc4 күн бұрын
Interesting idea, I'll have to try it out!
@senncer5 күн бұрын
You are AWESOME!
@metalmarshmallowllc4 күн бұрын
No, YOU are awesome, hahaha!
@senncer4 күн бұрын
@@metalmarshmallowllc 😂❤️❤️❤️
@abrakadeep88105 күн бұрын
It would be so cool if you could describe your whole process, the software you use for making the impulse responses. That would certainly be super helpful. What a wonderful video, what a wonderful way to show how easy it can be, could you possibly also link the kind of power amplifier you used or tell it here in the comments :) wonderful wonderful stuff!
@metalmarshmallowllc4 күн бұрын
The software for making the impulse response was Room EQ Wizard, it is just a few clicks to play the sweep, then there is an option to export the impuse response as a wav file. My power amplifier is an AK170, which is an unbranded thing you can get from many sellers for under 20 USD. I haven't used it with actual speakers, but glancing at the board inside it appears to be surprisingly well-designed for the price.
@abrakadeep88104 күн бұрын
@@metalmarshmallowllc Thanks a bunch for that quick shot, nicely written and informative answer! Im very happy to have found ypur channel, having trained my algorithm well enough to get this as a recommendation :) i plan for building spring, aswell as plate reverbs for a long time, but have for a long while omitted the way of trying it with cheap gear and things, but wanted to go for the higher quality stuff instantly, which really brought down my plans of even starting more and more. Cause figuring out which neat and powerful amp id use and where the heck id get an actual surface transducer that was used with emt140 plate reverbs back in the day and which microphone combo... just broke my brain a little... so yeah. Input like your video is really welcome in my brain cause it illustrates the possibilities really nice and gives a better opportunity to play with the idea of it all. So i will build 1-2 smaller ones until i attempt the huge original emt140 sized that i need to wall mount at my place :)
@AndersWeijnitz6 күн бұрын
Nice! Works surprisingly well! Nice location too. Where is that? (Doesn't look like Bavaria, Germany where I am writing from :-)).
@metalmarshmallowllc4 күн бұрын
Thanks, that is the good old 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🔫
@stulora31726 күн бұрын
Here's an idea for a cool spring reverb that I proof-of-concepted once: Get an old, broken mechanical clock. If it's not broken, break it. If it has an alarm, you will find two spiral springs, otherwise break another clock if you want stereo. Connect the centre and the outer end via a long stiff wires to piezo acoustic elements. You will need some amplification and impedance fiddling, to get audio into one piezo and out of the other. voila! I was really surprised how good this experiment sounded. I called it "Clockwork Reverb". edit: I just noted, this is a company that makes contact mics, so use those instead of the piezos
@stulora31726 күн бұрын
Subscribing to support and encourage and motivate and.... because! Cheers
@metalmarshmallowllc4 күн бұрын
Aw, thanks for the support!
@jamisondonald3846 күн бұрын
This is great. More experiments, please
@5minuterevolutionary4936 күн бұрын
So awesome. And yes about the spring reverb and Dick Dale, almost certainly. Unless someone is going to have receipts, I am convinced his sound was springs.
@robertharker6 күн бұрын
Great idea. Thanks!
@funkbungus1376 күн бұрын
man, I just found your channel, and I gotta say, this is so cool
@funkbungus1376 күн бұрын
eyo, this is fucking sweet. lol for some reason I get excited by people using REAPER.
@armybirds6 күн бұрын
really interesting and well done video, glad it showed up
@mikolasstrajt38746 күн бұрын
Great trick. I need to test this with big metalic grill we have at home which reverberates even if I talk in it's general direction.
@gossalex6 күн бұрын
Zach Poff is a legend.
@Hsuanice6 күн бұрын
This is so fun! Thanks for sharing~MM Pro the best!
@famitory6 күн бұрын
can you just pull most of the paper off a speaker to get a surface transducer or is it more complex than that
@metalmarshmallowllc6 күн бұрын
You could probably get that to work, but I think the surface transducer is optimized a bit in terms of its geometry to work well this way.
@rivulus6 күн бұрын
a Bach cello suite on shredder guitar and washing machine. Because why not 😂
@metalmarshmallowllc6 күн бұрын
Because 6-string guitars are for the weak of spirit, hahaha!
@sr3d-microphones6 күн бұрын
A washing machine? Cool, last time I used kitchen furniture for anything else other than what it was intended for was a fridge back in the 80's, I connected my PL259 plug to the door (simply touched a metal bit by the hinge and was able to adjust the SWR by opening or closing the door!) and got a 5-9 report to my buddy down the road on his CB :P True story! Sounding great there BTW..! You are full of surprises.
@metalmarshmallowllc6 күн бұрын
Haha cool! I always wanted a bootleg ratio station!
@sinenkaari54776 күн бұрын
Have you tried playing this sound on the midi keys?
@RegebroRepairs6 күн бұрын
That's plate reverb in the same way singing in your bathroom is an echo chamber. 😀 Technically, yes, but it still sounds bad. But there are people who does build their own plate reverb. Loads of work, but not expensive.
@metalmarshmallowllc6 күн бұрын
Yeah, I bascially agree with this assessment
@JazzyFizzleDrummers5 күн бұрын
Eq probably would have helped quite a bit, but yeah
@soundhobo7 күн бұрын
…& respect to you sir, great project 👍
@davidneale-lorello29547 күн бұрын
Man, you deserve SO MANY MORE VIEWS than you’re getting. Love your channel; love your work. Keep going - I’ll share!
@kadorekun7 күн бұрын
cool!
@DavidMadeira297 күн бұрын
What's in the background? Fort Greene?! Namastè.
@metalmarshmallowllc7 күн бұрын
Just an awesome looking flour mill
@TheGubna7 күн бұрын
I just made that same techmology reference elsewhere. Are you recording me with that thing??
@metalmarshmallowllc7 күн бұрын
Haha that is wack!
@BiblicalAngels7 күн бұрын
BLOOD 🩸…. I mean, contact mic reverbs.
@metalmarshmallowllc7 күн бұрын
Its my favorite hymn 🧛
@metalmarshmallowllc7 күн бұрын
Uncle Roger was so upset that I had to put my leg down from chair in solidarity
@YURIISHABATIN8 күн бұрын
Thank you for the video and widgets! Would it be possible to create a VST version for DAWs of some of the widgets?
@YURIISHABATIN9 күн бұрын
Hello, Michael I recently purchased the Metal Marshmallow Pro and also received two DIY phantom kits from my mailbox. I'm so excited about the pro version! I capture everything, even during on-location recording sessions, which allows me to mix the sounds for clearer and more detailed tiny movements. Furthermore, when using recordings in slow-motion videos, I get bright audio even when pitched down, thanks to the ultrasound capabilities. I truly appreciate your work-this is the best contact mic I've ever used. As for the DIY kits, I'm planning to make a hydrophone using your preamplifier and either a cylindrical or spherical PZT. I'm not sure if it will work, but if it does, I think it will be fantastic. In theory, this device should capture vibrations in 360 degrees, like an omnidirectional microphone. I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on this idea. Cheers!
@imark777777711 күн бұрын
neat test you could probably conformal coat the board or go to cheap route use nail polish. Had the same concern about the pedometer not much you can do about that. At least they are easily replaceable if it's a standard part.
11 күн бұрын
Interesting! but it doesn't say from where in the world you ship these microphones, I'm in Sweden and i'm trying to calculate price and i can't determine if i should add customs fees and taxes on this price or not.
@metalmarshmallowllc11 күн бұрын
Ah -- I ship from the US to anywhere in the world. For customers outside of the US, my website does not include VAT, meaning that when your package arrives in your country, Customs will hold it until you pay. I believe the rate is 25% in Sweden.
11 күн бұрын
@@metalmarshmallowllc thank you very much for your quick and good reply. Yes i will have to pay customs fees and VAT and all that ontop of your price. It won't be cheap! but this is a tough one to resist. I might just order one later in the autumn from you. :)
@samuelmckahey722612 күн бұрын
Well explained. Great contact mic.
@senncer12 күн бұрын
Thank you! Can we build a plate reverb with one of these? If so can you record a video about it, please? :)
@metalmarshmallowllc12 күн бұрын
That should work -- you have got me thinking about this now, I just might do that!
@senncer12 күн бұрын
@@metalmarshmallowllc Wow! It would be great, cheers!
@public_hell12 күн бұрын
Thank you very much for the explanation!
@nathanjgl12 күн бұрын
Well made product! Have gathered lots of great recordings with it, preamp and range of frequencies are fantastic. Thanks for making sure there's protection from high amplitude impacts - I've dropped mine a few times, still works just as well! Any thoughts on how to minimize wind noise pickup? Maybe like a 'deadcat' style cover that goes right up over the unit?
@metalmarshmallowllc12 күн бұрын
I'm glad you like it. I made a little tent out of a plastic bag and sticks that i use to minimize wind noise.
@MrKrisstain12 күн бұрын
Bought a couple of these mics. Very happy with them! Very well protected against outside interference. For future versions: could the chosen cable material be more bendy? Sometimes hard to place the mic cause the cable is so strict. Hope you understand what I mean. <3
@metalmarshmallowllc12 күн бұрын
I do know what you mean, I've been looking at other cable options (for other reasons), but I haven't found anything that is a good electrically as the current one. I'll keep thinking about it.
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Cool idea but the reverb sounds kind of muddy / boomy. First thing I would try is placing your driver and contact mic a bit differently maybe try avoiding the middle of the washer and keep both more towards an edge or corner rather than center. Next I'd try eq on the reverb. Try eq'ing the send and/or the return to and from your washer. Low cut and even cutting up to 200 or 300hz will probably help things. Also boosting high mids and highs I would think may produce interesting results.
epic video B)
I'll point out a few issues with doing it this way and a couple of solutions. First is there is a boxy frequency range thats present when using painted surfaces. Enamel and other paint acts like a dampener on very low and high midrange upwards. Second if its a piezo doing the picking-up then they have a hard scoop in the low midrange. The solution to this is to cut the boxy frequencies and boost the low midrange and highs until the sound feels right. Another solution is to find a really nice, big bit of flat steel that is unpainted and suspend that. The lack of suspension on the washing also presents some issues with the way the sound gets transferred as it wont freely vibrate the way it could there.
Another thing you could do is playback the signal into the plate at 2x speed, then bring it back down to real speed and it'll double the length of the tail and sound like a larger room.
Hi there! I was wondering you are shipping products to Romania, Europe. I am interested in buying Marshmallow DIY Phantom kit from you. Let me know when you get the chance. Thank you!
Amazing work, especially with pickup sustainer
Hello, I would really like to get this microphone, but I have no opportunity to buy it in my country, I live in Ukraine, I have an unusual question for you, could you send it to me, I can pay to any details, if this is difficult for you, just ignore this request, thank you.
Hi, I have shipped orders to Ukraine recently. You can order on my website metalmarshmallow.com
The final result actually sounds a lot like the natural reverb of a very small room!
I honestly though the reverb sounded a little WASHED 😂😂😂😂😂
Well, I clicked bc it looked like this might go in a field recording direction. I was hoping you were using a big grain silo or something as your reverb plate. I loved the classical guitar on the pointy shred axe.
It's extremely dark sounding. Could be good combined with other effects.
x10 was very good. cant say was it realistic or not because ive never ever seen such caves, but other in other cases its as if you had actually recorded vocals and guitar in a tiled bathroom. unbelievable quality. i need one of these contact mics, probably ill cannibalize some of my mics to make it diy. great video, subscribed, liked, etc!
they're calling him "The Frankie MacDonald of Audio Technology"
It sounds a bit boxy. Pun intended
Acoustic guitar body reverb?
Interesting idea, I'll have to try it out!
You are AWESOME!
No, YOU are awesome, hahaha!
@@metalmarshmallowllc 😂❤️❤️❤️
It would be so cool if you could describe your whole process, the software you use for making the impulse responses. That would certainly be super helpful. What a wonderful video, what a wonderful way to show how easy it can be, could you possibly also link the kind of power amplifier you used or tell it here in the comments :) wonderful wonderful stuff!
The software for making the impulse response was Room EQ Wizard, it is just a few clicks to play the sweep, then there is an option to export the impuse response as a wav file. My power amplifier is an AK170, which is an unbranded thing you can get from many sellers for under 20 USD. I haven't used it with actual speakers, but glancing at the board inside it appears to be surprisingly well-designed for the price.
@@metalmarshmallowllc Thanks a bunch for that quick shot, nicely written and informative answer! Im very happy to have found ypur channel, having trained my algorithm well enough to get this as a recommendation :) i plan for building spring, aswell as plate reverbs for a long time, but have for a long while omitted the way of trying it with cheap gear and things, but wanted to go for the higher quality stuff instantly, which really brought down my plans of even starting more and more. Cause figuring out which neat and powerful amp id use and where the heck id get an actual surface transducer that was used with emt140 plate reverbs back in the day and which microphone combo... just broke my brain a little... so yeah. Input like your video is really welcome in my brain cause it illustrates the possibilities really nice and gives a better opportunity to play with the idea of it all. So i will build 1-2 smaller ones until i attempt the huge original emt140 sized that i need to wall mount at my place :)
Nice! Works surprisingly well! Nice location too. Where is that? (Doesn't look like Bavaria, Germany where I am writing from :-)).
Thanks, that is the good old 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🔫
Here's an idea for a cool spring reverb that I proof-of-concepted once: Get an old, broken mechanical clock. If it's not broken, break it. If it has an alarm, you will find two spiral springs, otherwise break another clock if you want stereo. Connect the centre and the outer end via a long stiff wires to piezo acoustic elements. You will need some amplification and impedance fiddling, to get audio into one piezo and out of the other. voila! I was really surprised how good this experiment sounded. I called it "Clockwork Reverb". edit: I just noted, this is a company that makes contact mics, so use those instead of the piezos
Subscribing to support and encourage and motivate and.... because! Cheers
Aw, thanks for the support!
This is great. More experiments, please
So awesome. And yes about the spring reverb and Dick Dale, almost certainly. Unless someone is going to have receipts, I am convinced his sound was springs.
Great idea. Thanks!
man, I just found your channel, and I gotta say, this is so cool
eyo, this is fucking sweet. lol for some reason I get excited by people using REAPER.
really interesting and well done video, glad it showed up
Great trick. I need to test this with big metalic grill we have at home which reverberates even if I talk in it's general direction.
Zach Poff is a legend.
This is so fun! Thanks for sharing~MM Pro the best!
can you just pull most of the paper off a speaker to get a surface transducer or is it more complex than that
You could probably get that to work, but I think the surface transducer is optimized a bit in terms of its geometry to work well this way.
a Bach cello suite on shredder guitar and washing machine. Because why not 😂
Because 6-string guitars are for the weak of spirit, hahaha!
A washing machine? Cool, last time I used kitchen furniture for anything else other than what it was intended for was a fridge back in the 80's, I connected my PL259 plug to the door (simply touched a metal bit by the hinge and was able to adjust the SWR by opening or closing the door!) and got a 5-9 report to my buddy down the road on his CB :P True story! Sounding great there BTW..! You are full of surprises.
Haha cool! I always wanted a bootleg ratio station!
Have you tried playing this sound on the midi keys?
That's plate reverb in the same way singing in your bathroom is an echo chamber. 😀 Technically, yes, but it still sounds bad. But there are people who does build their own plate reverb. Loads of work, but not expensive.
Yeah, I bascially agree with this assessment
Eq probably would have helped quite a bit, but yeah
…& respect to you sir, great project 👍
Man, you deserve SO MANY MORE VIEWS than you’re getting. Love your channel; love your work. Keep going - I’ll share!
cool!
What's in the background? Fort Greene?! Namastè.
Just an awesome looking flour mill
I just made that same techmology reference elsewhere. Are you recording me with that thing??
Haha that is wack!
BLOOD 🩸…. I mean, contact mic reverbs.
Its my favorite hymn 🧛
Uncle Roger was so upset that I had to put my leg down from chair in solidarity
Thank you for the video and widgets! Would it be possible to create a VST version for DAWs of some of the widgets?
Hello, Michael I recently purchased the Metal Marshmallow Pro and also received two DIY phantom kits from my mailbox. I'm so excited about the pro version! I capture everything, even during on-location recording sessions, which allows me to mix the sounds for clearer and more detailed tiny movements. Furthermore, when using recordings in slow-motion videos, I get bright audio even when pitched down, thanks to the ultrasound capabilities. I truly appreciate your work-this is the best contact mic I've ever used. As for the DIY kits, I'm planning to make a hydrophone using your preamplifier and either a cylindrical or spherical PZT. I'm not sure if it will work, but if it does, I think it will be fantastic. In theory, this device should capture vibrations in 360 degrees, like an omnidirectional microphone. I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on this idea. Cheers!
neat test you could probably conformal coat the board or go to cheap route use nail polish. Had the same concern about the pedometer not much you can do about that. At least they are easily replaceable if it's a standard part.
Interesting! but it doesn't say from where in the world you ship these microphones, I'm in Sweden and i'm trying to calculate price and i can't determine if i should add customs fees and taxes on this price or not.
Ah -- I ship from the US to anywhere in the world. For customers outside of the US, my website does not include VAT, meaning that when your package arrives in your country, Customs will hold it until you pay. I believe the rate is 25% in Sweden.
@@metalmarshmallowllc thank you very much for your quick and good reply. Yes i will have to pay customs fees and VAT and all that ontop of your price. It won't be cheap! but this is a tough one to resist. I might just order one later in the autumn from you. :)
Well explained. Great contact mic.
Thank you! Can we build a plate reverb with one of these? If so can you record a video about it, please? :)
That should work -- you have got me thinking about this now, I just might do that!
@@metalmarshmallowllc Wow! It would be great, cheers!
Thank you very much for the explanation!
Well made product! Have gathered lots of great recordings with it, preamp and range of frequencies are fantastic. Thanks for making sure there's protection from high amplitude impacts - I've dropped mine a few times, still works just as well! Any thoughts on how to minimize wind noise pickup? Maybe like a 'deadcat' style cover that goes right up over the unit?
I'm glad you like it. I made a little tent out of a plastic bag and sticks that i use to minimize wind noise.
Bought a couple of these mics. Very happy with them! Very well protected against outside interference. For future versions: could the chosen cable material be more bendy? Sometimes hard to place the mic cause the cable is so strict. Hope you understand what I mean. <3
I do know what you mean, I've been looking at other cable options (for other reasons), but I haven't found anything that is a good electrically as the current one. I'll keep thinking about it.