the sound of a 160" saw blade unfolding in 60m grain silo

[granty]

Most IDM 2017.

[scott]

 

 

This is amazing.

Being a fabricator by trade, we do have some awesome sounds in our workshop (unfolding a saw blade is one of them).  We get some cool reverb in our shed, but not as cool as that.

 

I also like the sounds of TIG welding aluminium, shearing sheets of stainless steel, and also when our plasma cutter kinda malfunctions and doesnt burn through the material properly.

 

Had thought of doing a bunch of field recordings / found sounds one day, and using them in an industrial techno DJ mix.. just need to buy / hire a decent microphone.

 

nice, must be a world of sounds there- if you don't have one i would invest in a decent contact mic, they are not expensive- its  great way to isolate the actual machine sounds. Ive always struggled to get decent recordings in industrial places otherwise. 

 

 

any recommendations for cheap and decent contact mics? ty

 

 

sure,  these are great-- https://jezrileyfrench.co.uk/contact-microphones.php 

 

i use  http://www.c-ducer.com/cq.html  but thy are pretty fragile and handling noise is hell. 

 

or u can build one for under a 5ver.. but a piezo transducer and a cable-  theres a million DIY tips on google, really easy to do and 100% worth it.  v cheap.