Mastodawn

A gong vibrates with far more complexity than the air around it reveals. Some of its deepest motions stay mostly in the metal itself. By placing contact microphones directly on the surface, I captured vibrations that conventional microphones usually miss...

https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/gongVibrationsMeditatationSoundscape.php

Inner Gong

A quiet gong soundscape recorded with contact microphones, revealing deep vibrations inside the metal that conventional microphones usually miss.

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Kevin 1d ago

@mynoise Stephanie, just out of shear curiosity wouldn't anything attached to the gong alter its natural resonance?

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Stéphane (Dr. P)17h ago

@kfcrosby Yes, inevitably. But it will be negligible if the mass of what I have attached, the contact microphone, is orders of magnitude lower than the gong itself. A couple of grams, compared to 20kg of bronze.