Posted on Jan 29, 2008
I'm so behind the times
I had my first skype telephone call last night. I know it's not new or amazing, but it's still pretty cool the first time you use it. I rang Pat in London, spoke to him for about half an hour, and it didn't cost me a cent. Had to use a pair of headphones as a microphone though 'cos I didn't have anything else that'd fit into the mic jack on my laptop.
I remember reading an article where these guys were doing a home recording with cheap microphones, and needed a solution to record their kick drum. By simple soldering a microphone cable to the + and - terminals of an old 6" speaker and plugging it into the mixer they were able to make a tasty kick mic. I've yet to try it, but after the success of the "headphones as telephone" I'm gonna see if I've got any old speakers lying around that i can re purpose as crusty microphones...maybe if I sing down some cardboard tubes attached to the speaker that might be cool...or just really reverb-y and washed out.
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