I think the hot glue used to attach the pencil lead to the wooden stick absorbs a lot of the vibrations. The pencil lead is a relatively stiff material and is supposed to vibrate to the sounds.
Wow! Where do you buy it? Is it much better than a very ordinary piezo? I am interested in having results like this. Why not use the HC-SR04 module (born to be a proximity sensor but we can use it for other applications .......). Thank you.
Yeah, that's the reason carbon microphones are no longer used today. ;-) They were terrible quality. This is a great experiment and a walk through the history of technology. It would also be useful for someone trying to achieve an authentic low-fi sound without using plugins that sound less-than-accurate.
Human beings can do some incredible, mind blowing things, when we're not destroying each other. I'm kind of proud to be one , sometimes.
Great video
Good modeling.Old telephone microphones used graphite granulate behind the membrane between contacts.
gonna be using it for my end of year science project, thank you!
2:15 This is not a test. Emergency zombie outbreak has begun.
abi naber :D
This is not a microphone, this is a rat guillotine ...
To everyone, it is graphite, it's everyday name is lead, but it's graphite
Graphite or carbon ?
Ik
@@desiIND2661graphite is made from carbon but carbon is not made from graphite
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Dude this is awesome
also your channel name really fits but in a good way :)
We can actually use this to record near to authentic sounds for time period films
I think the hot glue used to attach the pencil lead to the wooden stick absorbs a lot of the vibrations. The pencil lead is a relatively stiff material and is supposed to vibrate to the sounds.
Its distortion, not rattling.
Wow! Where do you buy it? Is it much better than a very ordinary piezo? I am interested in having results like this. Why not use the HC-SR04 module (born to be a proximity sensor but we can use it for other applications .......). Thank you.
Lt. Dan, you ain't got no legs...
I am building a similar carbon mic and I don't know how can I make the proper transformer for it. How did you design it?
Thanks!
I doubt any sort of resistor can change DC current to AC current, you might want to look into that claim.
You make a good point; I thought about that when editing. Maybe, it would be better to say that the change in resistance creates a variable current?
Homies mic on discord:
is it lead or graphite?
Graphite
Good Idea, glad it works but not exactly that good quality. Good video tho!
Yeah, that's the reason carbon microphones are no longer used today. ;-) They were terrible quality.
This is a great experiment and a walk through the history of technology. It would also be useful for someone trying to achieve an authentic low-fi sound without using plugins that sound less-than-accurate.
i make electret condenser mics and they are perfect low-fi for grunge projects!
It's so creepy I love it.
the mexican kids microphone:
How do you connect it to your devices
isn't it graphite?
It is still carbon
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Why lead??
Its graphite
It smells old
My works too. Used woodprix handbooks and build it with no problems.
I am sure you can still buy handbook with all info you need on Woodprix. Just google it.
the audio from that mic sounds like satan
is it lead or graphite?
+JayBird11 graphite