Builds

Mike Bullock

Homemade Jecklin disk

A few weeks ago I built a Jecklin disk with the help of my father. We always enjoy building things together, but hadn’t had a chance to...

Mike Bullock

Window pass-through for microphone cables

I cut down a pool noodle (a long foam floatation toy for swimming pools) to serve as a window pass-through for the birdfeeder...

Mike Bullock

Eponymous microphones, part 1 / Chewtoy windscreens, part 3

We get a lot of birds at our Ears In Space HQ birdfeeders starting in the late winter: black capped chickadee (the state bird), tufted...

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Chew toy windscreens, pt. 2

Artist and fellow ear-in-space Linda Aubry designed and made this faux-fur windscreen for my rubber chew toy basket described in part 1....

Mike Bullock

Chew toy windscreens, pt. 1

The best way to keep wind noise from overwhelming your recordings is to keep a bubble of empty space between the inside of your wind...

Mike Bullock

“Stereo” contact microphone

A two-channel “stereo” contact mic, based on a design by Boston-area sound artist Michael Rosenstein. Made by modifying a 1/8″ stereo...

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