Hidden sounds: exploring contact microphones

City Lit

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    Course

  • Location

    London

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    Different dates available

Contact microphones detect vibrations that travel through solid objects. Since they don’t pick up sounds from the air like a regular microphone, they can be used to amplify very quiet sounds, or find unusual resonances. This one-off workshop provides an introduction to using contact microphones to explore the hidden sounds of everyday objects and musical instruments. By the end of the workshop you will be able to use contact microphones in making your own music and sound art.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Attach a contact microphone to record sounds and apply simple effects- Make and use a temporary contact microphone without the need for soldering- Improvise with found objects (alone or with others) to create a short piece of experimental music.

There are no additional costs. You should bring a memory stick to save your recordings.

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Subjects

  • Sound

Course programme

- Examples of sound artists and musicians using contact microphones in their work
- How to attach contact microphones to sound-producing objects and connect to audio equipment.
- Exploring and improvising with the sounds of found objects
- How to make your own contact microphone from affordable components.


The course will be taught through demonstration, group discussion and improvisation, and hands-on experimentation. A brief introduction to recording with free software will be included.

Additional information


This course is linked to Interactive Sound installations, on the following evening in Summer School. You may also be interested in the other Music technology and digital audio production courses in Summer School or the main programme.

General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00.
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