Crank Sturgeon Contact Mic Tutorial

[@nodrogdivad]

Saw this guy live in 2006 in a former dance studio. He inflated a giant worm thing made of garbage bags with the obligatory one big fish eye on it and contact mics throughout, and flew it over the audience, whenever we touched it, it made noise. Super fun show. Never seen him with a shirt on before.

[@PerfectCircuit]

That sounds like an amazing show

[@SlyHikari03]

This is exactly why I subscribed to perfect circuit. Both KZbin and Newsletter.

[@circuitousvibes5226]

This is brilliant. And hilarious. I am the proud owner of a Crank Sturgeon piezo mic, and incorporate it into Mutable Instruments Ears, then resonate with Rings. Good times!

[@sir.public]

Got here from Red Krayola strapping contact microphones to their throats and a melting block of ice in 1967, I was thinking wouldn't it be cool to buy one and get my heartbeat with it and wow it's done right at the end of this video!

[@isaacwilliams9919]

Red krayola!!! Yes!!

[@mikegeary8056]

Seen crank many times . Old school RRR, mass . Etc . guy rules. Performance artist.Check his records.

[@fasterdetail]

Whatup mike!

[@drphiI]

Crank is the MAN! I have a shaker box model of his named after my project (Depth Charge Gamelan 3CC) and its my proudest achievement.

[@hojdog]

I was enjoying this so much that I forgot the dude was wearing a spaceship

[@childofthecosmos5464]

*looks music teacher straight in the eyes "PACKING TAPE IS AN INSTRUMENT!"

[@PerfectCircuit]

don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise!

[@EmergenceDelirium]

Unrolling packing tape in a vacuum can generate X-rays! Always another use. 😆🤣

[@killeragnew]

Gotta love Crank. Choice gear for noise nerds.

[@mazegazer2753]

loved the rubberband solo

[@fakshen1973]

Got my kit today. Two contact mics and a tetanus shot. I'm good.

[@FSK1138]

this is why i do experimental music

[@510th]

Hunter Thompson... if he were an electronic music freak. Thnx for uploading and sharing some ideas!

[@ToastedGhost]

Wicked, once saw a guy put a contact mic in his mouth a produce poetry. Changed my mind on how sounds stroke music can be created. produce these whacky sounds them sample them and make them into new musical devices

[@dogme666]

crank sturgeon rocks , i learned a lot from him back in 2010 , he is a really really nice guy also , and he reminds me of john malkovitch

[@familyofspiders5750]

Love it, spider from another web!

[@drkakophanos3013]

Thumbs up just for the crazy head gear

[@SNCKPCK]

VERY COOL CRANK STURGEON

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

freedom af, I saw him back in 2017/2018 i guess with if, bwana

[@johnrobinson5672]

Sequencer and you're gold.

[@cedthebear3664]

The one and only ❤

[@beepboopelectronics]

Crank Sturgeon is my spirit animal haha We also make contact mic and transducer modules for Eurorack from our workshop in Bristol UK :)

[@cozyvandal8265]

@jack edwards Are you in same building as Elevator Sounds?

[@beepboopelectronics]

@@cozyvandal8265 yeah that's right:) I don't know how they put up with me 😂

[@The_Invisible_Hand_Of_CV]

I am into this. New sonic territories, here I come!

[@skyko]

Mr. Crank Sir, you need a channel of your own to demo all these f'n COOL devices that you've created!!! Please let us know where we can see them all in action!!!!

[@icareg]

Holy shit I bought a contact mic from this guy like 10 years ago

[@Natemasterflex]

My kind of dude 🤘

[@theeasilymanipulated]

grab every piece of metal in sight!

[@Paulsmusik28237]

Great

[@johnnymidnight2982]

"We were so poor we had to eat the toys, Eddie! My mamma could make a Slinky that would melt in your mouth."

[@3ricSha]

Really love your videos. Outstanding.

[@ish233]

Awesome, reminds me of some wild contact mic to odd performance characters, love the sounds. It's ASMR like on some

[@alan_lana]

How are those mics with feedback? Or how do you reduce undesired feedback when there are loud speakers playing back the sound?

[@michaels8607]

How a man has fun...

[@PrisonCityNoise]

Fucking love Crank. Listen to what this guy tells you!

[@SONICrider]

Inspiring - building a soundbox atm and this helps a lot \0/

[@PifPafWazaa]

wazaaaaaaaaa #Streampunks FTW! exelent bro love you imagination wazaaaaa

[@kevinbirge2130]

I bet something similar was used in the Golden Age of radio.

[@youtubechangedmyname4895]

5:20 Well now I know how they did the lightning sounds in 'Big trouble in little China'

[@danilocaposeno]

Crank I love you, but put a hi pass filter on the contatc mic (so we here just the sounds an not the "thud" exept for the big spring of course!)!

[@MrRaxodine]

amazing!

[@moritzmaier.studio]

This is brilliant! Now I’ve got enough inspiration for that contact mic i bought years ago and was collecting dust since then. Thanks

[@nadzwatson]

The goat

[@BadChizzle]

Had my gallbladder removed by a Crank surgeon. Sometimes it feels as if he left the mic in there. Yeah yeah... feels like that packing tape sounds! Perfect! Man... I gotta get me a head piece like that. Hope it doesn’t cost as much as a eurorack module. Go man go! I had fun and I’m not even the guy doing all the stuff with the things... Dude Dude Dude... you invented like 35 instruments right there. Picture your Mom watching this video as she is in the pain of giving birth to you... and is told it’s you in the future. Lol... then it’s f**king hilarious! Just spitballing ideas, here Sterg Baby. Ha ha ha Seriously though... I mean... if the word (seriously) can be used anywhere near here? I Loved this on a level very explainable if considered after watching other product tutorials. They can be (seriously) boring... even if very useful and informative. Also... I like to think/Hope you enraged some strict contact mic audiophiles somewhere. Ha ha ha It’s funny see... cuz none of that makes any sense. Oh yeah... nothing makes any sense these dayssssss... Ok never-miiiiiiiiiind... ... ... 🤖Random Robot Head Award🤖given! ! ! ! ! Congratulations... 🎉

[@drgoodusername]

Is this a new show on UHF?

[@ravenatorful]

XD yeah it's scheduled right after uncle nutsy's clubhouse

[@mauriciomandara5946]

Amazing ... now we need a sampler ... any recommended?

[@PerfectCircuit]

Elektron Digitakt, Korg Volca Sample, Roland TR-8S

[@ravenatorful]

For software I recommend direct wave with fl studio, it also comes with a boss recorder/editor called edison

[@RileyGein]

@@PerfectCircuit Not Vocla sample or TR-8S, they are ROMplers not Samplers.

[@WxkR]

I’m probably too late, but the sampler to add to this set definitely is the Bastl Microgranny.

[@lactatethrashold4704]

Crank makes (or made) a lofi looper and uses (or used) a Korg Mini-KP 2S.

[@Deebz270]

Feckin' oarsum!

[@Sonoquilibrium]

What are the lowest frequencies the contact mics are able to detect? Most of mics are able to get till 20hz, but I supposed that contact mics can go also lower or they stop at 20hz?

[@ravenatorful]

Sometimes if you don't have the proper preamps it can be hard to pick up the low end sounds with a contact mic. If you want sounds in the lower register o would use an audio interface with phantom power or a field recorder with similar features. Usually bassy stuff doesn't need to be lower than 40hz but human hearing itself bottoms out at 20hz. Really if you are using this for any media application you would actually want to high pass filter at 20hz.

[@Sonoquilibrium]

@@ravenatorful It is interesting what all frequencies seismic mics and good preamp with 32-bit float point recording can get. It's worth to try!

[@init-crioxica]

What is the name of this steel spring this minute 5:10 Please.

[@matrigs]

Slinky

[@init-crioxica]

@@matrigs Thank you.

[@Kurzula5150]

Ah yes, a perfect rendition of Karlheinz Stockhausen's 'Ich Bin Betrunken und Gelangweilt und Ich Hasse Meinen Nachbarn'.

[@anthonychilds8193]

gesundheit

[@BadChizzle]

You do and you’ll clean it up! 🤪

[@thee5299]

that spoon at one point was like F::k my ears

[@KunchangLeeMusic]

👌🏿

[@jasonmusic9938]

7:22, seinfeld

[@anethmusic]

perfect way to b ;)

[@tommyabrey]

pls restock :-((((

[@МаксимГлазырин-п4у]

Sounds like autechre :)

[@anthonychilds8193]

was totally thinking the same thing.

[@zazenbo]

I miss my wife

[@harshitverma4543]

What happened bro

[@edgarm6017]

“Oh you’re a musician? What do you play?”

[@voltijuice8576]

I told ya - MUSIC!

[@terotrogen4896]

No valkoocibul!

[@BadChizzle]

How do you know... you can’t even see his shoes? 😂

[@ThisIsDownstate]

my problem with contact mics is whenever i use them they hum like a bitch and i dont know how to fix that issue. but theyre really fun !

[@nonenon3]

I saw he's married lucky girl

[@Parabola001]

me after 3 days of mescaline

[@IndigoBassNotes]

As you dig into a world of undiscovered sounds you must admit not all of them were meant to be listened to, I.e. Packing tape does NOT replace a Violin. The Traditional instruments that exist today were not shaped and designed randomly.......having said that experiments are GOOD and new sounds CAN be interesting and enjoyable. Frank Zappa knew this when he made his " Lumpy Gravy " album .

[@ToastedGhost]

Everything is formed from experimentation, even the wheel. So all instruments were created through experimentation.

[@sebastianzaczek]

"Plug Ugly"? Really?!? You missed the chance calling it a "Plugly"

[@djtomoy]

Why’s he got a bag on his head?

[@johnnyswatts]

Ten minutes of mud.