Composing with piezoelectric microphones Orpheus Institute
My research concerns the composition of instrumental music implemented with specific use of piezoelectric microphones - low cost and low fidelity contact microphones. A peculiar use of this technology is explored not only to disclose and amplify the instrumental sound but also to produce new sounds, through a reinterpretation of some instrumental gestures, such as glissando, tapping, scraping, etc, produced by playing with the microphone ...