This was produced by tapping on a stethoscope which had an earbud pressed against a Shure SM57 mic. Low pass filter applied, as well as compression and a gate. Chorus added. Used a recording cassette deck as a preamp going into an M-Audio Audiophile USB soundcard.

Note: If you're having problems listening to this clip, the cutoff frequency of your speaker set may be too high(solution: new speakers). The signal strength exists almost entirely in the very low frequencies, so you may need a sub-woofer to hear it. Otherwise, try turning your speaker volume all the way up. Doing so may saturate the signal and at least allow you to hear the harmonics of the signal caused by the distortion. I don't recommend it, but you'll at least maybe be able to hear something.

Comments

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  shadowstriker 16 years, 11 months ago

  Very realistic and clean. I like it!
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  Seith 16 years, 11 months ago

  Nice nice nice :)
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  ljudman 16 years, 11 months ago

  I also agree. Very nice!
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  jrobertson 16 years, 11 months ago

  Agreed, best on the site. This is going to work nicely in some tension building pieces.
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  elinoree 16 years, 12 months ago

  very useful... best "real" sounding heartbeat here.

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