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battery_noise.wav

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the_semen_in...

September 21st, 2007

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Sound effects > Experimental

I took an RCA to 1/8 inch cable and plugged it into my sound card input. The sound is created by sticking the two RCA plug ends to a 9 volt battery's + and - terminals... I don't know if the noise comes from the battery or the computer, though.

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9v
battery
computer
noise
rca

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:18.059

File size

9.9 MB

Sample rate

96000.0 Hz

Bit depth

24 bit

Channels

Stereo

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sound_give_m...

10 months, 2 weeks ago

hilarious

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the_semen_in...

18 years, 5 months ago

okay, thanks for the info... I kind of figured it was the sound card.

I need to try this out sometime...

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hello_flowers

18 years, 5 months ago

That's a lot like a victorian synthesizer (google search that)

That noise is probably coming from the sound card, because the signal that batteries send out is fixed. like for example, you do what you did here, but with an amplifier/speaker of some sort, the sound is made by the electromagnet in the speaker pumping in and out very fast. BUT, when you connect the battery to the speaker, it pumps out because of the electricity, but since it's a fixed amount (rather than a pulse, or noise) it just stays pumped out until you break the connection.

What I do is take the battery's + and connect that with alligator clip to my guitar string (before the bridge) and connect the battery's - to the speaker's -. Then I let the speaker's + wire dangle on the string so it connects with the battery's +. then when you strum the string, it vibrates, so then the speaker makes noise. and only 9v batteries provide enough energy so you can hear it though.

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