Audio diary 03 – Bowing coat hangers and a dying audio interface – April 2026

I needed to figure out if there was any howling tones to be had from bowing a metal coat hanger fixed in a vice. There was, but even more interesting was the phaser-like qualities from sliding the surface of the bow across the length of the hanger. A nice discovery.

And I finally managed to record my audio interface acting up from time to time, when I switch from a lower sample rate to 192kHz. It will just output this to all channels. Free Merzbow. I guess it's time to inspect the power supply. I did change to a different one quite recently, so I am possibly starving it for power. It sounds great though.