Recording Object #6 - The Hair Vaccum

Hello everyone! I just finished a new sound design session where I turned a simple hair vacuum into a playground of textures and tones 🔊 I recorded it using:

• Ucho stereo pair in XY

• Shotgun mic

• Contact mic

• Geofón

• Stereo pair of electromagnetic mics

Each mic revealed a unique layer of character and detail. I also manipulated the airflow in real time by placing my hand over the vacuum to control tone and noise, physically shaping the sound source! Inside Ableton, I pushed the material further using:

• Vocoder

• SpecOps

• Le Phonk

• And the "Ultra Comb Filter" technique, which I broke down in a previous YouTube video (check it out if you missed it!)