Olaf Wisselink

Alternate Microphones

2024

Ongoing experiments in making alternative, experimental microphones. The idea is to translate sensory modalities such as light, or unperceivable phenomena, such as electromagnetism, directly in to sound. So far I have made a electromagnetic microphone and a light microphone, both in stereo. The circuit of the electromagnetic microphone is based on the Elektrosluch by Jonáš Gruska.

The left video shows the sound of a spinning magnet in front of the electromagnetic microphone. The video on the right shows the flickering light of a burning match translated into sound by the light microhone.

The Light Microphone

The Electromagnetic Microphone