Bubble Trouble

My first "shaker box!" This little tin bubble gum lunch box is equipped with a super sturdy contact mic permanently attached to the top of it. It is filled with random nuts, bolts, screws, nails and other things. I made it so that you can open it any time and fill it with whatever you please. It is good for creating harsh noise walls when shaking rapidly, but putting anything inside of it, such as marbles or oddly shaped things will give you awesome sounds if you shake and move it in different ways. I've also attached a small chain to the outside of it to play with. Also, because of the drilling of the screws, the top of the unit is a tad bit warped. Pushing it in and out will create a little popping sound, which is just one of the other many things that contribute to the sounds you can get from this thing.

The cord is super long, over 15 feet. This way you can run around like a maniac with the unit. Another reason for the long cord is that, with a lot of gain, this unit will feedback like crazy, so moving around the room you are performing or recording in (if you are amplified through a PA or an amp), will change the feedback tones along with the sound of the things moving around inside the unit. There are so many possibilities with these little things. I plan on building a lot more in the future.

The sound clip is just the unit run through some light overdrive. Most of the incredibly distorted sounds are coming from the fact that I am overdriving the mixer so heavily.

Sound clip.

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