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Pre-Sale: During Superbooth we had a 15% on all this items in our pre-sale. Delivery is in mid July. Pre-sale is over now.

• Possibly the most interesting news this year is our set of Geophones: Geophone S (190€) & Geophone L (270€). Geophone L has an expanded frequency range over the S one and higher sensitivity. Both come in a zipper-hardcase and include steel-spike, suction cup, clamp and magnet. An additional "bow" holder (30€) which can optimize the sound performance is available separately both of them.

• We also have a new, magnetic Contact Microphone (79€) in our repertoire. Our previous version really became a big seller over the last years, so it was time to offer you some more features: it comes in a neoprene zip-bag, 2 cables (1/8" to 1/8" and 1/8" to 1/4") plus a universal holder, what makes it possible to attach it basically everywhere.

• Field Amp (189€) was already shown last year but becomes even more relevant now with the new contact mics. It is our low-noise pre-amp dedicated to contact microphones.

More info via the product sub-pages.

Geophones are omnidirectional seismic sensors to capture low-frequent vibrations. Besides detecting seismic activity, Geophones are used to capture extreme low-end for sound design, music production, field recording, foley and game sound.

We offer two versions to meet your budget and your needs: Geophone S and Geophone L.

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Field Amp is our solution for the world of body sound transmission: recording the world with contact microphones and geophones.

After releasing our Microphonic Soundbox we quickly noticed that we hit a blind spot. Many sound designers praised the clean and noise-free amplification of it, but had not nessesarily use for the Soundbox itself.

It is available online through Exploding Shed plus our retailers (see list further down).

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The perfect sound design tool! Microphonic Soundbox is an acoustic wooden experimental instrument, which perfectly integrates in any audio setup to create interesting and otherworldly soundscapes. It features 2 internal contact microphones and 2 battery powered low noise pre-amps (~100x Gain), both signals can be mixed together and sent to the mono out as a line level.

Assembled units only, mk2 is no DIY anymore.

Here is our latest incarnation of the Dronesynth in a beautiful wooden box. Two channels, four oscillators, a mixer, filter and a VCA. The oscillators can be synced, what leads to interesting sounds with rich overtones. The filter is a combination of low- and highpass.

Dronesynth is available as a DIY kit online via Exploding Shed.

DIY Level: Medium.

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VCO-1 is an analogue basic VCO (oszillator) for the modular Eurorack system. From mid 2018 it can be complemented by VCO-1 Expander, which adds many functions like sync, lin. FM, wave morphing, LFO etc. VCO-1 is temperature stable and provides a clean 1V/oct tracking over min. 4 octaves. Besides our workshops, you can buy the VCO online via Exploding Shed.

DIY Level: Medium/Advanced.

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Noisefoc is controlled chaos and  a great learning project. It is based around three CMOS NAND gates as oscillators, controlled by potentiometers and a light dependent resistor (LDR). Power starving makes the device completely out of control. The Eurorack version features a CV input for pitch influence via optocoupler. In general, it offers many opportunities to understand the technology behind it, as well as possibilities of hardware hacking.

Besides our workshops, you can buy the Noisefoc soon online via Exploding Shed.

DIY Level: Easy/Beginner.

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Hairy Bastard Fuzz (like Woolly Mammoth) is a moderate fuzz pedal, that works well for guitar and bass. Defined, reliable and controllable and dynamically responsive to your performance.

DIY Level: Medium.

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