Contact microhone placed on metal plate. Light tapping and scratching by hand, in the second half scratching by another thin metal tool. Vacuum tube amplifier with contact microphone.
I downloaded the original break from here: http://www. Freesound. Org/people/patchen/sounds/20176/# and split the break into individual hits then reworked it in sony acid with additional free sub kick booms rendered at 102 bpm. Enjoy :).
Recorded with homemade contact mic set as a stereo pair. This was attached to the zoom h5. I would describe this as experimental, with a finger nail moving between the two contact mics.
Autopilot of a sail boat correcting the route during navigation. Recorded with a contact microphone applied to the back wall of the stern cabin. Mono, contact mic (jrf).
This recording is a 96khz recording with a contact microphone attached to the steel cable that connects the mast to the deck, in a small whale research boat in the island of dominica.
Recording of a shaker table using three contact microphones, blended in post to give a good mix of the sounds the table was making. Variations in the tone are the result of issues with the shaker table's power supply.
A recording using a contact mic into my roland r26 field recorder, it was a windy day so you could hear the wind hitting the bridge and the water rushing underneath. I placed the mic on a metal bolt for a solid contact.