[sdiy] OT: Goofy Tech Talk Box Attachment

[harry]

Go for the horn driver... probably get those in garage sales as well !!!
It works the best.

H^) harry

CCartCat at aol.com wrote:

> Before I return to lurking, I have some goofy tech to share.
>
> A friend gave me a Smokey Amp.  (I had wanted one for a while, but was too
> tight to spend the 25-30 bucks.  An old RShack transistor mini amp for
> tracing audio signals was pretty much as cool, and only 50 cents at a yard
> sale.  But I digress.)
>
> Goofing around I tried driving a homebrew talkbox setup with the speaker out
> of the Smokey.  Ok, but not loud enough.  So I thought if I could, I'd make
> the Smokey itself into a temporary talkbox.
>
> Using a cap from a big vitamin bottle (cap depth about 1/2", diameter about
> 2"--big enough to just cover the speaker), some clear vinyl hose (maybe 3/8"
> inside dia.) and some of that blue tacky adhesive, you can.
>
> No directions are prob. needed, but:  Make a hole in the cap just big enough
> for the hose.  Mount the cap over the Smokey's speaker using the blue tack to
> hold the cap in place.  Carefully (i.e., don't poke out the speaker) put one
> end of the hose into the hole in the cap  and you have a talk box.  The blue
> tack, tho' it holds well, is removable so the cap and hose act as a temporary
> attachment.
>
> Not everyone has a tiny amp, Smokey or otherwise.  But a small speaker driven
> by a low powered amp can be adapted to make some ad hoc or permanent talkbox
> rig.  Horn drivers are normally used for this and online info abounds on
> this; my suggestion is just an adaptation of the talk box idea to a small
> amp/small standard speaker.  In short, something goofy.
>
> [Totally goofy, 21 mouths doing the work of one:  Split a signal into
> multiple bands (let's say, 21) with those signals running to separate
> speakers/talkbox setups with 21 peoples mouthing formants on each--and you
> have the world's most overengineered Vocoder, the Rube Goldberg of SDIY.]
>
> Anyway, using the blue tack for mounting came from the long-ago piezo mic
> thread.
>
> Okay, I'm lurking now,
> Kevin