{"id":8422,"date":"2026-09-09T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manaliveaudio.com\/microphones-artistes\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T10:50:58","slug":"artist-microphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manaliveaudio.com\/en\/artist-microphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Our hydrophones and geophones for artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making people hear the water in a swimming pool, the vibration of a bridge or a stage floor: for a sound installation or a performance, the hydrophone and the geophone open up possibilities no other microphone offers. Here's what artists have already done with them, and ideas to adapt for your own projects. Everyone makes them their own, and that's all the better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They did it: sound installations with our microphones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Four hours in a swimming pool<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Milan, in the Mincio swimming pool, a long-duration performance brought together sound compositions, Bluetooth speakers sealed inside balloons held on leashes\u2026 and a hydrophone. Four hours of experimentation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sounds of an old factory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At Festival CREA 2023, Mathias Klenner Rouliez presented a multichannel sound performance in an old factory, organised by Carolina Olivares, Lolo & Sosaku. The work drew on the site's resonant acoustics and the sounds of the architecture itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A vibrating bridge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Valentin Maugain lowered his microphone from a bridge, along the pipes, to record the bridge vibrating with the water. Listen on headphones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Valentin Maugain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n