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While recording this, crouched in a small space under the ladder, I noticed on the small, obscured wall next to me scribbled what seemed like an anonymous suicide note. A second opinion from a stranger was in disagreement and felt it was more of a regretful apology to someone else who committed suicide, so I let it gosource

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hello..

I use these mostly:
http://contactmicrophones.com/products-bcmmsswac.html

I could make my own, but I have yet to make that happen... but I am somewhat happy with these. I usually:
- clip them to wires/fence/cloth/whatever I can
- squish them in places (as I did on the temple ladder recording - squeezed the best I could between pieces of wood on the ladder
- tape them flat to the source

These particular ones work really nicely just clamped to something.. in the below case, I clamped them to the small pedestrian fence where it split in the middle of a draw bridge:

http://disconnecteddot.livejournal.com/260825.html

I have a heavier hydrophone that has a suction-cup like attachment (not really a suction cup though) that allows me to rest it on objects fairly easily (since it is heavier and flat with the attachment)... it gives a very different sound.. but it is a pain to use on anything that is not flat and stable (hard to tape/fasten/hold against things)