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Description: Thanks to Brilliant for supporting this video! The first 200 people to go to brilliant.org/MinutePhysics will get 20% off a premium subscription to Brilliant. Support MinutePhysics on Patreon! patreon.com/minutephysics This video is about how I designed and made my own custom mute guitar pedal for my clip-on mic and piezo pickup on my violin (fiddle). The mic is an AT Pro35 phantom powered XLR condensor microphone, and the pickup is a Fishman V200 piezoelectric transducer. I got all of the parts from PartsExpress. Thanks to my band (youtube.com/channel/UCEKRoVVSZKGih6v_xK4LAdw), Caleb, Pete, Paul and Troy, and to Hannah for filming. Link to Patreon Supporters: minutephysics.com/supporters REFERENCES: Gearslutz mute wiring for phantom powered vs dynamic/line-level microphones: gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/813680-how-wire-external-xlr-off-switch-pedal.html Beavis Audio Research: beavisaudio.com/techpages Pickups on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_%28music_technology%29 Microphone mute pedal on “I like to make stuff” iliketomakestuff.com/make-microphone-mute-pedal Balanced vs unbalanced audio: aviom.com/blog/balanced-vs-unbalanced Balanced signals on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_audio Phantom Power: acousticguitar.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-microphone-phantom-power Phantom Power explained on Sweetwater: sweetwater.com/insync/how-phantom-power-works Piezoelectricity: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity#Mechanism MinutePhysics is on twitter - @minutephysics And facebook - facebook.com/minutephysics And Google+ (does anyone use this any more?) - bit.ly/qzEwc6 Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Created by Henry Reich