DynaMike
DynaMike tech specs
- Initial price: £20[1]
- Company: Bandai
- Type: Effect
- Display: None
The DynaMike was a children's toy effect by Bandai. Surprisingly, it was used professionally by both Coldcut and LFO.
Quotes
I bought it in a shop in New York. It's red and looks like a cross between a microphone and a sax, and it's for kids to make noises like spacemen really — but you can get some of the most outrageous sounds out of it.
— Jonathan More, Coldcut, 1990[2]
We might just use transposed-down voices sounding weird, using the pitch shift on the SPX50D or that willy thing. It's a kid's toy from Argos. DynaMike, I think it's called. It only costs £25, but it's got up and down pitch and a flanger effect.
— Gez Varley & Mark Bell, LFO, 1991[3]
Notable users
References
- "Argos Best Sellers" Argos, 1990, p. 182
- "What's That Noise?" Tim Goodyer, Music Technology, Aug 1990, pp. 30—34
- "Deep Vibrations" Simon Trask, Music Technology, Aug 1991, pp. 60—65
Bandai: DynaMike
Effects: DynaMike | MicroVerb III | Micro Rack Series | QuadraVerb | RV-1000