I Had to Build a Custom Mute Switch for my Violin

Thanks to Brilliant for supporting this video! The first 200 people to go to https://brilliant.org/MinutePhysics will get 20% off a premium subscription to Brilliant. Support MinutePhysics on Patreon!   / 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 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEKR..., Caleb, Pete, Paul and Troy, and to Hannah for filming. Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/ REFERENCES: Gearslutz mute wiring for phantom powered vs dynamic/line-level microphones: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/geeks... Beavis Audio Research: http://beavisaudio.com/techpages/ Pickups on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_... Microphone mute pedal on “I like to make stuff” https://iliketomakestuff.com/make-mic... Balanced vs unbalanced audio: http://www.aviom.com/blog/balanced-vs... Balanced signals on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance... Phantom Power: http://acousticguitar.com/everything-... Phantom Power explained on Sweetwater: https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/how... Piezoelectricity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoel... MinutePhysics is on twitter - @minutephysics And facebook -   / minutephysics   And Google+ (does anyone use this any more?) - http://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