I Had to Build a Custom Mute Switch for my Violin

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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! http://www.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 (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEKRoVVSZKGih6v_xK4LAdw), 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/geekslutz-forum/813680-how-wire-external-xlr-off-switch-pedal.html Beavis Audio Research: http://beavisaudio.com/techpages/ Pickups on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_%28music_technology%29 Microphone mute pedal on “I like to make stuff” https://iliketomakestuff.com/make-microphone-mute-pedal/ Balanced vs unbalanced audio: http://www.aviom.com/blog/balanced-vs-unbalanced/ Balanced signals on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_audio Phantom Power: http://acousticguitar.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-microphone-phantom-power/ Phantom Power explained on Sweetwater: https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/how-phantom-power-works/ Piezoelectricity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity#Mechanism MinutePhysics is on twitter - @minutephysics And facebook - http://facebook.com/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