Hello! Could anyone help me, pls?
I need to build a pre-amplifier for two contact mics made out of piezo elements.
I should amplify the sounds of small metal pieces touching glass jars one by one. The contact mics will be fixed onto two jars.
The preamp's output will be connected to a megaphone with a miniplug.
(It'll be for an experimental performance art project.)
This preamp design from http://www.megalithia.com/sounds/tech/piezo/piezoopa.pdf seems promising to me, but in stead of one piezo element I would need two.
Somewhere I read that I shouldn't simply connect the cables of the two incoming signals. I assume I should also re-calculate the values of some of my components if I get another piezo..?
I'm a complete newbie on electronics and don't know anyone who could help. Any tips/recommendations/further reading are super-appreciated.