The microphone is wired to the mechanism that advances the spikes. Loud singing retards them; quiet singing or pauses advances them. Sing long and loud, your life depends on it.-- pocmloc, Dec 21 2009 Iron Maiden sing along time... http://www.youtube....watch?v=sEWiOKSexigThe song "Iron Maiden" from the album "Iron Maiden", by the band "Iron Maiden", ostensibily about the torture device called an iron maiden [Jinbish, Dec 22 2009] For [Ian] http://www.youtube....watch?v=xpcUxwpOQ_AMuppet's Bohemian Rhapsody is very good - but I like Beaker's rendition of "Ode to Joy" better. [Jinbish, Dec 22 2009] For [bungston] http://www.youtube....5YY&feature=relatedIt's not jazz - but it is bizarre. [Jinbish, Dec 22 2009] the problem is once the spikes were advanced to a certain amount, the singing would be both long and loud so they wouldn't advance any more.-- FlyingToaster, Dec 21 2009 Disputed: "retards" implies that the spikes still move, albeit slower. "Retracts" implies them moing away from the singer, which is undesirable.
Of course, "retard" could refer to the karaoke singer ...-- 8th of 7, Dec 22 2009 I'm considering a connoisseur model, which uses matching algorithms to compare the singing to the backing track, for intonation, rythym, etc.-- pocmloc, Dec 22 2009 // connoisseur model //
Bigger, longer, sharper spikes ....-- 8th of 7, Dec 22 2009 In UK we could just sing Christmas no 1s, especially this year's ...-- Aristotle, Dec 22 2009 I would like to do an album of Iron Maiden covers, but arranged as jazz standards.-- bungston, Dec 22 2009 horrible, evil torture device (+)-- Voice, Mar 04 2011 I just gave this a bun before I read that it was about torture. Again, because I can see much mirth in Maiden, and I think that they are underused in the karaoke format.-- bungston, Mar 04 2011 random, halfbakery