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This post was inspired by iG.STUDiO:s wonderful post ”450 Miles Samba” in which he plays on many of household objects as percussion instruments.
Here I have used only ONE household sound, my favourite; this that comes when you gently tap a teaspoon on the closed lid of a typical swedish honey jar.
Sampled only once, then used in a program named Melody Assistant.
The tap on the honey jar top gives just a short (but very attractive) plopp. Then in Melody Assistant is the possibillity to define a loop over a little section of the sample, and thus appears the possibillity to play long notes even from a short sample.
To test my sample I entered the notes of JS Bachs Preludium in D minor for lute into Melody Assistant (gave it a different and ”jazzier” groove though). Also entered drums in Melody Assitants simple drum lines.
This was made in 2001, but as mentioned, the inspiration to post it, came from listening to iG.STUDiO:s creation.
There are many more very interesting household sounds, for example that which comes when you close a fairly new freezer. (Also the sound of a closing Mercedes door is something...) Or two unopened soft pet bottles full of carbonized soft drink, shaked so they're hard, held loosly by their tops, one in each hand, and stiked against each other just at the middle of the bottle body ...
Plooonggggg.... Very interesting.
Here I have used only ONE household sound, my favourite; this that comes when you gently tap a teaspoon on the closed lid of a typical swedish honey jar.
Sampled only once, then used in a program named Melody Assistant.
The tap on the honey jar top gives just a short (but very attractive) plopp. Then in Melody Assistant is the possibillity to define a loop over a little section of the sample, and thus appears the possibillity to play long notes even from a short sample.
To test my sample I entered the notes of JS Bachs Preludium in D minor for lute into Melody Assistant (gave it a different and ”jazzier” groove though). Also entered drums in Melody Assitants simple drum lines.
This was made in 2001, but as mentioned, the inspiration to post it, came from listening to iG.STUDiO:s creation.
There are many more very interesting household sounds, for example that which comes when you close a fairly new freezer. (Also the sound of a closing Mercedes door is something...) Or two unopened soft pet bottles full of carbonized soft drink, shaked so they're hard, held loosly by their tops, one in each hand, and stiked against each other just at the middle of the bottle body ...
Plooonggggg.... Very interesting.
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drakonis
Very cool idea indeed, and you can't go wrong with Bach.
And Melody Assistant? I have Melody Assistant's big brother,
Harmony Assistant, it's my composition software of choice, I
love it! I've played with sampling some sounds into
instruments with it, but you've now inspired me to actually
write a piece with some. I like the swing you put into this,
and the sound worked perfectly as a bell-like instrument for
Bach's writing, but I was hoping for that final Mercedes door-
slam at the end... oh well, maybe on your next piece! :-)
ttfn,
Drakonis