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This is something I have always wanted to do. I tried doing it a few years back - i built something out of a 2x4, proxy glue, iron elbows, plastic elbows and rulers all of different sizes - i called it a quadbar. it was nice, but fell apart eventually. I've wanted to do this again recently, since a friend of mine wishes to start a group, and desires to write "ancient" music, i'm talking B.C. Greek/ beginning of music/ Pythagoras stuff. share your experiences on this, if you have any. |
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your friend wishes to write ancient music? What exactly are you going to use as a guideline? I've got no experience on making instruments, but it is very interesting, I would go into it myself but I'm a shit craftsman. Some nice instruments were built by Harry Partch though, There was a website with descriptions and samples of some but I think it disappeared. If I was to do it though I'd go into the microtonal stuff. |
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i'm getting an speak n spell in the mail very soon, and i'm eager to circuit-bend the hell out of it. i'm thinking about something that affects the pitch of it and that locks the sounds and loops them. the problem is that i don't know how to do it, even though i have some soldering experience. i have only rewired my 606 and 707 to make them work, so if someone has any 'circuit-bending for dummies' stuff, or a nice step by step thingie i'd be in their debt. |
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i built a guitar out of spare parts, and circuit-bent a couple of toys. i haven't created an instrument from scratch, but i would definitely like to. |
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i make my own analog synths and create the greatest electronic music ever! |
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are you aphex? |
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no aphex bought all that equipment for analord |
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oh, i thought that the Analord is a robotic ruler of the underworld who constructed the analest analogue synths ever invented in this universe specifically so that richard would use them for the greatest analogue music ever, dedicated to the Analord, in an expansive multi-ep set to be contained in a classy binder. now i know i either read that fact somewhere on the official site for sure, or i definitely made it up just now. |
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A few weeks ago, there was a guy on CBC radio that made instruments out of food. He had a big carrot, and made into a flute right there in the studio. Actually, it sounded a bit like a clarinet when he played it. |
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I have a friend who builds synthesizers. |
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It doesn't get much better than a carrot flute. |
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I wrapped some elastic bands around an oddly-shaped box once. "Twang" went the bands. "Twang, Twang". |
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speaking of circuit bending, i remember seeing a link here recently that said something about that. any links to some instructions? |
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i hacked a furby before. it was fantastic. it would speak in tongues varying all the time, based on my body resistance and hiow hard i was squeezing a few wires. if you touched this other bit it would glitch. it died after about an hour, never to recover. a furby minus the fur is pretty fucking creepy when it's blinking epileptically and speaking in what is ancient furby-aramiac, for all intents and purposes. pretty fucking creepy. |
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i have stuck a plastic ruler in a gap between two tables, then it sounded like "poing" or something. and a percussion set from household things.. |
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funny you should mention that. i was playing with a thick ruler for carpentry the other day, and was moving it up and down the table, changing the open length as i plucked it. interesting - it might work if you had a proper mic to amp it. |
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i'm gonna make a theremin |
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eh? |
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i hear theyre real easy to make. i was gonna make one myself one time, but i didnt. |
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I would like to program my own instruments hehe |
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I don't know if they are still around, but paia was a company tat sold build it yourself theramins, synths etc. More assembly than building it from scratch I guess, but it might be a good way to get experience to build one from scratch later on. |
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i blew up my yamaha Ps14, it did make some cool nosies though. |
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sounds interesting - i'll check that out. |
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