Recording a tow chain
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Recording a tow chain
Just finished tracking some aux percussion in the form of a damn heavy tow chain. Set it up on a wood riser that I made some time back for something else and just let the chain "crumple" down in a controlled fashion. Used a Cascade Victor into a Neve 517 for whatever that's worth. However, I deemed this event worthy of a post only in that I never thought I'd one day be considering the relative merits of different takes of a chain as to feel, tone, timber, etc. I love music!!!
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I think the first time I heard a chain used musically was on track 3 of the first VAST album. Sounded really cool and matched the labored feel the song. Frankly, I wish there was more foley type stuff in music. The Downward Spiral is probably my favorite example of this. Car doors for snares, chainsaw guitars and whatnot. Anybody know any other good examples of this type of arrangement? It's real ear candy to me.
I saw a Chicago artist called Arvo Zylo recently, and he was using a chain live, as well as a large sheet of metal, which as well as wobbling he would attack with various power tools.
Really makes me want to put piezos on all my ductwork
Really makes me want to put piezos on all my ductwork
The previous statement is from a guy who records his own, and other projects for fun. No money is made.
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Piezos on your ductwork? I dare you! That would be incredible! Arvo Zylo sounds like Skinny Puppy. I saw them in the 80's in Dallas. Blew my small little mind at the time.
I used some sounds like this on my last cd as well. Namely, an empty 5 gallon propane tank played with a yarn mallet. Kind of had a sonar ping sound to it.
I'd love to hear more examples as well. Going to go check out The Downward Spiral ...
I used some sounds like this on my last cd as well. Namely, an empty 5 gallon propane tank played with a yarn mallet. Kind of had a sonar ping sound to it.
I'd love to hear more examples as well. Going to go check out The Downward Spiral ...
Re: Recording a tow chain
There's an Ohio band called Oak, that uses a chain like that on one of their songs!dennisjames wrote:Just finished tracking some aux percussion in the form of a damn heavy tow chain. Set it up on a wood riser that I made some time back for something else and just let the chain "crumple" down in a controlled fashion. Used a Cascade Victor into a Neve 517 for whatever that's worth. However, I deemed this event worthy of a post only in that I never thought I'd one day be considering the relative merits of different takes of a chain as to feel, tone, timber, etc. I love music!!!
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Oh man, I remember Stabbing Westward.
Fun fact: I currently have hundreds of pounds of steel rails and an old cast iron sink in the back of my car, and I'm heading out tonight to make recordings of all that shit rattling around back there.
Because you never know.
Fun fact: I currently have hundreds of pounds of steel rails and an old cast iron sink in the back of my car, and I'm heading out tonight to make recordings of all that shit rattling around back there.
Because you never know.
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All the DWLB music is at http://dwlb.bandcamp.com/
"Lots of people are nostalgic for analog. I suspect they're people who never had to work with it." ? Brian Eno
All the DWLB music is at http://dwlb.bandcamp.com/
Thing I remember most about SW is that pneumatic keyboard stand their keyboard player had, he used to spin that thing around.
Before SW there was Silverfish, I remember their drummer had hubcaps, and an old fire extinguisher upside down on a pole, and of course Lesley Rankine of Silverfish ended up in Pigface for a while.
Before SW there was Silverfish, I remember their drummer had hubcaps, and an old fire extinguisher upside down on a pole, and of course Lesley Rankine of Silverfish ended up in Pigface for a while.
The previous statement is from a guy who records his own, and other projects for fun. No money is made.
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for a while I was getting some "Noise" genre bands at my studio, including these:
http://balancepointacoustics.bandcamp.c ... -of-blanco
http://panpanpanaviandistresscall.bandc ... tress-call
"how" to record this stuff was challenging and fun. some of it was amps, but there were things like "garage door springs" and such. or plastic water bottle stuffed into the upright acoustic bass. or metal things banging on electric guitars.. another group used small toy power drills next to the guitar pickups - sort of ebow-ish but even better.
http://balancepointacoustics.bandcamp.c ... -of-blanco
http://panpanpanaviandistresscall.bandc ... tress-call
"how" to record this stuff was challenging and fun. some of it was amps, but there were things like "garage door springs" and such. or plastic water bottle stuffed into the upright acoustic bass. or metal things banging on electric guitars.. another group used small toy power drills next to the guitar pickups - sort of ebow-ish but even better.
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I'm a big fan of stuff like this - foley/field sounds used in music. My example/shameless plug is definitely a lot more subtle than a lot of the great stuff here where it's really focused, but fits nonetheless, especially with regards to being in the unusual position to be trying multiple takes and variations of something you never considered an instrument. Around 4:45 here you can hear my car door slamming under an arch bridge near the Schulkill River in Manayunk, Philadelphia being used as the kick drum for a short break in the song:
https://jessegimbel.bandcamp.com/track/ ... fortable-2
https://jessegimbel.bandcamp.com/track/ ... fortable-2
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