Cymbals will never look the same again

[FreQnic]

Cymbal at 1,000 frames per second

[zenguitar]

Nice, isn't it

Guitars, strings, drum heads, they all look amazing when you can capture them in that detail. And it's very educational to see the theory in such unforgiving detail. Recommended to everyone.

Andy

[FreQnic]

It truly is a wonder to behold. I would love to see some 3D modeling of sound waves emanating from various instruments with the data extrapolated from these videos.

Here is a nice one of a snare drum hit...
Snare Drum in slow motion 3000 FPS

[Aliweasel]

That is a pretty video. Doesn't Radiohead's video for Nude have a load of slow motion shots of them playing?

So it does! Here it is: link

[Richie Royale]

Time Warp on the Discovery channel had this amongst other super slow-mo action. . They also had footage of the sound wave from a whip crack.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/time-warp/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbomsOPSSII around 2 mins for the Schlieren photography part.

[FreQnic]

That is a pretty video. Doesn't Radiohead's video for Nude have a load of slow motion shots of them playing?

So it does! Here it is: link

Brilliant. Slow-mo of a cymbal, a snare drum and now a Thom!

[Martin Walker]

Wow!

Very glad I watched that - thanks for the link FreQnic

Martin

[Scrumper]

Love it, thanks! Now I'm beginning to understand why a blip of white noise doesn't quite cut it as a synthesized cymbal. That's some complex stuff happening there.

[zenguitar]

And here's a link to the Plek site and a high speed strobe video of a guitar string vibrating.

Equally scary

Andy

[Zukan]

Cool link.

Mind you, that's pretty much how I feel on most day....

[Jumpeyspyder]

And here's a link to the Plek site and a high speed strobe video of a guitar string vibrating.

Equally scary

Andy

You can see this easily at home

Try hold your guitar so you can see the string in front of a TV (it may need to be an old fashioned CRT type)

[zenguitar]

And here's a link to the Plek site and a high speed strobe video of a guitar string vibrating.

Equally scary

Andy

You can see this easily at home

Try hold your guitar so you can see the string in front of a TV (it may need to be an old fashioned CRT type)

I know, but I was hoping Zuke would follow the link and buy me a Plek machine for my birthday

Andy

[. . . Delete This User . . .]

wot, you mean like we got him a date with Angelina and a ferrari for his 50th...

[Spy1]

wot, you mean like we got him a date with Angelina and a ferrari for his 50th...

I know Zuke has his foibles, but Nick Ferrari...

(Nice vids BTW)