Daily Inspiration for the Sound Designer

[N i g e l]

A humungus sound !
Made me feel like I should be stressing out in Hans Zimmer soundtrack kind of way ?

& also why the DX7 was digital !

[Folderol]

Completely nuts - but very enjoyably so. I actually like that sort of slow resolution from noise to a smooth note.

Mind you, it's theoretically possible for one instance of Yoshimi to sound 9216 - No, I'm not going to try it

[Drew Stephenson]

Utterly ridiculous.
And brilliant.

[Arpangel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYiJkkS37Eg

Talk about inspiration, this little box is truly amazing, really beautiful sounds.
Shame it’s not still available, be good to try and make something similar, in modular, somehow?

[Martin Walker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYiJkkS37Eg

Talk about inspiration, this little box is truly amazing, really beautiful sounds.
Shame it’s not still available, be good to try and make something similar, in modular, somehow?

Both boxes here sound fascinating, but the Hologram Microcosm does seem to be available (albeit in short supply to pre-order) so I expect you're referring to the SUIKO ST-50.

Here's another Hainbach video dedicated to it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzo9ebsFd6Q

Martin

[BJG145]

...cool, I've been looking covetously at the ST-20 recently, but I hadn't clocked the ST-50...

[Drew Stephenson]

How to lose 20 minutes of your day: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/ ... 35f46e0b0b

[Martin Walker]

ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! Barcoders Jamming!

OK - here's a wonderfully wacky way to open our musical minds.

Barcoder: generates sounds by connecting scan-signals of a barcode scanner to a powered speaker directly not a cash register.

Now click on this link to enjoy the action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOfpQt4KFCc

Enjoy!

Martin

[Folderol]

Weird!

[resistorman]

Oh man, that is good...

[tea for two]

Modular Shrooms

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hlQHYtncww

[Luke W]

ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! Barcoders Jamming!

OK - here's a wonderfully wacky way to open our musical minds.

Barcoder: generates sounds by connecting scan-signals of a barcode scanner to a powered speaker directly not a cash register.

barcoders.jpg

Now click on this link to enjoy the action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOfpQt4KFCc

Enjoy!

Martin

Amazing

The shirts were the winner for me there.

[Arpangel]

Modular Shrooms

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-hlQHYtncww

This is very interesting, but you can, use more or less anything to do this, just sticking one end of a patch lead into the ground, and then into your modular, you’d be surprised to hear the results sometimes, or, just a piece of wire held in the air, I’ve done this during thunderstorms, and it can produce spectacular effects, try it into any CV input, the voltages are so small it doesn’t matter.

[Arpangel]

Todd Barton, unplugged, beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaakuLdNL78

[kevineleven]

This man is very good with the flute. I listened the same flute when I was in China in 2018.

[Drew Stephenson]

As well as being a fascinating bit of animation, there's some interesting sound design going on here: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/07/ ... 35f46e0b0b

[resistorman]

As well as being a fascinating bit of animation, there's some interesting sound design going on here: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/07/ ... 35f46e0b0b

Universal Everything! Cool.

[Martin Walker]

Sweet Dreams Played by Electronic Devices

Want to put a smile on your face?

Then watch this video immediately

Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), played by eight electronic devices: two electric toothbrushes, three credit card machines, one toaster, one steam iron, and one electric typewriter.

Here's the link to hear it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnAUs-ms3-Y

Martin

[Drew Stephenson]

This is what the internet was made for.

[Folderol]

As well as being a fascinating bit of animation, there's some interesting sound design going on here: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/07/ ... 35f46e0b0b

Universal Everything! Cool.

Just stumbled on this one (a bit of do-nothing time for a change). It is absolutley brilliant. Bookmarked for repeat enjoyment

[Folderol]

Sweet Dreams Played by Electronic Devices

Want to put a smile on your face?

Then watch this video immediately

Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), played by eight electronic devices: two electric toothbrushes, three credit card machines, one toaster, one steam iron, and one electric typewriter.

device-orchestra.jpg

Here's the link to hear it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnAUs-ms3-Y

Martin

These 'uses' of electronic kit always bring a smile to my face

[resistorman]

This is what the internet was made for.

Yes! But there aren’t any cats?!

[Drew Stephenson]

Thought this might be of interest to readers of this thread:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/06/ ... allations/
"Swedish audiovisual artist and woodworker Love Hultén is known for his extravagant and unconventional sound installations that fall at the intersection of music, art, and design. Whether an homage to Nintendo, Pacman, or Simone Giertz’s chattering mouths, the custom synthesizers are elaborate electronic instruments with broad audio capabilities and often, a unique MIDI visualizer that responds in real-time: play the keyboard of “NES-SY37,” for example, and a rendering evocative of a vintage video game will appear on a tiny LCD screen. In the case of “The Doodlestation,” a chord might prompt a cartoon-like figure to vomit an endless pastel rainbow."

[Drew Stephenson]

Just a short animation from a site I view regularly, but what stood out for me was the Foley.
It's almost overdone, but just stays the right side of the humorous line.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2023/03/ ... +Tu+Fruit+