Music Toys for real music!

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fcknoise wrote:That harp thing def sounds cool. I can hear that being in a lot of different songs.

Maybe technically not toys at all, but tiny kalimbas can be found in at east toy-sized renditions, and they sound awesome
oh man, kalimba is a must

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg24k7tzIc0[/youtube]

shit, will need to pull the trigger now :facepalm:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYWoMnJJpWE[/youtube]
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Jew's harp is sort of a toy …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SpWuseQGys[/youtube]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuGnsW0ysrA[/youtube]

We have actually recorded such a 'whirly tube' and used it in our band before on this track: http://thehowlensemble.bandcamp.com/track/apocalypso
It comes in around 4:03. We pitch-shifted it to match the key and added an effect in Ableton to turn the smooth gliss between the tubes various pitches into a more 'blocky' effect ( I don't know the correct music theory term that denotes the opposite for glissando :facepalm: )
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oscillofuzz wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuGnsW0ysrA[/youtube]

We have actually recorded such a 'whirly tube' and used it in our band before on this track: http://thehowlensemble.bandcamp.com/track/apocalypso
It comes in around 4:03. We pitch-shifted it to match the key and added an effect in Ableton to turn the smooth gliss between the tubes various pitches into a more 'blocky' effect ( I don't know the correct music theory term that denotes the opposite for glissando :facepalm: )
Cool song ...
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Paul_C wrote:You've reminded me that I bought my youngest daughter a loud-hailer shaped toy that makes your voice sound like a robot, she reckons she still has it somewhere so the search is on !
Record and post it!
I have it !

I shall do some recording this week and put up a tune sometime soon.

It's one of these:

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I have one of those^
You can get them at walmart and dollar general some times.
...Put one in a pedal, and you'd end up with something like a DBA Robot
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This surfs the toy/real instrument line a bit, but it was cheaper than borscht:

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Toy melodica C$20 (~US$15) on Ali. Seems pretty solid, makes adequate melodica noises.
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First recording using the megaphone - I got my daughter to play with it briefly and then had a play with that in Audacity.

I was pleased with the result, but when I offered her the chance to listen to the whole tune on YouTube she said she'd heard enough (to be fair, she is only 5) :)


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaySKXBb4IE[/youtube]
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Paul_C wrote:First recording using the megaphone - I got my daughter to play with it briefly and then had a play with that in Audacity.

I was pleased with the result, but when I offered her the chance to listen to the whole tune on YouTube she said she'd heard enough (to be fair, she is only 5) :)


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaySKXBb4IE[/youtube]
Cool but too short ;)

I think adding a bass guitar line would a little something extra ....
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I'm sure, but I didn't have time for that ;)

That, and I was seeing what I could conjure out of the one minute 11 seconds of sound my daughter was prepared to give me before she'd had enough (hence the title), so there's a straight loop of her + megaphone, a track of a short phrase really slowed down and a third track that pops in and out which was sped up a little and pitch-shifted even higher, plus all sorts of different effects thrown at it each time it pops up.
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Was conflicted whether to put this here or in the Purple thread...

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Not utterly trash. At least, not for $4. The "turntable" is actually a speed controller for the sound files it plays, so it's almost like it's pre-glitched.
solo (mostly ambient): https://heraclitusakimbo.bandcamp.com/
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Heraclitus Akimbo wrote:Was conflicted whether to put this here or in the Purple thread...

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Not utterly trash. At least, not for $4. The "turntable" is actually a speed controller for the sound files it plays, so it's almost like it's pre-glitched.
I thought about picking one of this up the other day, although it was a rebranded one for a higher price... If you can load in your own sound files, using this as a super basic Kaoss Pad sounds pretty fun.
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There's loads of weird, cheap, toy-like instruments on Etsy.

Two of the coolest (and unfortunately most expensive) things on there I've seen:

Electric Kalimba

Solid-body Electric Ukulele

These things can both definitely be found cheaper too, just wanted to showcase some of the cooler stuff. There are many cheapo synths and noisemakers. It's a giant rabbit hole.
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JustGlyphs wrote:There's loads of weird, cheap, toy-like instruments on Etsy.

Two of the coolest (and unfortunately most expensive) things on there I've seen:

Electric Kalimba

Solid-body Electric Ukulele

These things can both definitely be found cheaper too, just wanted to showcase some of the cooler stuff. There are many cheapo synths and noisemakers. It's a giant rabbit hole.

Wow, I've looked at weird instruments on etsy before, but I had no idea that I wanted that natural finish Telecaster uke SO FREAKING BADLY!!!
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