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JereFuzz wrote:

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

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

Jew's harp is sort of a toy …

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

[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 )

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 )

Cool song ...

JereFuzz wrote:

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:

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

This surfs the toy/real instrument line a bit, but it was cheaper than borscht:



Toy melodica C$20 (~US$15) on Ali. Seems pretty solid, makes adequate melodica noises.

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]

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 ....

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.

Was conflicted whether to put this here or in the Purple thread...



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.

Heraclitus Akimbo wrote:Was conflicted whether to put this here or in the Purple thread...



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.

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.

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!!!