...and run it through enough distortion and delay.
So I found this at a Goodwill.
It makes terrible sounds
[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/LTHbPo6QHoI[/BBvideo]
Thus, I must turn it into an instrument!
Step 1:
Pop it open and stare befuddled at the wires.
Step 2:
Figure out the voltage of the batter pack and insert an appropriate DC adapter in it's place (I a'int messing with batteries!)
[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/H6hRfbNB8ow[/BBvideo]
Step 3:
Put a 1/4" jack in parallel with those speakers so I can plug it into an amp
Step 4:
Poke various contacts until it starts making weird noises or dies entirely (not attached: photos of the 3 other toys I broke during this step)
Step 5:
Connect those two points where it made weird noises via a pot.
Step 6:
Replace all those alligator clips with real wires (cannibalized mostly from the toys that broke)
Step 7:
Close up and test
[BBvideo=560,315]https://youtu.be/L23C-m_OGFA[/BBvideo]
Step 8:
Metal.
All said and done, this project took probably 3 hours to do. Plus 10 minutes to track the "tune"
Anything is an instrument if you believe in yourself...
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Oh, dear... What the actual fuck have you just done!!!
The mix is a bit lopsided to the left. Its also both quite dark, but has some fizz at the top end. The beat isn't solid enough either.
The 2:20 intro before the main riff comes in is too long.
The first chorus is good, but is also a bit lopsided, maybe you should double track it and hardpan.
The mix is a bit lopsided to the left. Its also both quite dark, but has some fizz at the top end. The beat isn't solid enough either.
The 2:20 intro before the main riff comes in is too long.
The first chorus is good, but is also a bit lopsided, maybe you should double track it and hardpan.
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This is fucking cool, yet horrifying as hell. I believe i have been chased by gestapo wolves with bludgeons in night mares to that song.
Good job VHS.
Good job VHS.
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Ha ha!JD01 wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2017 12:43 pm Oh, dear... What the actual fuck have you just done!!!
The mix is a bit lopsided to the left. Its also both quite dark, but has some fizz at the top end. The beat isn't solid enough either.
The 2:20 intro before the main riff comes in is too long.
The first chorus is good, but is also a bit lopsided, maybe you should double track it and hardpan.
Yeah, it's not a great mix. More a proof-of-concept. Eventually, I'll start my metal project and use stuff like this as the base but make actually coherent mixes.
I was also testing out whether I could use my new headphone amp to split a signal to multiple amps. (The answer is yes).
I did another one where I basically just set a guitar between two amps and played with pedal settings for 10 minutes while it fed back.
Gestapo wolves with bludgeons is my favorite nazisploitation film! How did you know?!
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Damn pretty cool man! I wish I could do electricals.
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I'm pretty bad at electrical work. I just know how to turn on a soldering iron, and I fake it from there. (And try to remember to google which wire is live before I do anything so as to not die.)
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That's fucking awesome. Well done.
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