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The Magnetic Fields, anybody?

  • 26-11-2006 10:45pm
    #1
    rcaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭


    Great band. But experimental? I was flicking through the booklet of 69 Love Songs, reading what instruments they used. Out of a long list, I remember seeing an actual washboard, a Radio Shack 75-in-one project kit (used for percussion), and hand-drawn waveforms. That's experimental, no?

    Also, could anyone explain the concept of hand-drawn waveforms to me? Sounds very interesting.


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  • #2
    mike65
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    I've used hand-drawn waveforms in SawCutter Its a way of tweaking the sound in a panel using your mouse so you can turn a large saw-tooth into a Jagged mini saw-tooth and so on.

    Mike.


  • #3
    John
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    I've got Holiday which is a really nice album. I didn't know they used such cool stuff for instruments though.

    As for hand drawn waveforms, Aphex Twin has hidden pictures in his soundwaves!


  • #4
    rcaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    Actually, I've heard about that before. Cheers for the link!

    Yeah, I have Holiday as well, great album. I prefer 69 Love Songs, though, get your hands on it if you can. Sort of a concept album, I think his (Steven Merrit) friend bet him he couldn't write 69 songs about love, and he did, resulting in a lot of original points of view on love, and lot of great songs. That's getting off topic, though.

    Nice one.


  • #5
    cornbb
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    Anyone interested in paying homage to the Twin's sonogram artwork can do so with the help of the free spectral manipulation tool SPEAR: http://www.klingbeil.com/spear/


  • #6
    Parsley
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    I've got 69 Love Songs, I gotta say it's well class.


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