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Hanglow · Post by **Hanglow** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:36 pm

A long shot I know, but does anyone happen to know of some wobble board samples,
a la Rolf Harris ?

Pantsdown666 · Post by **Pantsdown666** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 3:15 pm

lol post of the week

ummm no ... but you'll be the first to know ...

Hanglow · Post by **Hanglow** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:32 pm

I've searched for some, but for some strange reason can't find any.

Surely this is a niche market that some clever person with a mic and a bit of board could exploit?

daGuru · Post by **daGuru** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:37 pm

Pantsdown666 wrote:lol post of the week
ummm no ... but you'll be the first to know ...

I 2nd that

ROFL... Acid Wobble, baby

Pantsdown666 · Post by **Pantsdown666** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:10 pm

I ended up doing a search too ...
wtf good is Google if it gets "no results" for 'wobbleboard.wav' ????
Eerily, the song samples on Rolf's official site are down. Perhaps he's signed a deal with a plug-in maker? Wobblelarium Pro, bring it on ...

Hanglow · Post by **Hanglow** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 10:19 pm

Pantsdown666 wrote:I ended up doing a search too ...
wtf good is Google if it gets "no results" for 'wobbleboard.wav' ????

I know, what can a man do? Those samples must be like gold dust.

Pantsdown666 wrote:Perhaps he's signed a deal with a plug-in maker? Wobblelarium Pro, bring it on ...

Please god, make it so. If I had the choice of world peace or Wobblelarium Pro, I know what I'd choose. No sane person would wish otherwise.

I think the forum needs a brave soul to try and record a few wobble board sounds. I would, but sadly lack a board of suitable quality, and a microphone.

Otherwise I'd be the first to do so.

Ben H · Post by **Ben H** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:00 pm

Been searching for gum leaf samples myself... would go well wit ha wobbleboard... oh, and a lagerphone.

Hanglow · Post by **Hanglow** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:01 pm

Any joy?

james0tucson · Post by **james0tucson** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:05 pm

What's a wobbleboard?

Colonel Flashback · Post by **Colonel Flashback** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:12 pm

edit: according to google...

Hanglow · Post by **Hanglow** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:13 pm

Rolf Harris wrote:What's a wobble board and how do you make one?

Rolf gives this answer on stage and during interviews.
"The first wobble board was made of 2 foot by 3 foot 1/10th inch thick hardboard, although they can be made slightly smaller. There is a slight indentation in the middle of each short side so the hands don't slip when playing. This needs to be as wide as the hand and about 1/4 inch deep. It is played, not by gripping the board with the fingers, but by propping it between the palms of the hands and bouncing it, accenting every second beat, or off beat, as it's called. If you haven't got a really good sense of rhythm, don't try to play one. I've found tempered hardboard works best, or more recently, MDF board, but it must be really thin, or it's too hard to bounce."

The first wobble board was created by Rolf when he was trying to dry the background board for a painting. The painting was on hardboard and in an effort to dry the painting he used a heater to heat the hardboard and dry the base paint. As it was drying Rolf felt the board and it was so hot he burnt his finger. To prevent the board busting into flames Rolf picked up the board and held the board between his palms and wobbled it to cool it. Rolf kept the painting wobbleboard and it toured the world with him. This all happened in 1957. In 1960 the wobble sound was included on the record "Tie me Kangaroo down Sport" which became an instant international hit for Rolf. When the orginal wobbleboard began to crack Rolf replacd it with the "Stairway to heaven" board currently in use.

rounser · Post by **rounser** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:03 am

There's wobbleboard samples in the xm module "Jesus On E's" which is floating around teh intarweb, but they're 8 bit and they've got Rolf panting all over them.

Arguably this improves them.

Wobble board samples?