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Lawnmower Of The Damned · Wed May 31, 2006 7:19 pm

"What's brown and sounds like a bell? Dung!"

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:52 am

Max el Belga wrote:In the old days a Clavinet was a "must". In the keyboards "tower" was always a clavinet present !

PS : Herodotus, somehow I thought you lived in England...

That's because I have such a convincing accent.

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:38 am

Herodotus! You didn't hit it hard enough!

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:00 pm

Architeuthis wrote:Herodotus! You didn't hit it hard enough!

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herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:29 pm

runagate wrote:Lol let's go to a park and we can get samples of you wailing on me with the gong
we'll call it "runagate beaten like a gong"
Samples of gong and man wailing like a boiled badger.
I don't mind bussing over to Minneapolis to get whacked with an overgrown cymbal.

Actually outdoor recordings are rather difficult.

We would have to record you screaming like a boiled badger someplace indoors.

Other than that, it sounds like a plan

runagate · Post by **runagate** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:31 pm

Cool, how about after I catapult feces at grand old day on sunday?

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:32 am

runagate wrote:Cool, how about after I catapult feces at grand old day on sunday?

Whose feces?

runagate · Post by **runagate** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:14 pm

Why, monkey feces, of course.
I'm gonna take a quick offal-tossing trip down to Grand Old Day (I'm 6 blocks north atm) then I'll come back for my beating.

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:35 pm

herodotus wrote:
Architeuthis wrote:Herodotus! You didn't hit it hard enough!
??

Well your hardest-hit sample doesn't produce the famous big explosive type sound you find in some music, and one of the most famous is the mortal combat theme song which uses the big gong sound I'm talking about. I do have an example if you want me to go through samples I already have. It's always nice to have alternative samples, though.

G-Ro124 · Post by **G-Ro124** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:52 pm

Architeuthis wrote:
herodotus wrote:
Architeuthis wrote:Herodotus! You didn't hit it hard enough!
??
Well your hardest-hit sample doesn't produce the famous big explosive type sound you find in some music, and one of the most famous is the mortal combat theme song which uses the big gong sound I'm talking about. I do have an example if you want me to go through samples I already have. It's always nice to have alternative samples, though.

raise the volume on your sampler, but I agree, Herodotus, you need to hit that bitch HARD! You OWN that gong! Don't let it show you up!

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:52 pm

G-Ro124 wrote:
Architeuthis wrote:
herodotus wrote:
Architeuthis wrote:Herodotus! You didn't hit it hard enough!
??
Well your hardest-hit sample doesn't produce the famous big explosive type sound you find in some music, and one of the most famous is the mortal combat theme song which uses the big gong sound I'm talking about. I do have an example if you want me to go through samples I already have. It's always nice to have alternative samples, though.
raise the volume on your sampler, but I agree, Herodotus, you need to hit that bitch HARD! You OWN that gong! Don't let it show you up!

Actually, I hit the gong as hard as you could without knocking the stand over (In fact, it almost did go over at one point).

No, the deal is that the 'mortal kombat' gong is a much bigger gong. Like, say,40 inches or even larger.

Also, different gongs, like different cymbals, have different tonal characteristics.

Read more here.

Architeuthis · Post by **Architeuthis** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:06 am

Herodotus, don't worry then.

deaf dunderkwac · Post by **deaf dunderkwac** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:14 am

ahh, the 'tuz' gong...
(always wondered about that)

funkychickendance · Post by **funkychickendance** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:11 am

herodotus wrote:
... different gongs, like different cymbals, have different tonal characteristics.

Read more here.

Great article. I'm looking forward to your gong project (which I'm pretty sure I'll be able to afford without any stretch) as much as I'd like Kong Audio's ChineeKong percussion collection (which'll stay on the wishlist for a few months yet, I'm guessing)

Gong trivia/ramblings: who remembers Ray Cooper, ace UK percussionist, and his giant gong? E.g., in the Secret Policeman's Ball jam (IIRC)? And didn't The Cult tour with one humungous six-foot diameter monstrosity they used once per set? Saw them -- I was a bit pickled, so not sure on details -- in Houston, around '86 or so...

/funxi

Free samples of a dark-sounding 22 inch gong