Johhny Greenwood rules
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- KVRist
- 337 posts since 16 Jan, 2004
I am not exactly sure where to post this question. I am wondering how Radiohead gets the sounds they get out of the song "Everthing in its Right Place" when playing live. If you haven't seen them live, listen to the last half of the track on the "I Might be Wrong" live recordings. Some people might just call it noise, but I think it is brilliant. Basically, Thom's voice can be heard LONG after he stops singing in variations. It looked like Johnny Greenwood was behind it when I saw them. He keeps playing back different vocal parts of the song with various delays, pitch shifts, and other effects. I know he sometimes uses a Kaoss Pad, but I don't think that is what he used on that song. I am interested in tweaking music like that live. Any help would be awesome.
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- KVRer
- 29 posts since 19 Jun, 2004
isn't "Everthing in its Right Place"'s fx's done with a sampler? atleast it is I think on the cd. However, maybe johnny samples thoms voice live and then does the variations. kind of like an audio grabber?
when i saw them i made the mistake of getting stoned half way through the show
, but what u'r talking about sounds familar... somewhat anyways. i have vague memories of them doing some live improv stuff, at the time it seemed really mind blowing.. but now i dont know if it really was. Johnny was, twiddling with a bunch of machines, turning knobs and shit, he was getting a weird sound from it if i'm not mistaken. wish i remember what the hell was going on.
when i saw them i made the mistake of getting stoned half way through the show
, but what u'r talking about sounds familar... somewhat anyways. i have vague memories of them doing some live improv stuff, at the time it seemed really mind blowing.. but now i dont know if it really was. Johnny was, twiddling with a bunch of machines, turning knobs and shit, he was getting a weird sound from it if i'm not mistaken. wish i remember what the hell was going on.-
- KVRAF
- 3964 posts since 31 Aug, 2003 from In a foreign town, in a foreign land
IINM the Kaoss-pad can sample up to 5 seconds.
I've seen Greenwood work dat thang on some live-recordings, scratching the samples as it were.
Groet, Erik
I've seen Greenwood work dat thang on some live-recordings, scratching the samples as it were.
Groet, Erik
Pop music delenda est.
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- KVRAF
- 1870 posts since 21 Feb, 2004 from somewhere! anywhere!
I recall seeing a live Radiohead concert a couple of years ago on Japanese TV, I watched Johnny
Greenwood 'manipulate' a number of things, but paid particular attention to when he evidently sampled Thom Yorke live and then did 'his thing' with a Kaoss Pad. The reason I was so observant here was that in a band I served some ten years ago, our vocalist did almost the exact same thing, not wth a Kaoss Pad of course, but with a digital delay pedal (one with a 'hold' function). I bet that Johnny Greenwood saw us one night and stole that trick!
Of course I could be utterly wrong on all these points, but I'm willing to forgive them if the last one's true, when they released Kid A/Amnesia I felt revitalised and began making music again after some years apathy.
Greenwood 'manipulate' a number of things, but paid particular attention to when he evidently sampled Thom Yorke live and then did 'his thing' with a Kaoss Pad. The reason I was so observant here was that in a band I served some ten years ago, our vocalist did almost the exact same thing, not wth a Kaoss Pad of course, but with a digital delay pedal (one with a 'hold' function). I bet that Johnny Greenwood saw us one night and stole that trick!
Of course I could be utterly wrong on all these points, but I'm willing to forgive them if the last one's true, when they released Kid A/Amnesia I felt revitalised and began making music again after some years apathy.
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
knockman - can you please rezize your sig image so that it is within the 50 pixel height size limit ???
thanks
slainte
rob
thanks
slainte
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- KVRAF
- 1870 posts since 21 Feb, 2004 from somewhere! anywhere!
Certainly. Thanks for pointing out my oversight. I feel the new crop has given it a certain something.
Hope Johnny Greenwood's not browsing this forum, their next album will...oh nevermind!
regards
Hope Johnny Greenwood's not browsing this forum, their next album will...oh nevermind!
regards
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
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- KVRian
- 1045 posts since 23 Jul, 2001 from Jersey Is Where America's At
yup, live it's definately the Korg Kaos pad, I've seen them live several times and Greenwood is always using the Koas pad on that one. And not only the vocals get run through it, it seems that by the end of the song just about everything in the band is going through it, while at the same time Ed OBrien just lets his guitar feedback into noise a la the Karma Police outro.
What I want to know is where those damn Idioteque drums came from? I'm not asking how from a technical level, but just how one programs something that good.
What I want to know is where those damn Idioteque drums came from? I'm not asking how from a technical level, but just how one programs something that good.
I'm sorry this post wasn't about techno.
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- KVRer
- 12 posts since 30 Jun, 2003 from Scotland
They came from one of theseFunkybot wrote:What I want to know is where those damn Idioteque drums came from? I'm not asking how from a technical level, but just how one programs something that good.
more info here