abulafia

family band covers depeche mode

abulafia — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:32:24 +0000

diego stocco – improv on a plate

abulafia — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:52:04 +0000

I was about to cut a chocolate cake and when I moved the plate on the countertop I noticed a very interesting sound.

One side of the plate was free to vibrate because the tiles were not perfectly even, so by applying pressure with one finger and tapping it with another I was able to create some tonal beats.
I hope you’ll enjoy it!

The recording setup was very simple, Røde NT5, Apogee ONE, Pro Tools 9.

Diego Stocco – Improv on a Plate from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

Gaeoudjiparl – Mechanical Birds Performance HD

abulafia — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:32:49 +0000

the guy who made these birds is a nut

via [wire to the ear]

brazilian four-handed guitar

abulafia — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:30:13 +0000

courtesy of arw

minus 60 degrees

abulafia — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:50:29 +0000

Minus 60° – Surround Sound Installation With Synchronized Fluorescent Tubes from Karl Kliem on Vimeo.

skrillex tries to introduce his fans to aphex twin

abulafia — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:26:42 +0000

courtesy of c.beck

heroes – david bowie & philip glass remixed by aphex twin

abulafia — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:59:53 +0000

diego stocco – improv on a trash bin

abulafia — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:53:25 +0000

Diego Stocco – Improv on a Trash Bin from Diego Stocco

At the hotel where I’m staying during the CES convention in Vegas, they have these little trash bins that I discovered being very resonant.

When I threw an empty water bottle inside the bin, it made a beautiful sustaining sound, so I thought to improvise a little groove with it.

I didn’t have all my usual recording gear with me so I used an iPhone with a small audio interface.
I sound designed the recordings to abstract the intro a little bit, to emphasize the dominant frequency and to open up the stereo field. I hope you’ll enjoy it : )

animoog is 99 cents

abulafia — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:39:12 +0000

dudes, if you own an iphone or ipod touch, you must buy animoog. it’s cheap, supereasy to use, and it sounds amazing.

the cracks of my stairs are so clean now

abulafia — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:17:08 +0000

the carpetbagger blog over at nyt has a nice interview with gary rydstrom about sound design for ‘war horse’.

The star horses, Joey and Topthorn: “Our first instinct as a sound man is, if I just take a walrus and an otter, and speed them up, it’ll make a great Joey vocal! Spielberg tried to warn against that. He wanted the horses to sound like horses. We recorded many, many horses to find the voice for Joey. My favorite was miniature horses. They sound different, they have a different emotional range – they’re a little closer to dogs.