Yeah... I’ve done this several times in past years... along with smoke/fog
generators... lighting... ‘flying/floating ghosts’ (on wires ‘n such), and
more.
Usually, I’d set-up 5 or 6 ‘spooky’ synth sounds... from Theremin-like
delayed vibrato (a la Outer Limits), to ‘the sounds of hell’, and deep, earthy
rumblings. I’d also run pre-recorded spooky music tracks that I have composed,
and run them thru VCAs... so that the sequencers I used to control and time all
of the audio effects would ‘rotate’ and play the various sounds automatically...
leaving me free to freak-out, and cause the young-ons to soil their costumes. (I
confess to loving the hell out of scaring children and adults, alike...
and with a face like mine.... well...). You can certainly do similar
things with smaller systems... just be creative, and don’t over-do it.
Always leave ‘em wanting more.
As far as using modules as props... hmmm... yeah, I know where you’re
coming from... but I gotta wonder if non-synth people will really ‘get it’
(a la Frankenstein, or the like). But... that’s your choice.
From: Irfon-Kim Ahmad
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 9:58 AM
Subject: [dotcomformat] Spooky sounds?
I'm considering setting up the modular to produce spooky sounds at the
house this Hallowe'en. I'm at work right now and can't experiment, but
I'm wondering if those of you who have done this have a favourite
"spooky sounds" patch. It seemed like it might be thematic to share them.
:)
(I'm going to try to go fairly minimal, because I think I might try
mounting the modules on the surface of a pumpkin to make a sort of
frankenpumpkin display. Maybe make it look like a head and put a speaker
inside the 'body' under a sheet or a sweater.)