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Spooky sounds?

2012-10-23 by Irfon-Kim Ahmad

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.)

Re: [dotcomformat] Spooky sounds?

2012-10-24 by Bill Yerazunis

I did this last year; I just played the knobs and had a great time
handing out candy.

A reasonably-full P22 cab is perfectly adequate for this sort 
of work.  :-)

See:

   http://yerazunis.dreamwidth.org/2526.html

for more information.  

   - Bill

--- On Tue, 10/23/12, Irfon-Kim Ahmad <irfon@ambienautica.com> wrote:
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> From: Irfon-Kim Ahmad <irfon@ambienautica.com>
> Subject: [dotcomformat] Spooky sounds?
> To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 9:58 AM
> 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.)
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
>     dotcomformat-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
> 
>

Re: [dotcomformat] Spooky sounds?

2012-10-24 by Will Blouin

When I was a kid, a guy in my neighborhood used to play Barbara Streisand albums backwards through a speaker hidden in a jack-o-lantern.
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Bill Yerazunis <yerazunis@yahoo.com> wrote:

I did this last year; I just played the knobs and had a great time
handing out candy.

A reasonably-full P22 cab is perfectly adequate for this sort
of work. :-)

See:

http://yerazunis.dreamwidth.org/2526.html

for more information.

- Bill

--- On Tue, 10/23/12, Irfon-Kim Ahmad <irfon@ambienautica.com> wrote:

> From: Irfon-Kim Ahmad <irfon@ambienautica.com>
> Subject: [dotcomformat] Spooky sounds?
> To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 9:58 AM
> 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.)
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
> dotcomformat-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
>
>


Re: Spooky sounds?

2012-10-24 by ~Morbius~

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.
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.)

Re: Spooky sounds?

2012-10-24 by Happymoogman

Hi guys, 

This thread reminds me of the "Halloween" tune that I wrote and recorded for my "Moog-Tastic!" CD. Thought I'd share that track.
Lots of Dotcom on this....

http://www.danacountryman.com/Moog-Tastic/full_mp3s/11_Moog_Manor.mp3


- Dana

-- 
http://www.danacountryman.com/moogtasticpromo.html





--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, "~Morbius~" <morbius@...> wrote:
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>
> 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
> To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com 
> 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.)
>

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