frigginglorious, 10 months ago

@AceArsenault I like how you tuned your chonchshell to synth.

AceArsenault, 10 months ago

@frigginglorious Thanks. : ]

I bought that shell on the side of the road many years ago.

I turned it into a shell-horn by carving a mouth piece into it.

Took a while to learn how to play it well. But I can get a good half octave range out of it.

Pitch is controlled with the placement of the hand on the bell.

F (with full hand in) up to about a C (no hand).

frigginglorious, 10 months ago

@AceArsenault alright. I just watched your vid a third time. I've decided you might not be messing with me!

That conch shell sound seemed too good. It does sound like synth. But damn that's nothing you couldn't do with mic reverb and an amazing tuned shell.

Well... fuck yeah :D

AceArsenault, 10 months ago

@frigginglorious

Glad you like the sound. : }
I play trumpet and other horns too, So I can get an alright tone out of it.

I've been playing that one shell for about 12 years now.

I tuned it so completely open it sounds a C note and fully closed it drops down to about an F.

It's just a matter of moving your hand in and out of it to slide into the correct notes. : ]

And yes there is mic reverb on it. : }

frigginglorious, 10 months ago

@AceArsenault so at first, I thought you took my idea.

I've seen so many videos that get thousands of views on facebook of musicians appearing to do live jams. Some of them look great, and you wouldn't know it's prerecorded unless you've actually recorded music before.

I don't think I have the talent to record a live video like yours.

But I'd like to set one up prerecorded, except the instruments get more and more ridiculous, until I grab a libe cat and play it like a bagpipe.

AceArsenault, 10 months ago

@frigginglorious lol Playing a cat as a bag pipe would be good entertainment. : ]

Yeah. I do my stuff live.
I do a few practice runs before recording.

Mostly to get everything tight.
I also will move the instruments around to positions where they are easier to switch to on the fly.