Esperado Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I know a while back we had a thread about unusual instruments. my question is, have there been any posted remixes that make use of funky instrumentation? examples would be like, the carrot flute, theremin or potato ocarina. I think it would be incredibly cool to make a really groovy song using vegetable instruments. not really sure where this thread belongs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I know a while back we had a thread about unusual instruments. my question is, have there been any posted remixes that make use of funky instrumentation? examples would be like, the carrot flute, theremin or potato ocarina. I think it would be incredibly cool to make a really groovy song using vegetable instruments. not really sure where this thread belongs. I wouldn't call it 'funky' per se, but jmr did an EXCELLENT Super Mario Galaxy mix that involved great theramin work in its writing. Quirky, yet extremely well concepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I'm not sure if you can get much more unusual than a Zelda mix using a beer bottle for all of the instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 whoa, nice! i honestly didnt expect there to be much response. also, this just in, THERES AN ORCHESTRA COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF VEGETABLES. my life suddenly has meaning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion303 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Nokia 3310 cellphone unusual enough for you? http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00872/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazedude Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Well, not to pat myself on the back or anything (which is totally what I'm about to do), but... http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02501/ - features Irish low whistle, Uillean pipes, Alpen horn... http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01690/ - features hurdy gurdy, duduk http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00443/ - features Bulgarian bagpipes and vocals http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01799/ - features bizarre woodwind squeaks and brass mouthpiece sounds http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02396/ - features an assortment of solo electric bass sounds http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01299/ - features Gamelan shakers, steel drums, berimbau, bass xylophone, snake charmer, housefly... and more http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00291/ - features koto, shakuhachi, wood flute, and other weird stuff And oh, there's more... but there are a few. I enjoy the odd instruments quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Well, not to pat myself on the back or anything (which is totally what I'm about to do), but...http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02501/ - features Irish low whistle, Uillean pipes, Alpen horn... http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01690/ - features hurdy gurdy, duduk http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00443/ - features Bulgarian bagpipes and vocals http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01799/ - features bizarre woodwind squeaks and brass mouthpiece sounds http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02396/ - features an assortment of solo electric bass sounds http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01299/ - features Gamelan shakers, steel drums, berimbau, bass xylophone, snake charmer, housefly... and more http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00291/ - features koto, shakuhachi, wood flute, and other weird stuff And oh, there's more... but there are a few. I enjoy the odd instruments quite a bit. you forgot the one that features random data interpreted as sound! http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00881/ i wanted to ask you, have you ever loaded doom.wad in modplug? if not, you should do it. very good sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 How do ethnic instruments count as "unusual"? Some of those have been around for more than centuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazedude Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Perhaps because you can count on one hand how many times these particular instruments have been used in an OCRemix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garpocalypse Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Hurdy Gurdy AWWW HELL YEA!! Though I don't see some of these as unusual as meteo says. Though maybe it will be in a few more years when everything is digital and every song has french compression and every listener is braindead from the constant dum-chick-dum-chick-dum-chick-dum-chick-dum-chick... I mean repetitive rhythms. It seems there is not nearly enough Erhu on OCR. *hint hint* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 i wanted to buy an erhu a while back. they seem really hard to play, but it would be a fun hobby to take up. theyre pretty inexpensive too. odd instrumentation is pretty cool too. I mostly meant really weird stuff like the cell phone or beer bottle. I was curious to see if you could use something really off the wall, and still get it passed by the judged, and it looks like you can! speaking of instruments, NEED MOAR BAGPIPE MIXES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbu Frahma Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 speaking of instruments, NEED MOAR BAGPIPE MIXES. And hardingfele. Moar hardingfele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarnax42 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 speaking of instruments, NEED MOAR BAGPIPE MIXES. Just in case you've missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drachefly Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Does using a cell phone count? http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00872/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennedy Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Mazedude - Hahaha. Others - I'm curious, what constitutes an "unusual" instrument to you. For many, the instruments Chris Getman mentioned would fall in that category. For others, like me, it would be something like playing a piece of cheese or an mbira. I love those things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 maybe i should make start a remix album where the only rule is you have to use one food item as an instrument in the song. i did see spekio! that was a nice mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazedude Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Well, I did use a Pepsi bottle as an instrument in this track - http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01015/ All in all I think it comes down to being creative and expanding your arsenal beyond the conventional, over-used sounds. I mean, there are classical, symphonic instruments that we don't see used on OCR often either. Bassoon, for example. Does the make it -unusual-? Or just, unconventional? This conversation reminds me of the debates in composition class at college, heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 unusual timbre would be fitting as well. i think timbre is such an underated concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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