Jonbouy


This is just the beginning.
 
I've been discussing with an old friend of mine the idea of a hybrid hang drum and hammered dulcimer.
 
It came about after talking with a group of old Nashville cats that I'm acquainted with who know about the sweetened tunings passed down the line, the concept involves a quality bicycle wheel laid flat with a parabolic acoustic reflector underneath (similar to a trash can lid).  The wheel is then played with the dulcimer hammers.
 
We've got a spokesperson in who assures us he can introduce a graduated tension on each of the spokes which will solve any intonation issues we may run into.
 
We've been running tests in my music room and my modded right-angle SM-57 seems to be bringing out the good stuff.
 
Let the games begin.
 
Good times.
 
 
 
 
;-)
 
Best regards.
 
Jon 

That is scary....... in a familiar sort of way.

RobertB


Grant, try the hammered dulcimer in DimPro.
It's pretty workable.

I've heard that all DimPro instruments have tuning issues.
Just like real instruments.

Jonbouy


This is just the beginning.
 
I've been discussing with an old friend of mine the idea of a hybrid hang drum and hammered dulcimer.
 
It came about after talking with a group of old Nashville cats that I'm acquainted with who know about the sweetened tunings passed down the line, the concept involves a quality bicycle wheel laid flat with a parabolic acoustic reflector underneath (similar to a trash can lid).  The wheel is then played with the dulcimer hammers.
 
We've got a spokesperson in who assures us he can introduce a graduated tension on each of the spokes which will solve any intonation issues we may run into.
 
We've been running tests in my music room and my modded right-angle SM-57 seems to be bringing out the good stuff.
 
Let the games begin.
 
Good times.
 
 
 
 
;-)
 
Best regards.
 
Jon 

At times it seems you know everyone and everything.
Can it be true?

RobertB


Grant, try the hammered dulcimer in DimPro.
It's pretty workable.

Thanks Rob

bapu

Jonbouy


This is just the beginning.

I've been discussing with an old friend of mine the idea of a hybrid hang drum and hammered dulcimer.

It came about after talking with a group of old Nashville cats that I'm acquainted with who know about the sweetened tunings passed down the line, the concept involves a quality bicycle wheel laid flat with a parabolic acoustic reflector underneath (similar to a trash can lid).  The wheel is then played with the dulcimer hammers.

We've got a spokesperson in who assures us he can introduce a graduated tension on each of the spokes which will solve any intonation issues we may run into.

We've been running tests in my music room and my modded right-angle SM-57 seems to be bringing out the good stuff.

Let the games begin.

Good times.




;-)

Best regards.

Jon 

At times it seems you know everyone and everything.
Can it be true?

I also heard that he'd never been wrong about anything, ever. Is that true?

Grant - before I had dimpro, I had this one:
http://www.soundbrewer.com/Hammer-Dulcimer--Hammered-Dulcimer-p-23.html

and I used it in a project and it turned out pretty good, IMO.

Beagle


Grant - before I had dimpro, I had this one:
http://www.soundbrewer.com/Hammer-Dulcimer--Hammered-Dulcimer-p-23.html

and I used it in a project and it turned out pretty good, IMO.

Thanks Reece not a bad price at all, I'm thinking I've got to have one in one of my EWQL kits but haven't found one yet. The dim pro one sounds pretty neat..

Did you guys check out Randy Bowser's Autoharp that he meticulously sampled for Dim Pro? It sounds great if you're looking for that kind of sound.

He's asking a tiny fee for it ... but it's well worth it IMO.

There's MP3 samples of it ...

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2578260

And btw ... to those that this applies to ... GTFU a little please.

And btw ... to those that this applies to ... GTFU a little please.

 
What is it, and who does it apply to?
 
I only know the 'S' version.
 
btw, you are aware that this thread offers a REAL solution to an actual question posed by Mike, no?
 
He mentioned it was a short-coming of Sonar's that he couldn't do this in this day and age.
 
He wanted the ability to be able to detune his ensemble slightly so you could play along with a suitably out of tune hammered dulcimer.
 
It's not difficult.   
   
 
Take care.
 
Jon
 
;-)
 
 

Bub


Did you guys check out Randy Bowser's Autoharp that he meticulously sampled for Dim Pro? It sounds great if you're looking for that kind of sound.

He's asking a tiny fee for it ... but it's well worth it IMO.

There's MP3 samples of it ...

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2578260

And btw ... to those that this applies to ... GTFU a little please.

Thanks Bub, those are some interesting sounds I'll have to grab.