{"id":105,"date":"2011-06-25T20:12:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T19:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2011-07-26T08:57:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T07:57:06","slug":"heavy-metal-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/heavy-metal-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Metal Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

note: the terms for using the samples in this page (entirely royalty free) are laid out in this document<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is a picture of the first percussion instrument I sampled for the Cork City Gamelan, in all its ugly glory: A heavy metal door in Grafton Street.<\/p>\n

\"my<\/a>I struck it with an egg beater and with my fist, recorded the sounds and processed them\u00a0 to sound like this: Grafton Street Metal Door<\/a> (280 KB, opens in a new window). The file is in the iTunes \/ iPod format (MPEG 4 audio) – most browsers can handle it. If it opens in the Quicktime browser plug-in, then you can download it from the pop-up menu in the bottom right hand corner of the player – this may be different for other media players.<\/p>\n

Download the file, if you wish, and play with the sounds. There are short breaks between the individual beats to facilitate cutting them apart and using them in a sample player. Feel free to use them in any project, commercial or otherwise, but do<\/strong> credit the Cork City Gamelan as an instrument, a resource, or a collaborator and supply the URL: http:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie<\/p>\n

Some of the sounds are as I found them, others have had their pitch or duration changed. I find it fascinating to hear what happens when I stretch a short but complex sound to maybe five times its original length. Beyond a certain point, though, artifacts which were not present in the original recording are created – but I stop before this happens. Generally, when I make music, “anything is valid”, but for the Cork City Gamelan, I want to stick with what I actually recorded.<\/p>\n

There is not much difference between some of the beats. For sampler instruments, I believe, it is a good idea to have access to several different versions of each sound, especially short ones which may be repeated rapidly. If each beat or note in a rapid repeat sequence is the same as all the others, this can create a “machine gun” effect, which is great for some styles of music – but more often than not, it sounds quite nasty.<\/p>\n

enjoy and have fun!
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