Comments on: Boom Monkey

By: Code Monkey Music Video (as seen on Dragon*Con TV)

Code Monkey Music Video (as seen on Dragon*Con TV) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:24:44 +0000

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By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:03:56 +0000

Okay, boomwhackers are GOOD! Love that! And the link to Plastic Musik was also appreciated. Wow! Of course you realize I’m telling my mom about you having cool-sounding percussion instruments, right???

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:19:23 +0000

Aha! That makes a lot of sense. You functionally turned boomwhackers into a MIDI instrument. Clever!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:11:52 +0000

I recorded each individual boomwhacker and used the individual sounds as samples. I’ve only got a one-octave diatonic set, so I had to do some after-the-fact pitch shifting to get the range I needed.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:38:53 +0000

Okay, Stephen … so how did you play all this? I take it that you arranged it so you could play stuff in small bursts, and then you spliced it all together? If you ever wanted to work this out live, well, you know I’m a handbell nerd.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:23:53 +0000

This one has got to make the rounds at work!
Loved it!

By: abovenyquist

abovenyquist — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:26:52 +0000

I just played it for Z. He loved it and smiles and made baby noises and such!
(I loved it too.)

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:39:06 +0000

Joyce: He’s also pretty good with a bowstaff.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:50:32 +0000

starlady, now I have evil thoughts of trying to put an actual band together to play this live.

Joyce, this is what comes from some fifteen years of piano lessons, jazz trombone, and music theory. I can’t really compose to save my life, but give me a set of chords and I can go to town. Give me a set of chords and about six months of practice and I might could do it live again!

By: Limax

Limax — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:26:20 +0000

I’ll see if I can’t get this stupid connection to play the audio… but I wanted to comment that I’m quite familiar with Boomwhackers. Our handbell group has a two-octave set of them. My director’s been after mee to write a piece for handbells and boomwhackers.