Goatmaster Messages: 18 Registered: August 2011 Location: London
Chancellor
What's your favourite house hold item to play on a recording? This may not be a household item as such, but I find that using a mallet on unopened 2 litre bottles of fizzy drink creates a lovely bell tone! Most of my other favourite stuff can be found in a kitchen.
audioaudio90 Messages: 623 Registered: October 2010
Illuminati (1st Degree)
I like experimenting with wineglasses or glass bottles filled with varying amounts of water. I love the sound created by blowing across the top of the bottles.
I like listening to a fork. I beat it with something and I will hear the humming. I wish I could make the humming louder because I always put the fork near my ear in order to hear it.
LizardBat Messages: 33 Registered: August 2011 Location: London
Baron
Forks are good! Also larger versions of that, like tongs and grill forks that have longer metal tines work well. I'm also a fan of metal mixing bowls and pot lids that have a long sustain when hit with a stick.
Cymbals can be made using tinfoil plates and string (to pull and bring them together). This combination produces a lovely, crisp sound, and did I mention it's recycling?
Wayne Parham Messages: 18792 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
Oh, yes. I'm particularly fond of the sound of cleaning dishes, rub 'em dry and it makes that squeaky-squeaky-squeaky-squeak sound, like a rapper scratching his records.
That's true Wayne, I can't believe I never thought of the squeaky dish sound like that! It really goes with the motion of cleaning and shape of a plate too.
Yes, tongs make for some great sounds. The washing machine can make a cool rhythm sometimes when it's slightly off balance, as can jeans rivets hitting the dryer walls.
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