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Video: "Motor Synth: The Beautiful Sound of Drone Motors?"
🕑 Added 2024-10-31 14:25:54 +0000 UTCA while back, I made a video about some electro-mechanical experiments I had been doing. Specifically, I took an electric motor, attached a piece of metal wire to it, and then used a guitar pickup to record the sound of the metal as it spun around and around. Astute viewers pointed out that I had basically reinvented the tone wheel organ. Be that as it may, the resulting sounds ranged from warm and pleasant waveforms to otherworldly drones. Venus Theory and I ended up turning the sounds into a commercial sample library, which we called Motor Lab
Anyway, unbeknownst to me, Gamechanger Audio had already been exploring this very same terrain with their fantastic Motor Synth, an instrument which uses highly-precise drone motors to generate audio. When they saw my video about Motor Lab, they immediately reached out and very generously offered me a chance to try out their Motor Synth for myself. I've finally made a video about the Motor Synth.
Comments
David Hilowitz
It's really fun, but yes, unfortunately expensive. I understand the price, but that doesn't make it cheaper :)
guitfidle
Oh hey! As a music guy, I get targeted ads, I remember seeing this come up quite a few times. I had always wondered how it was to actually operate. Too bad it's so expensive, it really looks and sounds like a fun device.
