Circuit bent Tabla

I actually did a search but since WATMM's search feature is so fucking useless (circuit bent tabla returned like every thread in existence... good job search!)

cool

These are in fact an ancient lol

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=380&hl=tabla

It's got a fucking Ladies/Gents knob!

Incidentally, you would have more success with the search function if you focused on one key word rather than the whole term - I used "tabla" which returned significantly less than every fucking thread in existence, and (I'll wager) returned results which were significantly more relevant to the term of enquiry.

These circuit bent ones are new jackass, and they are tablas, not raagini's.

I wonder what the difference between the ladies and gents tone is on the raagini..

The Raagini is an electric tanpura, which is a type of drone instrument in traditional Indian music that classifies different tanpura's and tunings thereof as "Ladies" and "Gentlemen", from wiki:

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Tanpuras come in different sizes and pitches: bigger "males" and smaller "females" for vocalists and yet a smaller version that is used for accompanying sitar or sarod, called tamburi or tanpuri. Male vocalists pitch their tonic note (Sa) to about C#, female singers usually a fifth higher. The male instrument has an open string length of approx. one metre, the female is sized down to 3/4. The standard tuning is 5881, sol do' do' do, or in Indian sargam: PA sa sa SA. For ragas that omit the fifth, the first string will be tuned down to the natural fourth: 4881 or Ma sa sa Sa. Some ragas require a less common tuning with shuddh NI (semitone below octave sa) : NI sa sa SA. With a five-string instrument, the seventh or NI (natural minor or major 7th) is added: PA NI sa sa SA (57881)or MA NI sa sa SA (47881). The name 'tanpura' is probably derived from tana, referring to a musical phrase, and pura which means "full" or "complete". Both in its musical function and how it works, the tanpura is a unique instrument in many ways. It does not partake in the melodic part of the music but it supports and sustains the melody by providing a very colourful and dynamic harmonic resonance field based on one precise tone, the basic note or key-note. The special overtone-rich sound is achieved by applying the principle of jivari which creates a sustained, "buzzing" sound in which particular harmonics will resonate with focused clarity. 'Jiva' refers to 'soul', that which gives life. What is implied is that an 'animated' tone-quality is the idea which the tanpura embodies. The principle of jivari can be likened to the prismatic refraction of white light into the colours of the rainbow, as its acoustic twin-principle at work.

Wow, my brain is fair bubbling with that info -- nice to see you're on top of things tftt (yeah I know I could have searched for that myself but hey, internets)

this is awesome! but ive always wondered why do so many people who circuit bend just end at circuit bending? I very rarely hear circuit bent themed recordings or released music. I know Vsnares made a couple songs using only circuit bent sounds but i dont think they were from his own circuit bending.

  Awepittance said:

this is awesome! but ive always wondered why do so many people who circuit bend just end at circuit bending? I very rarely hear circuit bent themed recordings or released music. I know Vsnares made a couple songs using only circuit bent sounds but i dont think they were from his own circuit bending.

I think the reason most people who circuit bend end at bending is because it's a bunch of feel-good hippie bullshit. A kind of folk art, except with more TI chips and less yarn and popsicle sticks. Unless you consider Dave Wright, who's just about the only person I can think of using a lot of bent devices to create really cool music.

RE: those videos... I bet Muslimgauze is rolling (or perhaps lolling) in his grave. R.I.P.

lol @ intros