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Post by Commandingtripod on Feb 26, 2006 4:42:39 GMT
Does anyone here know how the sounds of the Martian creatures were done?
Or how the 'ULLAs!!!!' were done?
I'd be interested to know.
I have a little idea myself but I'm not sure.
Just wondering.
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Post by Anim8tr on Feb 26, 2006 5:15:04 GMT
I may be wrong, but I suspect it was done with an electronic vox. Just a guess.
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Post by Poyks on Feb 26, 2006 5:37:07 GMT
The "Ulla" was done through what's called the "tube". The guitarist played the notes through the electric guitar through an amplifier rigged to a box that contains a speaker unit. In turn, the box has a plastic tube that goes into the guitarists mouth and he forms the sound as if speaking, and the resulting sound is picked up via a standard vocal microphone.
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Post by Commandingtripod on Feb 26, 2006 5:43:38 GMT
Ok.
What about the Martian creatures themselves?
How were they done?
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Post by Poyks on Feb 26, 2006 5:47:46 GMT
Which sounds do you mean in particular? On the album I can only recall the "Ulla" sounds. Are you talking about instrumentation?
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Post by Commandingtripod on Feb 26, 2006 7:12:11 GMT
In 'Horsell Common and the Heatray', when the Martians first emerge from their cylinder they make certian 'roaring' and 'growling' sounds.
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Post by Poyks on Feb 26, 2006 20:30:32 GMT
Oh yes, that's done using the tube as well.
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Post by krys666 on Feb 26, 2006 22:30:04 GMT
While we're here, how did they do the martian's hammering and their tool box sound fx? Just on a synth?
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Feb 26, 2006 23:48:31 GMT
Jeff's wife Geraldine was responsible for most of the FX.. like the sound of the cylinder lid falling off and so on. The unscrewing itself was achieved by Jeff with a saucepan.  |
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Post by the Donal on Feb 27, 2006 19:12:55 GMT
Indeed- the bit of kit that made the Ulla sound is called a 'Heil Talk-Box'. You might recognise it more recently used by Bon Jovi in Living On A Prayer, or Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way.... Incidentally, for our electronic musicians out there, you can get quite a convincing metallic scraping sound by ring modulating a choir patch with white noise- I got a cracking sound on my Kawai K1 when I had it- kind of a gravelly, breathy metallic noise. It works far better on lower notes and will take a bit of time to get the correct ring mod sound from pitching each sample up and down, maybe using sample-and-hold amplitude modulation to add a stuttering sound to it. Or you can just use some saucepans....  |
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Post by krys666 on Feb 27, 2006 21:51:03 GMT
The ring modulator was also used to make the Dalek's voice!
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Post by Stuuullaaa on Feb 28, 2006 18:42:32 GMT
Jeff's wife Geraldine was responsible for most of the FX.. like the sound of the cylinder lid falling off and so on. The unscrewing itself was achieved by Jeff with a saucepan. yeah, Jeff tells us that on the dvd |
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Post by krys666 on Feb 28, 2006 20:05:01 GMT
Hey Jeff, how did you make the terrifying sound of the cylinde opening? "Errr using a suacepan"...  |
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Mar 1, 2006 1:34:34 GMT
Jeff's wife Geraldine was responsible for most of the FX.. like the sound of the cylinder lid falling off and so on. The unscrewing itself was achieved by Jeff with a saucepan. yeah, Jeff tells us that on the dvd True... but Krys hasn't seen it. |
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Post by the Donal on Mar 1, 2006 18:44:54 GMT
What, the saucepan?
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Post by krys666 on Mar 1, 2006 22:35:09 GMT
No I have never seen a saucepan! What is one?
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Mar 2, 2006 0:37:06 GMT
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Post by krys666 on Mar 2, 2006 13:36:18 GMT
Oh! It's something that if you use it in the correct way you can make a creepy SFX! So it's a musical instrument! Thanks for clearing that one up! ;D
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Post by Stuuullaaa on Mar 2, 2006 21:33:01 GMT
yeah, Jeff tells us that on the dvd True... but Krys hasn't seen it. What??? Krys hasn't the box set?? Shame on you krys!!!  |
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Post by jeffwaynefan on Mar 3, 2006 13:23:22 GMT
No I have never seen a saucepan! What is one? It's a silver metalic object that is currently heading towards your head |
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