Bowing Gongs with Contact Mics

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

In addition to using Superballs on mallets, they work well as "bows." Rubbing a Superball across the surface of a gong can excite it in interesting ways. It take some practice to get the pressure and speed right.

Wout Blommers · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:45 am Post subject:

Is this night performance taped?
It's impossible to me to stay up that long Smile

Shane, are you using a normal bow or a bass bow?
Special on metal the later will generate much low sounds.

Also see Mikrophonie I of Stockhausen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukk5R6T3TU
This is the only real performance on YouTube, because all the other lack the use of the filters...

Wout

shanemorris · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject:

cbm · Joined: Oct 25, 2005 Posts: 381 Location: San Francisco

I really wish gongs were more widely called tam-tams.

SPIKE the Percussionist · Joined: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 74 Location: manipulate.net

SPIKE the Percussionist · Joined: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 74 Location: manipulate.net

Hey Shane...

I got to hear about 20mins or so...

GREAT noiz!!!
I really got into what I was able to catch of your set.

shanemorris · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject:

Thank you very much Spike... Glad you got to listen for a while.
I play the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month if you are free next time Wink

klangumsetzer · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:21 am Post subject:

sounds great, shane.

i recommend that you experiment with the software paulstretch (hypermammut.scourceforge/paulstretch/) to alter (slow down) the speed of your recordings.