You've inspired me as well. I do fear the repercussions, but my kids are smarter than my siblings's kids. We will win in the end.
Drums are excluded from battle per the accords of 2010. However, throughout history, constraints have bred ingenuity. Science and technology create novel instruments of sonorous warfare.
While the Great Kazoo Hullabaloo of 2022 was epic, we continue to innovate and elevate in order to dominate with a powerful sonic reckoning.
If you want to really upset someone buy their young children a recorder. As an uncle I may or may not have done this to my brother at some point in history
The more I see how visual effects and sounds are made, the more I think the real art of cinema is this.
Sometimes a mediocre script can be turned into great art with the right effects.
It's actually fascinating how Half-Life's sound design outlives the game, people will use these sounds in TikToks and whatever for comedic effect and lots, probably most, of people won't even recognize where it's from.
And a lot of sounds were from free databases, no? Still, they made great use of their resources, and there was also fantastic voice work in that game.
"Foley artist" is an entire profession. They've been doing this for well over a hundred years at this point, so I think it stands to reason that they would be creating tools to further their profession.
As an autistic with severe social anxiety, I dream for any non conventional job like foley artist cause I'd rather learn how to play the trumpet with my butt than deal with angry customers in the service industry. Endless respect to those who put up with the bullshit they don't deserve
As someone in the industry, you can have job like that. The best way to get into it is to start making stuff! Search for local filmmakers and students, be collaborative, be creative, and have fun!
Thanks dude. I really needed to read this tonight. I don't work in a customer serving faculty but I work with an absolute bunch of dicks and I just needed to hear that I'm respected. Even if it isn't by those bunch of AHs.
You matter. You and your work matter even if others don't appreciate what you contribute, you will always play a significant role that others take for granted
😊 I'm a broken down former retail employee, so I know your experience a bit too! Happy to put a smile on anyone's face, but extra glad I could brighten your life for a minute! I hope it wasn't too diminishing of a comment after u/100yearswaiting2shit 's, lolol, I just caught name at the last second and it felt like a real r/rimjobsteve moment and I couldn't resist 😘 they left a very sweet comment and it refreshing to see!
Nah man. I really appreciate you. Work is hard right now. I work in a team of 7 and I'm being singled out just because I value my time with my kids over earning extra money.
Tonight has been absolutely miserable but I'm not gonna let them grind me down. I'll still be smiling long after I say good riddance to them.
I would first suggest that you get something in your portfolio. You can have fun doing it so here's the plan. Look in your local area for sound engineers, influencers, actors, content creators, or directors. Think short films or even live performances. Let them know that you are working on your foley portfolio and you want to help with their project. This doesn't necessarily have to be free but that could be a bargaining chip depending on the opportunity. Do several serious projects with those you meet, while continuing to learn and expand your repitoire and portfolio along the way. With your new portfolio in hand, find a similar job to your current one in LA. Use that to move to LA and continue working on that while doing foley work at night and weekends. Submit your portfolio to all studios and keep them updated on the new projects you are taking on. Let us know how it goes!!!!!
If you are sitting and waiting for someone else to make your dream happen and hand it to you then of course it’s not going to happen man. Take ownership and pursue it actively like all the active foley artists did
Cool trivia item is it's called after Jack Foley, the father, the grandfather of sound effects, and a literal genius. The guy was so good, the whole profession was called after him. There is a good episode on Stuff you should know podcast.
I think we need a movie about a Foley artist being tormented by the sounds they’ve created. Let’s have Robert Eggers cook that one. Slap A24 on it. Profit?
Before digital effects, springs and metal plates under tension were really popular ways of creating reverb, simulating the reflection of sound back at us, giving a sense of space to the sound. The array of springs at the back is a pretty standard configuration for spring reverb. This instrument has so much reverb that it makes the sound super unnerving. It gives the sense of something gargantuan moving in a massive, echo-y space, and the variation in loudness can make it feel very far away or right next to the listener in an instant. Subconsciously, our brain is trying to place us in the space with what we're hearing and can give a feeling of danger or disorientation.
I don't watch horror films so i guess i never got conditioned for this to be scary, it just reminds me of a rickety metal bridge or a steel plant or something like that. Now if someone made an instrument that makes the sound of insects scurrying around on various surfaces that'd definitely do it for me
It looks like something my brother and his friends would have whipped up in their high school welding class....not knowing wtf they were doing or trying to make until they set it down and said "hehehe....sick"....then they realized it made sounds, lol.
this particular instrument is a journey. he started with small cowbells with springs welded on for reverb. then, as you can see from my link, it just kept getting crazier and crazier until you get the mega marvin which is just a giant version of the original idea.
If I had to water a guess it was probably created by foley artists looking for a new sound. It's already well known that big metal plates and springs can make some otherworldly sounds, so it just makes sense to combine them together.
Fucking amazing. Best game I’ve played in a while. Perfect mix of intensity, chill, scary and action. I really like the combat, you can really master dodging the enemies then timing some satisfying smacks with the 2x4 or metal pole.
I’m playing it as part of the Playstation Plus thing too so didn’t even have to buy it.
Okay so my question is, why do we fear this? What, evolutionary, caused these deep, thunderous sounds to terrify us? Is it from the sounds of the movement of stones when we were cave dwellers? Far off lightning? What? Why are some vibratey springs so terrifying?
Resonance implies scale. It's the fear of something large and potentially dangerous. That could be a predator (think a bear's roar) or a falling boulder or a spreading fire or an explosion (volcanic, etc) or, as you say, thunder.
Resonant sounds, low sounds, and screeching sounds tap our lizard brain fear response. They compel us to seek safety.
Interestingly, other animals respond to these kinds of sounds similarly. You can play a guitar or the radio all day long and your cat or dog won't make a peep. But bow a garage door spring attached to a resonant bell and they will perk up immediately and be on guard.
thats exactly what i was thinking....like who would go and figure out and study sounds the scare humans...and why? makes me think these people know something we dont
My roommate in college was a world-class piper. I come from Nova Scotia where it's a relatively normal thing.
A few times, at parties, he'd bring out the pipes. I can't describe here how overwhelmingly loud the Great Highland Bagpipe is in a dining-room at 1:20 am at a university house party. Incredible.
Oh I couldn’t agree more. I really feel it was one of the most powerful series and was misclassified and should be original horror frankly. Changed everything for me.
The should've done a scary movie skit where they are investigating a factory and come across this guy making the noise that you thought was just part of a score.
Reverberation can be done with springs, their flexible nature allows them to resonate with frequencies and extend their duration, hence why there are so many of them (to make sure most frequencies will ring)
i'd assume inherent. piano's have a similar feature where you can hold down the damper pedal, press a key quickly, and the note will play for like a full minute after you let go.
The sounds of industry and machinery are obviously something that resonates with us (he he).
There's horror in frequencies and patterns that represent the darkest, greasiest parts of our modern world. Those sounds are deeply unsettling. They aren't organic life, but they aren't chaos either. They're somehow representing an imperfect mechanism, or some sort of literal friction and discord between things.
Cool tropes like this will be interesting to historians of art, media, and psychology in centuries to come. This is what evil sounds like to us. We don't quite know how to understand it yet, but as people look back on us, they'll notice patterns in our dark media, including our soundtracks.
Weird. I always imagined that they were slamming rusty steel doors shut, dropped rubbish bin tops on the floor and such. Would never have guessed this is how they did it.
If i am EVER stuck as a ghost somewhere, the house better have one of these built in that can’t be uninstalled. Might be a new personal goal - if ever i have the ability to buy one and have it installed in what might be my forever home, this gon be it😉🙏. Just a ghost of bad comic timing and inconvenience🤣👻.
I’m getting my nephews one of these.
Gotta love sibling rivalry.
Thanks "cool" uncle...
The “cooler” uncle
As a Fun Uncle with No Kids, aka a FUNK, I approve of this message.
A Funkle, if you will. We don’t have one of those in our family, but we do have a Drunkle
Still better than the ones that try to touch your junkle
I to am the fun uncle. This year my sister's youngest is getting a ball pit for Christmas. He about 2 years and LOVES balls.
It already has 100 balls but I think it needs more
You've inspired me as well. I do fear the repercussions, but my kids are smarter than my siblings's kids. We will win in the end.
Drums are excluded from battle per the accords of 2010. However, throughout history, constraints have bred ingenuity. Science and technology create novel instruments of sonorous warfare.
While the Great Kazoo Hullabaloo of 2022 was epic, we continue to innovate and elevate in order to dominate with a powerful sonic reckoning.
Can I interest you in little thing called The Pipe? As created and played by That 1 Guy
https://youtu.be/3wGMsOhaPJs?si=uPB4MPy19hNZgMQF
Temu Blue Man Group there
If you want to really upset someone buy their young children a recorder. As an uncle I may or may not have done this to my brother at some point in history
Bagpipes.
WTF did I just read?
All these Decades I had to wait for this masterpiece…. After suffering thru a semester of Chaucer.
You might like this.
On Craigslist there is a theramin 4 sale that says, "never been touched"
r/Angryupvote
🤣
I just played one on Sunday. Pretty fun...easy to lose yourself in the wash of tones if you're playing through a delay pedal or something. lol
Sheldon Cooper has entered the chat
My cousin has bought his son a loud and annoying toy for Christmas this year.
His son who his bitch of an ex has custody of for Christmas.
When my niece was little I got her a little toy chainsaw for Christmas
Out of all the stuff she got that day, it was by far her favorite
Her mother was absolutely THRILLED with me
Groovy
...OH MY GOD YES!
LMAO.
Chaotic evil gg no re
I had no idea and I would have never imagined this contraption was the answer
This contraption is always the answer.
I thought Miata is always the answer…
The Waterphone is used a lot
The more I see how visual effects and sounds are made, the more I think the real art of cinema is this. Sometimes a mediocre script can be turned into great art with the right effects.
Sound design is effectively alchemy.
Bad writing is made tolerable. Good writing is elevated. Great writing is complimented.
I sometimes think about how bad the original Half Life would have been hit in popularity if it were not for the absolutely astounding sound design.
It's actually fascinating how Half-Life's sound design outlives the game, people will use these sounds in TikToks and whatever for comedic effect and lots, probably most, of people won't even recognize where it's from.
And a lot of sounds were from free databases, no? Still, they made great use of their resources, and there was also fantastic voice work in that game.
42
The clear answer to the great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
That's the stuff baby
Industrial grade horror
Nine Inch Nails through the eyelids
Each one of your eyelids?
wanna copy me and do exactly as I did?
Try 'cid and get fucked up worse than my life is?
My brain’s dead, wait
....and scrotum
Hi kids
That’s brisk, baby…
But why did the video cut off when he was getting down to it??
And yet, the standard nails on a chalkboard is far more horrific.
That's because its just a painful noise, not eerie.
kinda wild how some folks just vibe with any nonsense like its all chill or smth
This is right in my Q-zone
How do people come up with this? Was this first used for stuff like noise or industrial music
"Foley artist" is an entire profession. They've been doing this for well over a hundred years at this point, so I think it stands to reason that they would be creating tools to further their profession.
I always wanted to be a foley artist. But it’s not exactly something people post positions for.
EDIT: Y’all’s advice is very kind but a little late in life for me 😅. Thank you. Anyone else interested, follow the advice of these fine folks!
As an autistic with severe social anxiety, I dream for any non conventional job like foley artist cause I'd rather learn how to play the trumpet with my butt than deal with angry customers in the service industry. Endless respect to those who put up with the bullshit they don't deserve
As someone in the industry, you can have job like that. The best way to get into it is to start making stuff! Search for local filmmakers and students, be collaborative, be creative, and have fun!
Think you’re overlooking the severe social anxiety part lol
Apply to be a drummer for the Grateful Dead
Thanks dude. I really needed to read this tonight. I don't work in a customer serving faculty but I work with an absolute bunch of dicks and I just needed to hear that I'm respected. Even if it isn't by those bunch of AHs.
You matter. You and your work matter even if others don't appreciate what you contribute, you will always play a significant role that others take for granted
Seems the constipation is making you insightful.
Lmfao I was gonna blast you for being mean but then looked at their handle 🤣🤣🤣
I can't believe I missed that and thanks for making me laugh. I needed that too 😁
😊 I'm a broken down former retail employee, so I know your experience a bit too! Happy to put a smile on anyone's face, but extra glad I could brighten your life for a minute! I hope it wasn't too diminishing of a comment after u/100yearswaiting2shit 's, lolol, I just caught name at the last second and it felt like a real r/rimjobsteve moment and I couldn't resist 😘 they left a very sweet comment and it refreshing to see!
Nah man. I really appreciate you. Work is hard right now. I work in a team of 7 and I'm being singled out just because I value my time with my kids over earning extra money.
Tonight has been absolutely miserable but I'm not gonna let them grind me down. I'll still be smiling long after I say good riddance to them.
I remember the most interesting being the porn foley artist. He was slapping steaks together, stirring peanut butter….
The 70's were wild, man
I remember stumbling upon some aggressive stirring of mac & cheese.
I did that kind of work in college, but it’s a profession that is getting more and more rolled into digital sound design.
Don't let your dreams be dreams!!!! I found you a studio. https://www.344audio.com/services/foley
I would first suggest that you get something in your portfolio. You can have fun doing it so here's the plan. Look in your local area for sound engineers, influencers, actors, content creators, or directors. Think short films or even live performances. Let them know that you are working on your foley portfolio and you want to help with their project. This doesn't necessarily have to be free but that could be a bargaining chip depending on the opportunity. Do several serious projects with those you meet, while continuing to learn and expand your repitoire and portfolio along the way. With your new portfolio in hand, find a similar job to your current one in LA. Use that to move to LA and continue working on that while doing foley work at night and weekends. Submit your portfolio to all studios and keep them updated on the new projects you are taking on. Let us know how it goes!!!!!
If you are sitting and waiting for someone else to make your dream happen and hand it to you then of course it’s not going to happen man. Take ownership and pursue it actively like all the active foley artists did
Right, you have to go and figure it out and work with the people that do it
Cool trivia item is it's called after Jack Foley, the father, the grandfather of sound effects, and a literal genius. The guy was so good, the whole profession was called after him. There is a good episode on Stuff you should know podcast.
Oh, likey: https://stuffyoushouldknow.com/episode/tdhtdhtdhtdhtdh-sound-effects/
I think we need a movie about a Foley artist being tormented by the sounds they’ve created. Let’s have Robert Eggers cook that one. Slap A24 on it. Profit?
It's called Berberian Sound Studio and it's excellent.
Per IMDB
"A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art."
Definitely not my thing but love the idea.
Named after Axel Foley, the famous cop from Detroit that went to Beverly Hills
Unfortunately I think it's a dying profession
Before digital effects, springs and metal plates under tension were really popular ways of creating reverb, simulating the reflection of sound back at us, giving a sense of space to the sound. The array of springs at the back is a pretty standard configuration for spring reverb. This instrument has so much reverb that it makes the sound super unnerving. It gives the sense of something gargantuan moving in a massive, echo-y space, and the variation in loudness can make it feel very far away or right next to the listener in an instant. Subconsciously, our brain is trying to place us in the space with what we're hearing and can give a feeling of danger or disorientation.
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Very cool!
My paranoia was expecting ShittyMorph
I wonder if these sounds are registered as scary because of the link to horror movies or if people are genetically scared by this.
I don't watch horror films so i guess i never got conditioned for this to be scary, it just reminds me of a rickety metal bridge or a steel plant or something like that. Now if someone made an instrument that makes the sound of insects scurrying around on various surfaces that'd definitely do it for me
It looks like something my brother and his friends would have whipped up in their high school welding class....not knowing wtf they were doing or trying to make until they set it down and said "hehehe....sick"....then they realized it made sounds, lol.
I thought you said high school wedding class at first and why was my brain like "oh yeah, that makes sense."
this particular instrument is a journey. he started with small cowbells with springs welded on for reverb. then, as you can see from my link, it just kept getting crazier and crazier until you get the mega marvin which is just a giant version of the original idea.
https://www.morfbeats.com/shop
i think the original idea was for groovy drumset metal. but as you can see, it morphed.
If I had to water a guess it was probably created by foley artists looking for a new sound. It's already well known that big metal plates and springs can make some otherworldly sounds, so it just makes sense to combine them together.
If you water your guess every day, it will sprout into a small hypothesis. Then eventually it grows into a mighty deduction!
Silent hill comes to mind
I'm playing right now, and it's uncanny
Currently playing silent hill 2 remake and this vid is the straight up soundtrack
How good is it?
Fucking amazing. Best game I’ve played in a while. Perfect mix of intensity, chill, scary and action. I really like the combat, you can really master dodging the enemies then timing some satisfying smacks with the 2x4 or metal pole.
I’m playing it as part of the Playstation Plus thing too so didn’t even have to buy it.
Green man has it for 60% off. I guess I'll bite. Thanks.
Green man lol!
Also Deadspace
Imagine this is playing whilst they drag an unlucky chicken to the cutting board on the cooking channel.
At least the chicken would know when to be scared eggless.
Fun Fact: Light Sabers and Star Wars blaster gun sounds are a steel cable supporting a Radio Tower. The More You know
I believe they used a Slinky for some of the blaster sounds too.
Light sabers are telescope microphones waved over a crt TV no?
If memory serves, it's shotgun microphones (which might be what you mean) in front of the speakers. It could be layered with some CRT hum though!
Finally ,something to make love to
BDSM soundtrack
Cbat, best I can do.
Some Hellraiser type shit
Insidious popped into my head first lol
Okay so my question is, why do we fear this? What, evolutionary, caused these deep, thunderous sounds to terrify us? Is it from the sounds of the movement of stones when we were cave dwellers? Far off lightning? What? Why are some vibratey springs so terrifying?
Resonance implies scale. It's the fear of something large and potentially dangerous. That could be a predator (think a bear's roar) or a falling boulder or a spreading fire or an explosion (volcanic, etc) or, as you say, thunder.
Resonant sounds, low sounds, and screeching sounds tap our lizard brain fear response. They compel us to seek safety.
Interestingly, other animals respond to these kinds of sounds similarly. You can play a guitar or the radio all day long and your cat or dog won't make a peep. But bow a garage door spring attached to a resonant bell and they will perk up immediately and be on guard.
This comment explains part of it I think https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1pnpahr/the_mega_marvin_instrument_used_to_create/nu9mu87/
I'm wondering the same
thats exactly what i was thinking....like who would go and figure out and study sounds the scare humans...and why? makes me think these people know something we dont
Tom Waits has entered the chat. What’s he building in there…….
What the hell is he building in there?
Is there a more annoying instrument on the planet to learn at home?
Bagpipes.
My roommate in college was a world-class piper. I come from Nova Scotia where it's a relatively normal thing.
A few times, at parties, he'd bring out the pipes. I can't describe here how overwhelmingly loud the Great Highland Bagpipe is in a dining-room at 1:20 am at a university house party. Incredible.
Reminds me from work some years back:
Stage manager (over radio): "Looks like there's not going to be 4 bagpipes performing in the next set."
FOH sound mixer (again, over radio): "Oh, thank heavens!" makes happy noises
Stage manager continues: "...Yeah, it looks like there's going to be 40 bagpipes instead"
FOH sound mixer: "WHAT?? WHY... WHY WOULD YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT?"
😂
bass guitar
not because the instrument itself is annoying, but you become annoying the minute you learn one
The humble recorder
Hurdy Gurdy
Why am.I getting Silent Hill Flashbacks?
Was this used for Chernobyl series?
Everything about the miniseries was incredible.
Oh I couldn’t agree more. I really feel it was one of the most powerful series and was misclassified and should be original horror frankly. Changed everything for me.
This was my first thought as well
You can get a mini one for 300 dollars from the shop!
How hard would it be to make one of these? 1500 is a little out of my price range for the bigger one.
The should've done a scary movie skit where they are investigating a factory and come across this guy making the noise that you thought was just part of a score.
Full metal jacket
Reminds me of the Apprehension Engine, used in the A24 film The Lighthouse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vImARtEhTw8
Dude. Thank you.
Blade Runner
Is there added reverb or is that an inherent property of this apparatus?
It's the springs !!
Reverberation can be done with springs, their flexible nature allows them to resonate with frequencies and extend their duration, hence why there are so many of them (to make sure most frequencies will ring)
Good point! Similar to reverbs in guitar amps.
i'd assume inherent. piano's have a similar feature where you can hold down the damper pedal, press a key quickly, and the note will play for like a full minute after you let go.
Takes me back to Ocarina of Time-redeads, bottom of the Well, shadow temple.
All thats missing is the background groans from the redeads
How cool would it be to sit in your garage and play this on Halloween!
Or on the apartment wall facing the neighbors who fight all the time at 3am.
The sounds of industry and machinery are obviously something that resonates with us (he he).
There's horror in frequencies and patterns that represent the darkest, greasiest parts of our modern world. Those sounds are deeply unsettling. They aren't organic life, but they aren't chaos either. They're somehow representing an imperfect mechanism, or some sort of literal friction and discord between things.
Cool tropes like this will be interesting to historians of art, media, and psychology in centuries to come. This is what evil sounds like to us. We don't quite know how to understand it yet, but as people look back on us, they'll notice patterns in our dark media, including our soundtracks.
Layered dissonance.
So this mf Marvin the reason I hide in the blankets during scary movies
Foley artists have some of the best jobs. I'm envious of their ears
If Tom Waits doesnt own one of these I'll shit in my hat and wear it.
Yeah that looks like it would be used to create horror sounds
This sound exactly like Hannibal tv series soundtrack 🤯
Welp. Just felt like I got transported Silent Hill
You'd think seeing this goofy looking instrument would lessen the eerie feelings it evokes... but nope!
Glad to see they have a instrument specifically designed to make creaking boat hull sounds.
Oooohhh I want one to annoy my neighbour
"You'll never make it anywhere with your giant spring triangle, Marvin! You're a failure!" - Marvin's Dad probably
I would like more stuff like this and less rage bait.
This is gonna be my new [fall asleep immediately] deep sleeping music for when i go to sleep 🙏
Building noises from Fallout 4 vibes here big-time.
Getting one of these to play out in the garage late at night
My phone was vibrating in my hand from this
I like it. I can work with it.
That made my skin crawl
What’s the sheet music look like?
Found it
When I hit the Powerball I'm paying someone to follow me around playing one of these.
It sounds really cool and has a pretty nice name just for it to be a bunch of old springs on a dorito
Silent hill vibes
r/DoohickeyCorporation
Someone could surely cash in with some Mega Marvin ASMR....
So this is how they made the soundtrack to the Hannibal TV series.
VGer? Is that you?
Dope
Pretty horribly great
Um cool so what do you play?
Chilling..
Subnautica comes to mind.
That is neat and all. Now I wanna see someone play Metallica on that thing
James playing with the Pyramid Head after reconciling with his actions
The beginning sounded like the theme music to the film Sleepwalkers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsCqTgVQeHM
Yes sir, the thingamabob is working at peak efficiency.
The only thing worse than buying your kid a drum kit
Dont play this on shrooms
Perfect time for a shower
That's exactly what it sounded like
Ah yes, the i dont really need that glass of water anymore sounds.
Ok this is cool!
For creating horror sounds the name Marvin is shockingly tame
That stick hitting the springs is dead ass scary!
My wife hears this in her head before she has to make a phone call
…that think was used in the movie Full Metal Jacket, I think…
Freddie Krueger, Carrie, the Shining, Halloween, Scream, and the F’ing Blair Witch Project all call in to pay homage and tribute to Marvin’s Mega!
Foleys have the coolest toys in them.
Awesome.
That is cool
Imagine a concert with that hehe
'I listen to metal a lot: The metal instrument'
Weird. I always imagined that they were slamming rusty steel doors shut, dropped rubbish bin tops on the floor and such. Would never have guessed this is how they did it.
Looks and sounds like a Star Destroyer!
I hear the Empire warming up.
If i am EVER stuck as a ghost somewhere, the house better have one of these built in that can’t be uninstalled. Might be a new personal goal - if ever i have the ability to buy one and have it installed in what might be my forever home, this gon be it😉🙏. Just a ghost of bad comic timing and inconvenience🤣👻.
What instrument do you play? "It's... complicated."
Needs more cowbell!
Horrifying