Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 00:02:54 +0200
From: Terje Lerstad
Subject: Re: [CB] Octocontrabass Clarinet
Sorry! I'm left-handed, but that is an advantage playing
ordinary ("right-handed") instruments. But I have no
left-handed instruments. This is a scan program error. The page is now
corrected:
I have a lot of information concerning my investigation in the
destiny of the OCTOS, but they sound rather dissappointing: stolen,
dissapeared or burne (or rather - destroyed) in the
terrible fire at the factory 2 years ago. I will write more about this
later.
Terje
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 06:16:24 -0500
From: "Gregg Bailey"
Subject: [CB] Re-creating the octo sound using software
I sent part of this on Saturday, but I never saw it in my
inbox. So let's try it again, with additions:
Anyway, wow--I thought that both of the re-pitchings sounded
believable. However, I thought that the first re-pitching--the one WITH
the harmonic corrector turned on--sounded more realistic, mostly
because it was brighter, I think.
Of course, the last note which is sustained on the contra is the
2nd (written) D (assuming it's a BBb contra that has at least a low D),
which when transposed down an octave becomes the low D of a regular BBb
contra (or the 2nd D of an octo). Actually, the recording sounds
like it might actually be a contra-alto. Do you know which it is?
It would be nice to hear a similar comparison of re-pitchings
with a recording snippet featuring lower notes that, when pitched down,
only an octocontra would possess. Could you do the same thing
again but with a contra recording that features low notes played
slowly? Do you have such a track?
I recorded an etude on BBb contra years ago that features the
full (normal) range of the instrument to low D. I will experiment
with patching that through my dad's re-pitching software.
Hopefully I will end up with something wonderful that I can post to a
website. I'm sure there are many on this list that would love to
hear an approximation of what an octocontrabass clarinet would sound
like.
-Gregg
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 05:35:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ethan Stoller
Subject: Re: [CB] Re-creating the octo sound using software
Oops! I guess my ignorance is showing! I just
assumed that it was a cbcl. I'd love to hear a recording like the
ones you're describing. Not just for this experiment, but to hear the
originals as well.
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 08:07:25 -0500
From: "Gregg Bailey"
Subject: [CB] contrabass vs. contra-alto
Well, it may very well be a BBb contra on your recording.
The timbre difference between a BBb contra and an EEb contra is not
that great, from my experience. However, there was some slight
subtlety in the sound in that clip that reminded me of the sound I
produce when I play a Selmer rosewood EEb contra-alto. The only
way to know for sure is to listen to where the upper notes change to
"clarion" tone, or if you hear notes below what a contra-alto could
produce.
Also, since the bore and mouthpiece of a Leblanc EEb contra and
BBb contra are evidently the same, that would suggest to me that the
chalumeau notes that are shared between the two would have identical
tone.
Does anyone have any comments on that?
I will eventually post both my original BBb recording and the
re-pitching to a website once my dad and I get together to do this.
-Gregg
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