Between Christmas and my birthday, I obtained several unusual musical instruments. Obviously it was time to put my talents to use and create music! Therefore I announce the formation of my band ‘The Ultra Man’, and the release of my first single ‘Journey to Albion’. In this entry you’ll witness the creation of this soon-to-be-chart-topping hit.
The first instrument is the drum machine, otherwise known as the ‘simple buzzer circuit’ made using components in the ‘littlebits’ circuit kit JBF got me for Christmas. This is nothing more than a 9V battery connected to a pulse generator (to vary the speed of the beep) and a buzzer. Not a traditional drum machine perhaps, but The Ultra Man is no traditional band:
The electronic bass is achieved via the Otamatone device. This is about as unusual as instruments get these days, and creates sound via a pressure pad and an adjustable echo-chamber (opening the mouth of the device changes the pitch). Here’s the mysterious Ultra Man playing it:
You can see the song coming together can’t you?
The final piece in the puzzle is the Stylaphone. This gift-from-god is like a chiptune-in-a-box, and (once again) uses electronic wizardry to create astounding sounds from the future. The stylus completes a circuit when touched to the metal keys, and as you can see here the results are nothing less than magical:
So what happens when all three instruments used simultaneously to create a song? Well readers, this happens:
Even if I do say so myself, that’s pretty special 🙂
This is good, but I prefer The Ultra Man’s earlier work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKRULAT9__A
That video is pro. I’m so talented!