what was that sound?
Feb. 24th, 2008 03:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearHeh - every so often, my brain is finally able to take apart a complex sound/mix and actually figure out what instruments are involved in making it. This is particularly tricky for older music where synth technology didn't allow for being able to construct any timbre you wanted.
One instance a few years back was figuring out that one of the "organs" used in the descending wash scales early on side 2 of Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn was actually Paddy Maloney playing only the regulators (but not the chanter) on his Irish pipes.
The song today that I just cracked was the AT40 #1 this week (26 years ago), Centerfold - what was that opening tone made from, 'cause it wasn't a synthesizer?
It's 2 instruments together: the hammond organ and J Giels himself on an amplified harmonica!
One instance a few years back was figuring out that one of the "organs" used in the descending wash scales early on side 2 of Mike Oldfield's Ommadawn was actually Paddy Maloney playing only the regulators (but not the chanter) on his Irish pipes.
The song today that I just cracked was the AT40 #1 this week (26 years ago), Centerfold - what was that opening tone made from, 'cause it wasn't a synthesizer?
It's 2 instruments together: the hammond organ and J Giels himself on an amplified harmonica!
