Bassoforte


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Diego Stocco (previously at Neatorama) combined parts from a bass guitar and a piano to make a new musical instrument he calls a bassoforte. http://www.behance.net/gallery/Bassoforte/535175 -via Metafilter

Very cool.

I don't think you can say any instrument is ever obsolete. Instruments all make different sounds, and so if you want those sounds in your music, you'll need the instrument, at the very least to sample it. Also, the mechanics of an instrument shape how you play it, leading to different musical tendencies for the player. Additionally, extended techniques possible with an instrument are probably not available in a simulation or sample on a synth. I mean, just in guitar, just things like pinch harmonics, pick slides, strumming behind the nut, the sound of slack strings getting pulled into the pick-ups, etc. would all be, at best, a huge pain to do on a "modern synth", and certainly not as easy to do on the fly.
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As I can understand, it stand more like an Autoharp than a Pianoforte. Therefore, it's a Autobass or Bassohart or something!

Great project and tune though.
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I love it. Raw, gritty and emotional. The piece had feel. By the time, you successfully sequenced, programmed and mixed a sound like this from all digital sources, you'd have forgetten your original concept and gone into a different mood completely. This particular piece is not one of my favorites by him but I like mode of exploration. It feels "real" and I think people will gravitate towards that.
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