I would love to see this with added keywork and used in an ensemble! Maybe the GigaRackett could be used to drone on the root notes of chords, more as an effect than as a note.
That was fascinating. One use I can think of for the giga rackette is teaching how sound is actually produced in a wind instrument. It's essentially an oboe in slow motion.
I love this! One of my dreams is to someday play or own a string bass that produces tempo-pitches like this. I don’t think that even the Octobass goes low enough.
For my follow-up video, I'll print another modified GigaReed exactly like I use on the GigaRackett so everyone can get a better look. It wouldn't cost $100 because it doesn't use the expensive PLA/Wood Composite material or the ultra-thick brass wire.
I need to listen to this again through headphones. Phone speakers sound like trash even down near E1, so even the G-1 is just a slapping sound with no pitch. Unless that's what it actually sounds like.
C0 is the lowest pitch human ear can distinguish as a "note" and not just vibration, so anything below E0-C0 will sound like flapping with no pitch, if you are a human
Oh, Richard! You've really outdone yourself this time! I love crazy projects like this and you're so good at them! You're like a crazy genius! Has anyone funded your research? The Giga-racket could totally be used for composing film scores etc :D I hope one of the big manufacturers (Eppelsheim?) produces your Sub-contrabassoon with your incredible designs! Good luck with everything!
@@Viper-dz2kw If the frequency of a waveform is low enough, your brain doesn't perceive it as a continuous pitch, but as a series of individual beats.
Can we have the composition for monster thing and contrabassoon on another video? I want them on my favorite playlist. :3 the physics theory involved on this video is mind blowing and awesome. Thanks for sharing.
@Richard your videos are always so much fun! I found myself wondering, as you did, where are you going to take this and that's an impressive outcome!! I can almost take a full breath in between each pulse on the G-2! 🤣I liked how you paired the contra (love the sound of the contra) with the GigaRackett. It's always great fun to watch and learn from your videos! Plus, I don't think I have ever (nor probably will ever again) see an F clef sub-22. That's a riot. I think one could climb to the bottom of the Marianas trench with all those ledger lines!! Thanks, as always, RIchard!
I'm working on getting the print quality consistent enough to sell the low A extensions (or at least the bulbous one; the conical version is easy enough to make out of cardboard)
Any chance for plans or at least the lengths of the pipes you used for each note? I would really love to make this. As a double bassist and organist, I am always looking for instruments that play very low notes lol
There are 2 organ stops in the world that play this low, the 64' Trombone in Sydney Town Hall, and the Atlantic city boardwalk hall. I love projects like these, but in terms of creating discernable melodies, instruments as low of these, I fear are not much more than a waste of air. I've never heard any organist or organ builder compliment the 64' stops anywhere in the world. Maybe we'll be the generation that changes the world's perception of these colors and inaudible frequencies, and gets people to enjoy the unique color these frequencies/registers/instruments can add to an ensemble, or play solo:)
Wait so if you can print a giant reed that works it'd be awesome to work out a way to print normal bassoon reeds and if they sound good they could become a good alternative to the reeds already for sale! :D
Haha why did you take the time to engrave this properly? Don't think I didn't notice your attention to detail at measure 14 with the tie colliding with the time signature. Great video man!
I feel like the GigaRackett is a really good example of the difference, or lack thereof, between pitch and rhythm. When you play the G-2, it may technically be a G-2, but what I am really hearing is a group of sextuplet semi-quavers at crotchet = 60. The only thing that distinguishes the sound as a pitch as opposed to a rhythm is the upper harmonics, but if you isolate the fundamental, is it a pitch - or a rhythm? It's interesting how pitch and rhythm are one and the same when you zoom in far enough on the seismograph.
I was thinking when I was watching this video, and I think it'd be fairly easy to print out keywork and make some simple pads for the GigaRackett. If I could just make it slightly wider and the pipes closer together it'd be a lot easier too. Also I'm really getting into the kind of stuff you're doing and would like to see your models. Like the functioning SubContraBassoon Reed. Did you print the one you used or did you make it out of something? Things like that. Thank you for your time
Thanks for sharing, Richard! I think of getting a 3d printer in order to make a cornetto. Do you think that with choosing the right filament i can get a dense enough finishing (with adding coats of some resin i guess...?) that would sound shitty and raspy? Do these layers separate when man bends them? BTW for my bagpipes and bombarde i make pretty decent reeds out of acetate transparencies, diligently and finely sanded of course, also out of yogurt containers. Completely oblivious to humidity!
could you make a template for the gigareed (playable version), I feel like many people would have fun making their own instruments out of that monstrosity.
instead of using your mouth and lungs (that instrument seems so large no human could possibly make a note that lasts more than two seconds before running out of breath and taking the next two seconds to just breathe), can you use an air pump that would be more suitable to play this? Like the Boardwalk Hall Organ's 100' blowers?
Haven't thought this through, but do you think I could easily 3D print reeds for various early music double reed instruments (cornamuse, crumhorn, racket, dulcian...)? There is little information about creating them using actual bamboo, and the ones available to buy are frighteningly expensive.
There's a dude named Tims Storms who claims he can sing a G-7 (0.189Hz, or one cycle every 5.39 seconds). This is the official record for lowest note sung, yet there is no recording. So if you aren't even sure about your G-2 being 6Hz without a seismologist, how the hell did they determine the G-7 is pitch-accurate?
Richard I'm in the market for one of your fully functional 3D printed giga reeds, would you ever consider selling one? I build large monstrosity PVC horns over 18 feet long with a 12-in bell playing as a didgeridoo and with a baritone saxophone mouthpiece but I'm wanting to branch out into double reeds.
LOL! G-1! You can almost count the cycles per second. I can only imagine what the lowest note is going to sound like. Maybe 3 cycles per second? So. My fine sir, what you have invented is a bass flatulence machine! You can pass lower gas than any pair of cheeks slapping together could ever make. I absolutely love it! I'm half tempted to write a piece for it. BTW, ever consider capping a giant reed like that and making a sub-double base krumhorn? That would be just the ultimate! Do the cops ever call and tell you to fix your muffler? If so, this could be why. Oh good god! That lowest note abused my subwoofer. I could feel it more than hear it. I have a feeling that the duo for Contrabasoon and Giga-racket would probably be better live. Actually, what am I talking about?! All performances are better live than recorded. Doesn't matter how good your stereo equipment is. There's nothing like live. One day I'm going to take a bottle of eclare blanc (white lightning) and get thoroughly plowed, then listen to this. I'll write a review of it at that point. I wish I had the proper video equipment and software, because then I'd make a RU-vid drunken music review video of it. Now we're getting creative!
That's quite easy! Take a length of plastic tube, wipe à thin coat of petroleum jelly onto it . Now wrap a large sheet of paper around it tightly and after the first turn generously apply white glue so the later turns of paper stick to each other. About 6 turns may do. I put a soprano sax mouthpiece on mine, sealing the join with plasticine. The paper tube should slide snugly along the tube. Some people have made small pipe organs with rolled paper pipes. They sound sweet!
