Every time I go to the website to buy one it says there’s a problem with the server, anyone else having this issue? It’s been like this for me for 2 weeks
“It’s never been more fun to not know how to play the kalimba” - that lovely harp youtuber * oh, by the way, Emily Hopkins is the name of that lovely harp youtuber... just in case you wondered 😉
Well damn!! looks like i'm going to have to modify one of mine now too, i love it! and the jam at the end is *chefs kiss*. for anyone wondering when they'll be back in stock, i'm building more right now which should be on sale next week. i'm trying to do a new batch every month :)
@Lottie Canto Awesome thank you so much I’ve been going to the website, every other day, just to see if it’s back in stock lol 😂 your instruments are a major inspiration to me❤️
you know how much i love how you show manual once and let me pause and read it. instead of taking up 18minutes to explain each one. Thank you. Keep up the great videos brojah.
I love your videos and this old is one of my favorite. I love this kalimba and have been trying to buy on for years and they always sell out before I can get one. They’re so cool and you made it next level cool. I need this in my life.😂 Good job, keep up the great work.
This is a genius idea for a product. I have an electric kalimba hooked up to a kp3, but the portability of this is awesome af. Too bad these are sold out, maybe I can get some help from a friend to essentially make the same thing.
Honestly for how cheap they are its like why wouldn't they have two? You buy this instrument then down the road you buy the new better one with two piezos lol. Its the apple technique.
I do have an effect in Ableton, called "Laundry" that makes it sound like music is in a dryer. Mental Laundry? Maybe, with Static Cling? Mental Dotted Eighth Note Simple Delay? It's why we leave notes, after all, for retrieval after a delay.
That jam takes me back to some Ninja Tune compilation album I can't remember the name of... I think it was released in the late 90's. Anyway, lovin this video, nicely done Simon xo
How do you feel about flashing EPROM chips? Looks like you can easily swap out their 8 programs for some of your own, maybe even hack in a switch to expose the 8 default sounds on the main chip?
The high pitch sound is because you're slowing the sample rate. So as audio with frequencies higher than half the sample rate enter the effect, they're coming out the other end in funky ways that don't relate logically to how they came in. (I think. Maybe this isn't DSP. Then it's some other reason). Interesting anyway!
I have my own homemade electro-acoustic piccolo bass guitar with a set of four piezo pickups underneath the bridge saddles, all summed to mono. It has an excellent sound with an equal volume from each string. This kalimba, nice as it is, needs more pickups.
Hi, I'm fascinated by the modding he is doing in this video the skillset behind it, but this is all beyond my knowledge. This is definitely something I would love to learn about and become skilled into but I don't even know how I should call the different skills involved in this so I can make researches as to how I might go about learning the involved crafts. Can someone guide me with some keywords and maybe a short explanation of what one would need to learn and become skilled into to be able to mod electronics and musical instruments like this all by oneself?
I am surprised to see you thinking that this would be a viable signal chain for a kalimba. YOU’RE DANGEROUS!! I know that you know better ways than this. Black hole!!!
Magpie. Channel formerly known as NoisePedals here from many moons ago. I see you are now a famous RU-vid celebrity. If you ever make it to Scotland let me know and I'll buy ye a vodka or ten. Yer videos are still epic. Love that you don't give a fuck or pretend to be an expert - you just do cool shit.
Have you checked out the company brandnewnoise? Their stuff isn't studio quality but they make very similar items to this, I think you would like them!
Have you tried any of their products? I’ve been wanting to try them out. They make some interesting looking stuff. The only thing I don’t like is the outputs are 3.5 mm instead of 1/4”
@@nicholasrella6904 Yes! I own one of their frankie units and it is a joy. The build is very solid and the unit does what is described and offered, I would probably use it in a live setting or unpolished studio setting. The only downside (for me) is the audio quality, it sounds better in the ads than in person, but if you are working with the right sounds and quiet equipment when recording you can make some pretty crazy stuff. I would recommend it as a toy or as an idea builder for a musician, I see the quality only getting better from here
Id love to Mauruce White with this This makes synths redundant for me , i have a big african kalimba , that just micd up has an amazing sound £25 saw blades & teak , better than a guitar
