Alrightly! The stl files are now available for anyone who wants to take a stab at this thing. Just remember this is very much a work in progress, so... well... you've seen the video, right? www.composerkristin.com/humblegrumble.html Good luck? Enjoy? Keep on making that noise ⁉
You know, according to contemporary descriptions... this is probably closer to what "real" hurdy gurdies sounded like, before proper luthiers started making them. XD
I love unique instruments. Ive alway wanted to build my own hurdy gurdy. I love the sound it makes. Its like im teleported back in time to a fantasy land. I'm glad you are putting your own spin on it. Keep going.
FREEBIRD! FREEBIRD! Hey this isn't a bad attempt. You need to separate the button/string contacts into two parts. Bolt/screw the string contacts to the button with a settable angle to fine tune each button/note.
Oh wow. I'm into some pretty weird stuff, and yet I still managed to not have heard of this dude before. Definitely a sort of similarity of the "box with a crank that makes noise" variety. Though, I definitely had some digital help with some of my noise. Hmmm... might be looking into this more in the future. Thanks!
The lovely wonky sound is the benefit of it being too short. It's impossible to control the peg position on a short string as the pressure also increases the string tension too much. (Chicken & Egg problem) I kind of get that the wonky sound was probably part of the highly desirable feature set, but if you make it longer, you will be able to actually control the pitch to some extent. And of course, the wheel edge shouldn't be 3D printed you can glue a wooden veneer on it, sand it smooth and use rosin.
Grumble sounds like an interesting drone machine. There's a free VST by the name of "Solaris" by Adam Szabo if you haven't tried it. It's basically a reverb but the patches and parameters really lend themselves towards drone making and finding a little bit of inspiration and ocassional hits of dopamine.
😂 Blues is a fun idea. I was definitely struggling harder than usual with the writing portion of this. I'll have to revisit later, especially if I manage to lock in the sound better. Or even if not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I experimented with lock washers and didn't think they were particularly effective in this context. I did use Loctite for the end of the crank in version 1, but overall I don't like using the stuff on an active build that needs to be changed/adjusted/etc. My little tubing clamp worked the best out of everything that I tried, but I'm sure there are plenty of other effective solutions. I'll have the stls up shortly, so you're welcome to give building this a try and report back what worked best for you. I don't always show everything I try on camera, because then people will complain that the video is too long and boring. Everyone's got an opinion on the internet....
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Alrightly! The stl files are now available for anyone who wants to take a stab at this thing. Just remember this is very much a work in progress, so... well... you've seen the video, right?
www.composerkristin.com/humblegrumble.html
Good luck?
Enjoy?
Keep on making that noise ⁉
I love the Humble Grumble!
Thanks!🎶
I love you as a TH-camr!
You know, according to contemporary descriptions... this is probably closer to what "real" hurdy gurdies sounded like, before proper luthiers started making them. XD
LOL. I've just been presenting a historical build this whole time!
It sounds like you are rewinding a cassette. Fun! :D
LOL. I love all the audio analogies people make regarding these sounds. Be kind. Rewind! :)
I love unique instruments. Ive alway wanted to build my own hurdy gurdy. I love the sound it makes. Its like im teleported back in time to a fantasy land. I'm glad you are putting your own spin on it. Keep going.
FREEBIRD! FREEBIRD! Hey this isn't a bad attempt. You need to separate the button/string contacts into two parts. Bolt/screw the string contacts to the button with a settable angle to fine tune each button/note.
very nice
This is sick!
At around 9:00 are sounds that would make Luigi Rusolo proud of you! 😄👍🏼
Oh wow. I'm into some pretty weird stuff, and yet I still managed to not have heard of this dude before. Definitely a sort of similarity of the "box with a crank that makes noise" variety. Though, I definitely had some digital help with some of my noise. Hmmm... might be looking into this more in the future. Thanks!
The lovely wonky sound is the benefit of it being too short. It's impossible to control the peg position on a short string as the pressure also increases the string tension too much. (Chicken & Egg problem) I kind of get that the wonky sound was probably part of the highly desirable feature set, but if you make it longer, you will be able to actually control the pitch to some extent. And of course, the wheel edge shouldn't be 3D printed you can glue a wooden veneer on it, sand it smooth and use rosin.
Grumble sounds like an interesting drone machine. There's a free VST by the name of "Solaris" by Adam Szabo if you haven't tried it. It's basically a reverb but the patches and parameters really lend themselves towards drone making and finding a little bit of inspiration and ocassional hits of dopamine.
I haven't actually tried that out. I'll have to take a look. Sounds interesting!
The initial playtrhough made me think one could play a somewhat-decent blues on this thing. But of course a mosquito swarm works too.
😂 Blues is a fun idea. I was definitely struggling harder than usual with the writing portion of this. I'll have to revisit later, especially if I manage to lock in the sound better. Or even if not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
With all due respect, why not use lock washers?
EDIT: or loctite
I experimented with lock washers and didn't think they were particularly effective in this context. I did use Loctite for the end of the crank in version 1, but overall I don't like using the stuff on an active build that needs to be changed/adjusted/etc. My little tubing clamp worked the best out of everything that I tried, but I'm sure there are plenty of other effective solutions.
I'll have the stls up shortly, so you're welcome to give building this a try and report back what worked best for you. I don't always show everything I try on camera, because then people will complain that the video is too long and boring. Everyone's got an opinion on the internet....