I just expected a couple of bangs on the gong, instead I got the ultimate horror movie soundtrack, lmao. I don't know anything about gongs but that one looks awesome.
This is exceptional, I had no idea that this sort of sound could come from a gong - it sounds incredible and the design of it is absolutely gorgeous. Your work is amazing!
these are so incredibly beautiful. titanium seems to be made of magic in the way that it can produce such vibrant and varied colors all with just various heat treatments.
Wonderfully psychedelic, reminds me somewhat of part of the song motherboard by daft punk. Waves of sound like a speaking ocean, and songs of whales. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Hey Ross, I didn't recognise your name initially, as I didn't realise that you have a separate sites for the wind harps and the gongs. I recently sold a 48 inch gong to Adron in California, who has a really impressive collection. He loves that 40 inch ti that you made for him! He has been kind enough to offer me feedback on how my gongs compare with the others in his collection... Really valuable for me to have this, as (I'm sure you are aware) , there is just so much bulls**t floating around on the internet. I love your wind harps, and have borrowed one from my friend Jonathan of soundtravels.co.uk in the past . ( I have a commission to make one, but so far the project is on hold, and also my initial results have been disappointing) .... think that I should maybe leave it to the expert! I love making the gongs though, even though I still think that hammering every square inch is the way to go! (Martin Blaise has some really interesting" before and after" videos of him making singing bowls, and there is just no comparison in the post hammering quality.. All best B
The audio glitching is almost hilarious in showing how the internet isn't a substitute for real life (maybe I just have terrible speakers). I would love to be in the same room with that thing and not just hear but feel all that vibration. Magnificent ''machines'' you have there sir. They look and sound amazing. Love the artwork too, I have drawn those patterns myself here and there (also computer assisted, so I can't really take the credit).
I just record using an iPhone 16 using the built in microphone, and I listen back through good headphones to check that there is no "clipping".. Obviously any digital recording, (however many 'bits") will lose a lot of information, but all in all I don't think that the video is too bad! By the way, I hand draw all my artwork, and then cut templates from brass ; no computer used!
The opus251 codec is pretty close to being perceptually lossless provided there's nothing too crazy (e.g. sharp impulses or having the level too low [quantization noise] or too high [clipping and/or compression]). Also you have to make sure "Stable Volume" is set to OFF. All in all the audio is quite good.
Nice one Baz, can't afford one of your gongs but did treat myself to some B Love flumies and they deffo bring a new dimension to the sounds i was getting from Hess ones I've been using 👍
I may be ignorant, but I had no idea you could play a gong like that. I'm sure I've heard similar sounds before as samples in songs. Interesting to see how they were made. Now I want a gong.
Two new gongs, including this one, will be posted on my website next weekend. (I have really slow internet here where I live, so uploading video is a nightmare. I have to wait until I have access to cable at my partners apartment!) The price you pay for living in the English countryside!
Just the same as any other gong of the same diameter... Personally, we do not play our gongs above 85 decibels, as this triggers a "fight or flight" response in our audience. As we are trying to hold a guided meditation using our instruments, this would be counterproductive! (But the gongs themselves are capable of greater volume).
Amazing - it's like vibrational physics in the flesh. I would love to see a computer numerical graphical representation of the nodes and frequencies superimposed on the gong as the gong sounds. Titanium must not have much internal/bulk damping. I wonder about some other materials - beryllium for example. Super high specific stiffness, very low density. Of course, beryllium is no joke to deal with and simply isn't practical. A long time ago I worked with chemical vapor deposited silicon carbide for optical face sheets. It was grown in sheets up to a meter wide. A few millimeters thick. The hardness of that material is sky high. And please, don't get me wrong, the sound is amazing, and the gongs are works of art - I'm deeply impressed.
Martin Blaise, who inspired me to make titanium gongs, has also worked in Tantalum and other rare earth metals . The sustain is incredible, but so is the price.( He charges e 55,000 for a 30 inch gong) . Do check him out online; fascinating work.
@@barrymason4314 Long ago I designed a machine tool column replacement that needed to be as stiff as possible. The highest modulus of elasticity metal that was practical - available in a large enough piece - was molybdenum. The compromise between cost, machinability, and higher modulus - 1.6X steel. In the end we decided to just get a more suitable machine tool. But looking into all those metals higher in the periodic chart was fun. Tantalum wasn't a candidate, but I see it has a pretty high modulus, like steel, and a very high density. I'll look into Martin's work. I'm not a materials type, and I certainly don't have a musical bone in my body, but how materials have been used in musical instruments has always interested me.
A combination of 2, 4 and 7 pound hammers . I don't anodize using electricity - it's done by literally painting with flame. Do look at my website for full details.
I just expected a couple of bangs on the gong, instead I got the ultimate horror movie soundtrack, lmao. I don't know anything about gongs but that one looks awesome.
I didn't even know you could play a gong like that, must feel/sound incredible in person
A work of art even if it made no sound at all
It made plenty of sound! Turn up the speakers
Turn up the volume it made some incredible resonances
@@heyLaina I think you misunderstood what he meant.
The sound.. brought me right back to when I first heard the audio from the fan film Astartes
they shall know no fear
This is exceptional, I had no idea that this sort of sound could come from a gong - it sounds incredible and the design of it is absolutely gorgeous. Your work is amazing!
That’s patina coloring, correct? Whoever did it is a freaking master of their craft!
Take a look at my website at barrymasonfineart.com . You will find video where you can see me using blowtorches to bring out the colour..
@@barrymason4314 thank you i was wondering how you did that. These are absolutely gorgeous.
The full tone of this gong is phenomenal. I love the patterns you got my sub!
these are so incredibly beautiful. titanium seems to be made of magic in the way that it can produce such vibrant and varied colors all with just various heat treatments.
its made of 22 protons.
@@Michael_Hauke yeah, and?
I miss being a percussionist in school 😭 this gong is beautiful
It sounds ethereal and foreboding. So glad I got reccomended this. Amazing!
Dark ambient
these are the most beautiful gongs i've ever seen and heard, and i've been in plenty of orchestras
Beautiful workmanship! I’d love to see your process in doing the anodising patterns on the gong.
No anodising, it's all done with flame! Look at the 6 minute video on my website for more info.
Whatever I was expecting got blown out of the water, along with the water itself. I wish I could hear this in person.
Wonderfully psychedelic, reminds me somewhat of part of the song motherboard by daft punk. Waves of sound like a speaking ocean, and songs of whales. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Beautiful sound Barry
Thanks for those kind words.. means a lot to a sole trader!
Hey Ross, I didn't recognise your name initially, as I didn't realise that you have a separate sites for the wind harps and the gongs. I recently sold a 48 inch gong to Adron in California, who has a really impressive collection. He loves that 40 inch ti that you made for him! He has been kind enough to offer me feedback on how my gongs compare with the others in his collection... Really valuable for me to have this, as (I'm sure you are aware) , there is just so much bulls**t floating around on the internet.
I love your wind harps, and have borrowed one from my friend Jonathan of soundtravels.co.uk in the past . ( I have a commission to make one, but so far the project is on hold, and also my initial results have been disappointing) .... think that I should maybe leave it to the expert! I love making the gongs though, even though I still think that hammering every square inch is the way to go! (Martin Blaise has some really interesting" before and after" videos of him making singing bowls, and there is just no comparison in the post hammering quality.. All best B
Nice gong, Barry!
Thanks Alicia!
Nice bong, Garry!
Absolute work of art, i would love to hear one in person
The only instrument you need for a cosmic horror movie
It's a beautiful sound. I find it soothing.
Masterful! Great piece of visual art and awesome sound. Fantastic harmonics. Thank you for the great quality of sound and video.
The audio glitching is almost hilarious in showing how the internet isn't a substitute for real life (maybe I just have terrible speakers). I would love to be in the same room with that thing and not just hear but feel all that vibration. Magnificent ''machines'' you have there sir. They look and sound amazing. Love the artwork too, I have drawn those patterns myself here and there (also computer assisted, so I can't really take the credit).
I just record using an iPhone 16 using the built in microphone, and I listen back through good headphones to check that there is no "clipping".. Obviously any digital recording, (however many 'bits") will lose a lot of information, but all in all I don't think that the video is too bad! By the way, I hand draw all my artwork, and then cut templates from brass ; no computer used!
@@barrymason4314I didn’t notice any distortion either. Amazing work - sound and form. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The opus251 codec is pretty close to being perceptually lossless provided there's nothing too crazy (e.g. sharp impulses or having the level too low [quantization noise] or too high [clipping and/or compression]). Also you have to make sure "Stable Volume" is set to OFF. All in all the audio is quite good.
internet is not a substitute for your reddit shenanigans you updooter. go back to your isolation site
Do you know how sound works?
Absolutely mesmerizing
This is phenomenal...
beautiful. amazing. person who said there is "glitching" doesnt know what theyre talking about. sounds great.
Didn't have to call him out like that😂😂
I think he might have been referring to some of the compression artifacts in the audio signal, maybe some mic clipping too
Sounds great and looks great
It sounds amazing!
just got this in my recommended. like the drone of this gong, its very calming
you could probably send audio signals with that kind of metalwork precision ....
Magnificent, in every way!
I didn't know gongs could sing!
Nice one Baz, can't afford one of your gongs but did treat myself to some B Love flumies and they deffo bring a new dimension to the sounds i was getting from Hess ones I've been using 👍
I may be ignorant, but I had no idea you could play a gong like that. I'm sure I've heard similar sounds before as samples in songs. Interesting to see how they were made. Now I want a gong.
This thing definitely dooms!!! ❤
do you make sample packs?
That is amazing.
Bring it to the seas and commune with the whales 🏴☠️
an FX Sound Engineer's dream
I'll buy it one day, sounds phenomenal
Looks and sounds fantastic.
Great work, i have no doubt you'll be getting a lot of attention from this.
Very moving, and it caught me off guard too. It had qualities of whale songs, imo. Haunting, in a good way.
Incredible work, thanks for sharing Barry.
❤ beautiful ❤
Wonderful
amazing, thank you
Beautiful work.
Wowwwww amazing.
Beautiful
beautiful, I need one of these but they are all sold out on your website!
Two new gongs, including this one, will be posted on my website next weekend. (I have really slow internet here where I live, so uploading video is a nightmare. I have to wait until I have access to cable at my partners apartment!) The price you pay for living in the English countryside!
Hans Zimmer gotta see this
Amazing hi, how loud is the sound in open spaces if I had a class of 20 out side.
Just the same as any other gong of the same diameter... Personally, we do not play our gongs above 85 decibels, as this triggers a "fight or flight" response in our audience. As we are trying to hold a guided meditation using our instruments, this would be counterproductive! (But the gongs themselves are capable of greater volume).
I'd be interested to hear how much of that vibration propogates through the air and into the gongs behind it.
*HOW IN THE NAME OF GOD* did you cold forge Titanium into that...??? Its the most incalcitrant metal in the universe
We need to send this to Danny Carey right away
Would have liked one solid ride
Their latest pure titanium gong!?
Reminds me of whale calls
HIT IT! nah obviously an art for you, thats cool.
Just dont let me near one of those id wanna see how loud they are 😅
Sounds like whale song at some part, love this thank you for sharing 💖
Amazing - it's like vibrational physics in the flesh. I would love to see a computer numerical graphical representation of the nodes and frequencies superimposed on the gong as the gong sounds.
Titanium must not have much internal/bulk damping. I wonder about some other materials - beryllium for example. Super high specific stiffness, very low density. Of course, beryllium is no joke to deal with and simply isn't practical.
A long time ago I worked with chemical vapor deposited silicon carbide for optical face sheets. It was grown in sheets up to a meter wide. A few millimeters thick. The hardness of that material is sky high.
And please, don't get me wrong, the sound is amazing, and the gongs are works of art - I'm deeply impressed.
Martin Blaise, who inspired me to make titanium gongs, has also worked in Tantalum and other rare earth metals . The sustain is incredible, but so is the price.( He charges e 55,000 for a 30 inch gong) . Do check him out online; fascinating work.
@@barrymason4314 Long ago I designed a machine tool column replacement that needed to be as stiff as possible. The highest modulus of elasticity metal that was practical - available in a large enough piece - was molybdenum. The compromise between cost, machinability, and higher modulus - 1.6X steel. In the end we decided to just get a more suitable machine tool. But looking into all those metals higher in the periodic chart was fun. Tantalum wasn't a candidate, but I see it has a pretty high modulus, like steel, and a very high density.
I'll look into Martin's work. I'm not a materials type, and I certainly don't have a musical bone in my body, but how materials have been used in musical instruments has always interested me.
WOW!
I love the pattern. 2 questions, what tools did you forge it with? and also did you anodize it for the pattern?
A combination of 2, 4 and 7 pound hammers . I don't anodize using electricity - it's done by literally painting with flame. Do look at my website for full details.
@barrymason4314 great, thanks!
This brought me to completion.
now hit it as hard as you can :D
the gong singing sounds so familiar, is this the same sound as at the star of the song 4 Minute Warning by Radiohead?
Father Angus MacGomorrah would likely like much...
2001
gimme
The fact that you never smacked it sucks.
Sounds like whale songs!
Sorry, I don't speak whale.