How To Make An Aquaphone | DIY Horror Movie Sound Design Instrument | FREE Sound Effects

How to make a DIY Aquaphone horror movie sound design instrument.
Download 25 free sound effects here [updated]:
drive.google.com/file/d/19OeP...
How to build...
Supplies needed:
2x Steel baking pans
3x Skinny steel rods
Hollow steel tube
Power drill with 2 sized bits [to match rod diameter and tube diameter]
Metal grinding wheel(s) [to remove paint or non stick material and to cut the steel rods to length]
Welder
Instructions:
Measure different cut lengths on your skinny steel rods [this will make the different notes] and cut with a grinder.
Count the number of pieces you have and mark dots in a circle around the back side of one of the baking pan about an inch and a half in from the edge.
In the center of the pan marked for the rods, trace a circle matching the diameter of your steel tube.
Drill the holes with a bit the same diameter as your steel rods and pre-drill a small hole in the middle of the soon to be tube hole.
Grab a large, metal-cutting, toothed, circle bit and drill out the center hole for the steel tube.
Using a grinding wheel, grind the surface that will be welded [all drill holes and the edges of the pans]
Place a steel rod into the first empty hole so it's barely through to the other side of the pan and weld in place. Repeat this process for all of the small rods.
Place steel tube into the big hole so it's barely through the other side of the pan and weld in place.
Put the two pans together like a sandwich [with the rods as the top piece] and weld the around the pans.

[@robertdeleno7143]

Very nice 👍🏻 I’m going to make a attempt to make one

[@RATGUTZZ]

OOH YES DANKE I NEEDED THIS

[@bearshield7138]

nice job

[@glitchygaming8275]

Hey this is great thanks here before 100 subs I hope you make it to 100 this channel is underrated

[@tringaninga]

nice

[@joshharris2961]

This is awesome! Great job! I need some SFX for a horror play I'm working on and I'm gonna use this! Super great instructions!

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

Thanks Josh! I hope this helps with your play!

[@joshharris2961]

@@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner Alright I built it and........ it's great works awesome and gives a great eerie sound. Thanks again!

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

@@joshharris2961 I'm glad the sounds worked out for you! Did anyone happen to film the play?

[@joshharris2961]

@@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner It hasn't happened yet we are still in rehearsals. I can try and upload a vid soon.

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

@@joshharris2961 I'm looking forward to seeing it! Good luck with rehersals!

[@petruskruger2454]

The video features surprisingly upbeat music, considering we're busy making a horror instrument.

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

It was a fun and upbeat process making a truly horrific sounding instrument! 😊

[@Q-TebGamesNL]

So the instrument is called a Waterphone, but you used the Latin word for water in the title and used the Greek word for water in the beginning of the video...? Waterphone - Aquaphone - Hydrophone

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

Yeah I was all over the place when I was making the video and the "waterphone" itself. Definitely an early channel video goof 😅

[@Validus_TV]

Haha, noticed that too. Liquidphone. Who says it's gotta be water, what about diet coke or fresca?

[@mojomira9545]

on the other side. the man who created this instrument was Mr Richard Waters...

[@Aurallica]

I am a little late but, a "hydrophone" is another thing, something like a piezo covered in plastic or inside a capsule that you can put inside water to get nice interesting sounds. Another (and much easier) diy project ☝️🤓

[@jaffasplaffa1]

Wanted to check out the samples. Your website is not working anymore?

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

My website is currently under construction but here is an updated link to the 25 free samples! drive.google.com/file/d/19OePy9xUIxS5K8jSWNy2lQaqIdnHgDuA/view?usp=drivesdk

[@hendrikviljoen3279]

Hi does it have water inside of it

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

Not in the video, I was rushing to try it out "dry" but it can hold water 😅 It's a little leaky though due to the way the pans were welded together but still works! 🤘

[@WizzTv_]

WATER ?

[@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner]

This was the "dry run" test, but I'll be releasing another library with water in it sometime in the future. Now that I've acquired some "super rub mallets", a "Picasso acoustic guitar bow" and a better bow, the library will have a lot more variety to it than this. Stay tuned!

[@WizzTv_]

@@RyanSteinbachSoundDesigner ok nice thx ! good luck !