I Freed The Pickup Of This Record Player So I Can Record Anything

[@noirmagique]

In the late 80s, I went to a hip hop DJ festival in San Francisco. This guy had a wall of 12 inch vinyl records screwed down on it. Like 20 records or so. They all had a bunch of white marks on them. He had the cartridge in his hand on a long cable. The needle assembly has little rubber rollers on it, I guess to protect the needle. He started a drum computer. The crowd got crazy. He walked up to the wall full of marked records and went crazy. The wall was covered in felt and the records could spin under his touch. He rocked out some awesome riffs.

[@TheCookieSwag]

I loved to see a video of that

[@zach3634]

Holy crap! That sounds dope!!!

[@cwxdaf152]

The neighbours ''What's he BUILDING in there?''

[@vlorschbuug]

tom waits reference?

[@zach3634]

​@@vlorschbuugwas gonna say the same 😂

[@guitfidle]

I’ve actually done some of this before. With the loose tone arm, you can read fingerprints, fabrics, wood, and some non- smooth surfaces like telex on an amp or whatever. Different fabrics and woods have different sounds depending on the surface texture.

[@rays7805]

They did a Mythbusters investigation, "Pottery Record". They said that what people used to do in the '60s, for fun, was melt some glass to create a rounded tip, and then attach that to their tonearm needle, so they could rub it against anything and get sounds. I can't find a guide, but if you can track down the episode, it might get you going in a good direction.

[@robinstereo]

I found it! Season 4 Episode 23 - Killer Cable Snaps

[@ned_interrobang]

multiple tone arms, 1 turntable

[@fkknsikk]

That was my thought as well. It could be an interesting way to have a delay-style effect if you set it up right.

[@maxmaxxammax3011]

+1

[@DetroitMicroSound]

"Next time I will show you a turntable with twelve tone arms!" 😄

[@bonemar66]

@@DetroitMicroSound Play them all at once for a cacophony, or rotate through the 12 for a trippy kind of "bullet time" sample

[@DetroitMicroSound]

@@bonemar66 If spaced exactly, adjusting the pitch til in sync, it could produce synced delays.

[@grahamhalton]

Get a felt slip mat, its what djs use to be able to easily move the disc back and forth, scratching much easier that way

[@cooloutcoexist]

That double pickup is cool and sort of in sync too, which is logical but also wild. You should get a bunch of those to prep the whole piano for the most weird and unique piano overdrive.

[@tjaybrown420]

I'm really scared for the legs of the piano lmao, what a beautiful machine!

[@Swenglish]

Wild idea: Tape play/record heads on a record player. 8 inch floppy disk (removed from casing). Would it work? Floppy drive read/write heads might also be worth considering. Maybe some kind of tiny rubber wheel (lego?) to keep from scraping the disc too much. The lack of a groove might make for some really weird non-linear sound recording and playback.

[@return2sender791]

been there. it works.

[@mjdbruyn]

Freehand deejaying! Another great invention.

[@AndrewDilu]

Emil Beaulieau was master of this technique

[@return2sender791]

EXACTLY!

[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

if you made extra holes in the corners of the top of the deck that you could slot the freehand pickup into, you could have two pickup on different parts of the same vinyl with either both playing forwards/backwards or each playing in opposite directions!

[@Ringlefinch-e7u]

Do you mean the good old Photoplayer ? The central instruments in a photoplayer were a piano and percussion; some machines also added pipe organs and methods for manually creating sound effects. Like a player piano, the photoplayer played music automatically by reading piano rolls (rolls of paper with perforations), but the photoplayer could hold two rolls: one that would play while the other was prepared. Common sound effects included gun-shots, bells and drums, which were generated by pulling chains called "cow-tails". Some photoplayers feature electric sound effects, such as sirens, automobile horns, and other oddities. A photoplayer operator had to load the paper rolls, start the machine and add the manual sound effects and percussion using the cow-tails.

[@ninjarobotmonk3y]

having one pick up in front of the other in the same groove, you'd have an awesome delay going on. that was a fun video!

[@simonairey8982]

Really interesting stuff. I am interested to see what more you can do when you have extra cartridges. If you get/make a slip mat, it makes it much easier to move the record back and forth without resistance. It is essentially just a piece of felt that sits on top of the turntable under the record.

[@TheVirakahScale]

Now all you gotta do is fill your guitar with Plaster, Tape that tone arm to the top, and you'll have a great solid-body body electric!

[@charleyedwards2121]

been gone for 2 years and im glad to see nothing has changed

[@neaituppi7306]

I hadn't thought of a record player needle as being a pickup, but I guess it is.

[@mikaeliby387]

For longevity maybe put on an additional pickup arm for the backwards motion. The needle is probably gonna snap from not being dragged.

[@SlaserX]

This is amazing. Who needs a noise OSC when you have this

[@rantsantatheradicalradishe3345]

Idea: take some quarter inch tape, make a recording, cut into foot long lengths and glue them side by side on a board to make a foot square panel. Now take the record/playback hear from a reel to reel taper recorder out of the case, extend the wires, and scrub the head over the tape in random directions. Record or sample the outut.

[@return2sender791]

it works. ive done it.

[@dillipphunbar7924]

A friend of mine had the idea of making a turntable with about 7arms/styluses and sampling it, back in the early 2000s. I thought the idea was a little bit far fetched and now here you are bringing it to life, some 20 years later. Outstanding! What about an arm with several pickups and independent leads so they span the width of the record? Anyway, looking forward to hearing more of this cos I think you really have completed your wacky and wonderful piano corner of wierdness.

[@return2sender791]

it was already done quite a few years before your friend thought of it. just sayin. this isnt well known territory but its well traveled. ive been playing shows with a modified turntable and records made of sheet metal and plastic for quite awhile.

[@fillentropy6519]

this is some cool ass improv. that pick up is fucking awesome!!!

[@arunca190]

Very cool. Reminds me of earlier Sparklehorse stuff.

[@jasonbelcher4476]

You are a genius of an artist my friend

[@neilmcnasty]

The type of "piano" that has drawb-ars (as you describe) is called an ORGAN! ;-)

[@ChristopherScullion]

and here's me always taking so much care when setting the needles onto a record in case it breaks

[@f_stop]

I’m gonna be whistling this one all week now.

[@SpheresVA]

Crank surgeon would love you

[@mjdbruyn]

I guess a PWM controlled motor will not spin at the same speed when you flip the polarity, unless the PW happened to be at 50%.

[@moolder]

This is wild and awesome!

[@zennycool]

i am really curious on what it would sound like, if anything on organic stuff. like leaves, bark and all that. surely its just the same noise, but what if. just what if

[@fkknsikk]

Yeah it would just sound like static. The grooves really are the key to getting anything out of a cartridge.

[@cfpradiocreationsfredetpie8120]

Isn't that cool. Thanks for that. So great sound. Will try that next week, so nice idea....

[@stickupcrewuk8473]

You my friend are a Genius! this is awesome :) 👊

[@johntait5141]

Long time no chat. Hope all is well. ALWAYS love the creativity. Here's a weird idea...can an 8 track tape machine be used/modded into a tape delay?.....kinda like all the 8 track tape delays out on the market....KASTAM, GUYATONE, etc.....

[@TM-nw6gk]

You could place some needles without the arms like piezos in a box or on a board with different Materials. 🤔

[@dEadnAstyrEcords]

As a noise lover, this is a great idea. As a vinyl lover, this was hard to watch.🎃 Have you ever tried to make a Hurdy Gurdy? Been thinking about it, or something similar to its weirdness.

[@CashMattock]

0:19 😂🤣🎹🪗🤹‍♂️🎞️📯

[@reggiep75]

And when the record player went to bed that night it said 'Thank you for hearing my prayers!' 🙏🙏🙏

[@nownomiss]

Maybe connect the vinyl arm for a cassette head instead, something else? It will be funny :)

[@R3R3T]

Bra jobbat ❤

[@TIERNANs15]

@Simon The Magpie when you get more needles, place the handheld needle on the fixed needle that's playing the record? two matching signals 🤔possible distortion?

[@cuttinchops]

Ha Just modded a crosley cruiser with "subs", reminded me of how fun they are, but a POS also. For thrift records and hackery, these drop ship type junk players really are great, just don't play anything valuable lol

[@CashMattock]

21:45 dude, have you ever tried to plug a guitar into a phono input? It’s killer with small mono tube amps.

[@brianspenst1374]

I was about to suggest a lofi pickup for the piano.... then you put it in the piano.

[@RadonX9]

try bouncing the pickup off a spinning record with some delay/reverb 😃

[@fvazquezm3408]

easy, a telegraph... but a teletune, just mount it in a stapler hehe very magpie i think...

[@mrfatbobrider1969]

Twist the drive belt like a figure 8and it will run opposite direction

[@R3R3T]

Bit of The band Matmos vibe

[@timburlingame5893]

The little red thing is called a stylus.

[@idj20]

Only our Magpie can find a real use for those horrible Crosby turntables.

[@return2sender791]

*crosley Ive been playing shows with that same turntable for awhile haha. Heavily modified.

[@idj20]

@@return2sender791 You're correct, a mis-spelling on my part. It is Crosley which are used on pretty much every cheap "new" turntables these days. Well done on making them work well for you. 😁

[@return2sender791]

@@idj20 theyre definitely pretty wonky. i dont think id use one for listening to my favorite records. i make my own out of scrap metal and plastic haha.

[@Dr.HazeFPV]

can you attach an effect to the manual pick up?

[@charleyedwards2121]

i wanna see you and andrew huang play eachothers set ups

[@apostatatheprovost3041]

🔥🔥🔥

[@mark6302]

I want to live next door to this guy

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

You know you can record anything with a tape recorder, microphone, cell phone, wax cylinder...?

[@masterpeace8539]

What if you put the pickup on the surface of the speaker? It may do kind of feedback maybe.

[@charleyedwards2121]

haunting

[@Deathoutofhell]

Next time its time to Shoyu!

[@Fetzenwolf]

Make a record needle comb 🪮 which can play play multiple sounds at the same time. 😂

[@catonthehowlingmoonrecords9529]

cool!

[@jordanWAH]

Love this video, but that bass guitar makes me nervous

[@TheodorePeeples]

"Pianola"

[@chameleonblockstudios]

cool

[@slushbox3443]

What did i just watch

[@amynagtegaal6941]

I have that exact same record player and had to modify it myself for a few things.. and i'm really annoyed by you cutting the wires when you could just have unplugged the cable

[@charleyedwards2121]

amazing audio hacking

[@Mockingbird650]

Soundscaptionist.

[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

[@stickupcrewuk8473]

ps, i couldn't stop looking at that piece of paper, sorry

[@d3feKt0r]

Paper Looking since forever. Never stop looking at the paper.

[@MichaMaschiene-jd8wd]

Absolut my Gear ITS Sphongeld 🥴Me , please ship Me ON Record Player 🎉😮

[@gatorbeug8059]

Dont look at this comment

[@timburlingame5893]

Christ I hope that isn't a valuable record