The Ghetto Talkbox

[@holyday888]

This was LITERALLY the first video I ever watched on KZbin. I was 11-my dad and I built the talkbox. Thanks for the memories!

[@mootbooxle]

that’s amazing! Thank you for sharing that!

[@alexbennett6023]

Man, I remember sitting in my living room with my good homie and watching this video for the first time in 2006. We were in 7th grade, and our eyes widened as we became enamored with the genuine coolness of the Ghetto Talkbox. Over the summer, we made one and had a blast. God speed, Moot Booxle.

[@FoxSaysWhat]

Anyone else absolutely love that this is still here? This is like the KZbin archives dude! Made my day. I remember seeing this also way back when and I appreciate it even more now. I mean, the video quality is lower but the editing and instruction was so well done. Simple and clear! You go Moot!!

[@LANDEN_BERGER]

Golden age of youtube. Just a guy sharing a tutorial about a hobby he enjoys. Not ads, no sponsorships, no e celebrities or asking to subscribe. Just a guy sharing his passion. Much love brother.

[@mootbooxle]

Thank you!! I was one of the OGs of musical KZbin. The first to go viral with a synthesizer video. It was such a different world back then and I believe it’s an angle that is sorely missing from today’s music tech landscape. When I get my health back on track I’m gonna be back to doing that too. Old school. Thank you so much! 🙏

[@parsonsmarcus]

This definitely has a late 70's, early 80's vibe to it, and I love it.

[@mootbooxle]

Thank you all for your incredibly original insight into how I looked reminiscent of Ashton Kutcher in this video. Certainly no one over the course of the last 8 years has made such an observation. Give yourself a hand, you original thinker, you.

[@weathersytv3572]

I honestly don't see it lmao. I always get the same thing but with Justin Bieber. Quite frankly I'd rather look like ashton.

[@theabsolute23]

+mootbooxle Hey man, consider yourself lucky, chicks dig Ashton Kutcher. You're not ugly, that's for sure.

[@mootbooxle]

Jimmy Rodriguez Hey, thanks Jimmy. That was cool of you to say. :)

[@theabsolute23]

+mootbooxle No problem, dude. You're videos are pretty good. Do what you do.

[@WOODSIDEtheGUY]

mad

[@bboycrash20]

Thanks hippie Aston Kutcher !

[@JamesMalcWood]

LMAO!

[@Kalan.93]

😂😂😂😂

[@bloodspilla55]

skillzkhan LMAO

[@WOODSIDEtheGUY]

Kelso!

[@nickdesert7304]

Looolll

[@EZ-nf1rx]

This a very old video but it's way better quality then most videos in 2016

[@user-ux4sb8ux7k]

100th like

[@kdanen]

101th like

[@Broskibrother]

except it's not

[@alexandersmith6140]

I was thinking exactly this. The guy's a great communicator.

[@dewet2wet]

DUDE THIS VIDEO STILL EXISTS. For some reason, I thought about talk boxes again for the first time since high school. I remember using this video to try to cobble together one over summer vacation like christ...a decade ago? KZbin was a much purer place back then. It was also like 3 KZbin accounts ago. Glad to see you're still kickin, man.

[@mootbooxle]

Thank you for sharing that! Hard to believe this has been 12 years!

[@mootbooxle]

I'm a KZbin OG!

[@AlexAlzu]

Holy crap

[@Combinia]

In my opinion, this is the best d.i.y / music-fan video I EVER seen, seen it when it came out now watching this 10 years later, dude, you are a GENIUS! i swear. please do more of these vids?? greatings from aHUGE FAN :)

[@mootbooxle]

Thank you very much! I would do more but I don't really have too many ideas! I have built a couple of pedals I could show I guess. I am working on a video of Hammond organ mods I did though!

[@evanscarce8206]

Hell yeah man! Homebrew mods and tools like this are always a pleasure to watch and hear. Genius.

[@StalinBrosef]

This is honestly one of the best KZbin videos of 2006. It's funny to say it, but I mean it. It's a good process video, and it's informative, fairly well produced, and entertaining. This is what KZbin is all about: everyday people making and sharing videos.

[@Curlicious]

seen this video in like 2008... been looking for it since... thanks for the tutorial

[@brandonwalker7599]

AliasReefah damn then u fucking suck

[@drnarwhal2888]

Damn, Brandon could use some anger management.

[@toastyme9057]

Its so cool that this dude is still active to this day

[@mfisher702]

Moot B. The original O.G. KZbin hero.

[@MrCixelsid]

The first minute of this video is like lost footage of a Lynyrd Skynyrd member nobody knew about

[@matrix6977]

your kids will watch this and think of the today like when we watch recordings from the 70's

[@9863a-b9p]

did you have a lobotomy done?

[@songsbygautam]

this video is literally almost older than i am

[@HazeAnderson]

Holy cow you were part of the OG video internets!! xD Major props as always Moot. You are class!

[@slappy8026]

God I love the aesthetic of this video. You're so happy, and come off so friendly. Thanks for the tutorial! Can't wait to try this out myself!

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I love that studio setup you have and I would KILL to own a setup like that!

[@onetruetroy]

That's more than $6

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Definitely. I have a small collection of synths (Yamaha SY35, Sequential Circuits Split 8, Yamaha DX 7, Korg MS2000, and a small Roland JV-1010, and a Yamaha-TX7) that I've collected over the years. Unfortunately, my health took a huge nosedive and I ended unable to continue building that dream studio. Everything goes to medical bills now and all my equipment is showing it's age. Equipment is needing to get replaced and maintained that I just don't have the cash to maintain any more. I'm hoping things are going to turn around in the future though. I'm dreaming of shoving a modular in there. I saw your studio and salivated. Haha! It looks like you have a really nice setup!

[@onetruetroy]

+BlackburnBigdragon You have a really nice collection of different equipment. Life does tend to get in the way sometimes and decisions can be tough. I sold all my equipment and have one bundle left: a Roland SP-700 connected to a SCSI rack case with CD-ROM and SyQuest 44. I had to replace a SCSI connector and after it's gone then everything is digital.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

I've gone digital for a huge chunk of my stuff nowadays too. The drawback I've run into with going digital has been that every time I've upgraded my PC, I've lost the use of various software that I've used to work on my music. There are songs that I produced 8-10 years ago that I can no longer go back and even edit or work on any more. If I want to re-record them, I have to re-do them from scratch now. Same thing with music hardware designed to work on the PC. Often, companies just make the hardware and the driver for the operating system at the time and then they're done with it and don't update the driver after that which doesn't help if you update your system a few years later and their driver doesn't work. I've been burned by three external midi interfaces and an external sound card where that happened.

[@MikeKraze]

Beautiful studio for sure, especially considering the date on this video. Check my studio out at instagram.com/mikekraze

[@mootbooxle]

Yeah, I was thinking that the whole time I bought the parts for my first talkbox...they probably think I'm building a bong!

[@emarimoney215]

This came out a couple months after i did 🤣

[@mootbooxle]

Emari Money hahaha time is a funny thing!

[@liteworknoreaction]

Wow llol I remember seeing this video when it came out

[@deadlegend3877]

Dang 2006 it's far back now I was at school at this time

[@srishtimaurya3920]

LOL same here.. July 28, 2006 for me, WBU!

[@NemoHoes]

I remember watching this back then ......there was not a lot of videos on talkbox back then this one always came out

[@georgegeez8708]

Wooooow. I'm seeing this video 14 years later in 2021. A genius then and still a musical genius now. It almost look like a visual filter thatbis used today Moot. I'm going to build this. I had those same speakers back in 1998 when it came with a new Gateway computer. They did sound nice. I see them in thrift stores every once in a while. I'm going to pick them up the next time I see them. Thank you for posting this back then. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@SSTK1982]

this 1997 guy did It

[@TheReviewSpace]

2006, DAMN! Golden era of youtube!

[@nickdesert7304]

Say that now

[@akasimply8647]

@@nickdesert7304 hopefully he will

[@GWRevolutionTV]

Whenever i hear a talkbox i have to cripwalk

[@lilkidd69]

Explain why please

[@ernst-filipmichel9744]

@@lilkidd69 listen kid

[@garrettcurrie]

You're synth setup is amazing

[@TheMysteryWolf249]

That is the best information I have ever gotten on KZbin before... you are now my new favorite user. Now I am going to put you video on favorites and my video play-list.

[@ashlieghgarcia5206]

Wheres eric fez and hyde?

[@Ohmi187]

damn i remember i watched this video 7yrs ago! ha

[@10010011001100110101]

12 yrs ago now

[@prod_mni]

Damn I don’t remember watching this video because I wasn’t born yet

[@makipri]

I remember seeing this 13 years ago and Moot being the first accound I subscribed for. And got me get a talk box as well.

[@scarboroughlifestyleGaming416]

Idk what your doing but you need more subs your an OG and need to climb the ladder you been here to long

[@mootbooxle]

Angry Canadian Thank you for that comment. It has encouraged me! It came at a time when I’m really feeling inspired to try to make KZbin more of a part of my life. I’ve had a lot of health problems in the past that have kept me from being able to be consistent. I lost all my momentum more than once. I’ve had three viral videos! It’s really a shame that I haven’t capitalized on that success. Never too late!!

[@GRaVITY2DX]

I was looking everywhere for this video since I first saw it back when you uploaded it. The first one I was attempting to make came from the inspiration of this video. Now that I am in a position where I can do my own DIY without pissing off my mother, I can finally start making things I always wanted to. So thank you for igniting that spark in me all those years ago, means a lot to me.

[@mootbooxle]

Thank you so much for telling me! Cheers!

[@norbinnavy8635]

Here for 14 years

[@laurelcook9078]

I think i hit the 80's

[@Lucasbona]

Ashton Kutcher was a KZbinr.

[@BabySteev]

dude, good fucking job

[@superpulvertoastboy]

saw your face in the behringer synth videos an immediately remember THIS video when i started making music in 2006. so i found out what a talkbox is. found this video on this new youtube thing and loved the idea of the video and had to do it myself but knew shit about anything. first time building some cheap diy music gear. my g-talkbox was a completley disaster and won't really work, but i loved doing this stuff. 5 years later i bought a real talkbox from money i made with music, lol. back then it was mindblowing for me to realize, that i can find free videos on the internet to learn making music...

[@rowin09]

@aspirep yeah it will work with vsts ..ive done it its just a little more tricky

[@thetinyTMster]

So, $6 in the 80's is how much now?

[@mootbooxle]

Yeah...dude might have moved on by now...this video's old!

[@VendibleUser]

Is this guy's face real?

[@bzqp2]

It's a deepfake

[@3melendr]

Mootbooxle. Fine job young man! Love watching intelligent people do techie stuff. You are a perfect instructor! I was looking at some old Alvino Rey and Pete Drake music. The talk box is one of those weird inventions that became popular and useful. The Ghetto Talk Box rocks!

[@crnkmnky]

I just watched Woochia’s new tutorial on Vocoder vs Talkbox vs Auto-Tune, and stopped by to make sure this certified classic had aged well. 😸 Your speaker dismantling music is even in stereo! 👍 Shout out to Moot Booxlé, the one O.G. KZbinr who I’ve managed to keep tabs on, 15 years later. Be well and long may you funk, brother!

[@mootbooxle]

My friend, I appreciate you sticking around all these years! It has been a struggle to stay on top of things enough to keep putting out content, but I keep squeezing it in whenever I can. Thanks so much crnkmnky!

[@jamier4265]

You're 420 friendly aren't you?

[@Cube__TV]

"It's a little bit too thick to fit in your mouth and do a whole lot with it." That's what she said.

[@coldshadow4177]

4:26 "I don´t have a very long thing"

[@johnnasta]

Thanks for the video. This is exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about. I realize that the video is old, but nowadays you might be able to 3D print a new grill for the speaker that you can connect the tube to without even taking the speaker apart.

[@Clanmemberkalvin]

Dude!!! This is AWESOME!!!!!! The playing around at the end was really sweet too!!! Next time the editing can be tighter by cutting out unnecessary footage like unscrewing the speakers, bending the corners etc.. Anyway, over all cool video!! I may make one of these some time!

[@MattiAntsuK]

2000 And fucking 6?

[@mootbooxle]

nah, just 2000 and regular 6. ;)

[@mrelmuska6527]

suomalaisii tääl tiiät missä nähään

[@sdh643fn]

discount aston kutcher

[@flowjob3813]

Thomas Allen draketon kutcher you mean

[@semple1029]

The real Kelso

[@johnthememer1]

young Ashton Kutcher?

[@avp0713]

Awesome as hell, not only creative and resourceful, but your speaking skills are really good, you should have no problem in the corporate world or in the entertainment field.

[@taylorblack626]

congrats on over a million views on the ghetto talk box! lol. i remember watching this year's ago due to my LOVE for tb sound. XD

[@yourdad4195]

This guy looks like if Ashton Kutcher had an over weighted sister

[@elijahlucian]

where do i buy a good one?

[@ipodnerd07]

Not only was this cool and helpful, but you're also really good at that talkbox!

[@nycfunk]

Yep I was influenced by this video, and I sure thousands like me built their own Talk-Box. I purchased a quality horn speaker and furnished a DIY casing. All in all I think I spent 40 dollars total which resulted in a talk-box I've used for live gigs for years. It's in my garage now buried under years of memories. Watching this video again after all these years makes me want to dig it out and play with it again.

[@MegaBassThumper]

This is awesome. I once made a talkbox by caulking a large funnel over the speaker of an old guitar amp, and running a hose from the end of the funnel. It worked pretty well

[@crnkmnky]

Ooh, I like this tip. I never finished this project because I didn't have the nerve to dismantle the lousy desktop speakers I got from Goodwill. I think I'm ready to try again. Maybe it'll be a hybrid between your design and Moot's. 😄

[@Minimoog7]

Very clear explanation, very encouraging talk. You just want to get those things and make one! I have a mid-range driver here at home...so...I'm starting right now! Congratulations...and keep up the good work, kid!!! :-)

[@Arthwriter]

Man you young cats never cease to amaze me! I appreciate that for real man. I was about to go out and spend a 100 on a talk box. Thanks for saving me 93! Keep doing what you do. Much success to you in the future. Peace H

[@Ciddschlagg]

I am STILL looking for Dilated People stickers!

[@mootbooxle]

@MegaJaybee yup! It's actually a DeArmond S73-12. I have the 6-string S73 as well. They are really nice guitars for the money. I kinda like it better than the Gibson SGs!

[@Aquatic__Ham]

Thiz 13 year old video is better quality than any "cryptid" recordings in 2019

[@DancingWaldo]

@gteaz The problem with that method is that there isnt an airtight seal around the speaker, which is necessary for a decent loud sound to come out the tubing.

[@thehindsightTV]

Hey, Derek. I love your playing with the Allman Bros., man!

[@ShortFingeredShreder]

I made my own ghetto talkbox but I can't seem to actually talk with it, I can do the wah and phaser stuff just fine but I can't actually talk. I know the technique but I just can't get it to sound right. Can anybody help me? Does it depend on my amp settings?

[@mootbooxle]

@blusismylife hahaha, it does right? Well, it was shot in analog, so that's partly why. I did this in 2006.

[@100101]

Forget about the negative comments, you did a great job, negative or positive comments we are all inspired, I will give it a try, thank you.

[@yorickman]

GENIUS!!!!!! LOL!!!!!! I'm planning a homemade talkbox myself but it'll be a lot more compact and pretty. This, however is sheer genius with the simplicity. Props.

[@TheTopHatGamer]

Thank you i made on of these practiced with it and got good then upgraded to a banshee talkbox and now im in a band at school and can play over 15 songs just because i was bored and made this you sparked my favorite hobby from this thank you a ton

[@nielswil]

a colleague is building one (for guitar) and is giving me some advise for me to build one for a synth. I have always liked the effect.

[@roto55555]

great video. i have tried to make one myself but when i try to talk i cant hear any words only the sound change that you can make with the talk box. i cant hear one single letter. can you help?

[@icecold5x]

Y'all came here for 8:37 . I mean, I know I did. Good stuff with your more recent stuff, Moot! Keepin' the funk alive!!

[@icecold5x]

Even the ghetto $6 talkbox or whatever sounds good comin' from Moot.

[@brouillettedrew]

ok i just made one out of a guitar amp and i used two plastic kitchen containers. i taped all of it up so none of the sound would spill out. but when i turn it on, i can still hear the guitar speaker. i cant hear anything out of the tube unless i put it right next to my ear. can someone help me out?

[@The2dudesandacamera]

the problem for me is im not getting enough sound into my pipe but its creating some sound. and the sound coming from the speaker is so loud that the whole house can. what should i do moot

[@mootbooxle]

@TrueSouthernPride Hey, thanks. It's a DeArmond S73-12. I have the 6-string S73 as well. They are really nice guitars for the money.

[@Electromachines]

Well done mate! For 6 bucks and an hour to spare, who wouldnt want to give this a go! Brilliant. I know what im gonna be doing next weekend. Thanks for the ideas.

[@dudewhosaysarrh]

@MultiAirGunner Vou have to use a microphone. the signal flow is as follows instrument -> talkbox -> oral cavity as resonant cavity ->microphone -> p.a , seperate amp or recording device. This is a very simple, basic talkbox, not a rocktron banshee II, which can be used like a normal guitar effect but costs 250 bucks.

[@theo7491]

@Lopaxe i think you just move lips and tounge as well blocking and unblocking your throat. i dont know if you are familiar with the jews harp but it is a small metal instrument that doesnt make sound on its own but creates a vibration and allows you to use your mouth as an amp and change the pitch by making the amount of space in your mouth smaller or lager. the same concept works here except the synth and speaker make the pitch and you use your mouth to shape it into words

[@Spiritbombx100]

@DNAUFIERO I don't have a drill!! I used flame and some tools to make a hole! By the way if you use a drill it has chances of cracking!!

[@BPRTub]

its past midnight rn im gonna make one of these in the morning

[@mootbooxle]

yessss

[@DanEeePy2]

hey i think im gon have to try that

[@HerbaceousM8]

could you hook up a foot pedal from some thing like a bike pump? i mean the hose might work better like that

[@tisonlythree]

ive tried making this at home just like you did but the sound doesnt mostly come out from the tube..it mostly comes out from the box

[@mootbooxle]

@shubbbbby word up! thank you. You can def use this with a guitar.

[@AM7D]

dude seriously, ignore what everyone has said. this is a great video, and this is a really smart way to make a talk box, no matter how ghetto it is. nice video bro. :)

[@MistaGeeFunk]

@PetruBorisovich thank you man, but usually when i record by mic, it don't record when i play music or keyboard or whatever on my pc. But yeah i gotta be possible, i just gotta find a way.. thank you again

[@SuperFunklover]

will a tweeter work for the speaker instead of a cheap computer speaker

[@TskyStorm]

I want to build one of these but I dont understand how a 25 watt amp isn't blowing such a small speaker? ANyone have an explanation?

[@ConservativeBrony97]

i made sort of a miniature talk box using a small speaker I got from a pair of headphones and I housed it in a cheap watch that i gutted out. I hooked it up to my ipod and use the irockguitar app and it works great!

[@GalacticShonen]

i have 2 speakers hooked up to one cord, how do i make 2 talk boxes out of it?

[@maxjstep]

would this setup work? i have a pod x3 live, peavey speakers, an old amp and a ghetto talk box. i have my guitar in the "guitar in" input on my pod x3 live, and cables running from the "live out" output to my speakers. (normal setup.) then i have a cable connecting the "fx out" output on my x3 live to the "input" on my old amp, and plug another cable from the headphones output in the amp to the "fx in" input on the x3 live. then plug the ghetto talk box into the headphone jack on my old amp

[@fishyy15]

Can i have that other speaker?

[@bottledspace]

So how do I set this up so I can use it with a guitar and run both through an amp?

[@dragster178]

I have to try this... It definitively shreds T-Pain and other autotuners nowadays apart. Awesome work, man. Thanks. =)

[@Fernandosgafer]

what i have to do to do the sound comes out from another speaker? do i have to put a micro close to my mouth?

[@NicolaiSalien]

So actually the sound comes from the tube instead of the... speakers from your keyboard?

[@coolelectronics1759]

would a cheap ebay pyle handheld megaphone work? What diameter hose to get at home depot? I was also just considering trashing some cheap bookshelf speaker and shoving a tube into the bass port but making sure to take out the farberglass first and powering the whole contraption from my gemini pa amp