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[@alanphil]

David - maybe consider making an entire album with the toothbrush sounds? Dentist offices could play it in their waiting room!

[@mikewhite4464]

Check out Device orchestra channel

[@theFriendlyGhst]

I love this idea. It's on par with a coffee table book about coffee tables.

[@BadGrrmmr]

"Songs for Dentists" - An homage to Brian Eno

[@mildewri9552]

Sounds like the next matmos album

[@Thomas-yl8lb]

@@BadGrrmmr :)

[@ivanparas]

I have this exact brush and I listen to music when I brush my teeth and I noticed that the brush pitch seems to match up with most music. No wonder, It's freakin C4!

[@thebkstank2095]

I figured this out too one day and it was wild lol

[@boriswilsoncreations]

Try listening to music in C major or minor key :]

[@bizarrefruit9133]

When you get a golden record for this, I hope it comes with a plaque.

[@shazzorama]

😅😂 nice

[@Brokeninc]

Awhile back before youtube I was watching a show on the Discovery channel and they talked about how casinos did a study and found middle c is a pleasing sound to people, so they tuned their machines to it. I'm thinking the tooth brush is tuned to help the user feel more pleased/calm in the mornings.

[@lincolnmmitchell]

You are a great teacher. That was a combination of a story and a project. I played it for my wife and oldest kid (7) and they thought it was awesome! I always know I'm on the right track when they are impressed with my work. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

Thanks! That means a lot!

[@tanssi2145]

It’s really incredible right!? Criminally low subscribers atm! Too the mooooon David!

[@p4rsec]

i'm sure you get this a lot, but your voice is FANTASTIC for audio. You also seem to have a knack for producing/picking music that fits with your vocal cadence.

[@richarddoan9172]

Yes, he sounds a lot like David Bianculli, who is a contributor to Fresh Air on npr.

[@DreymaComposer]

4:33 this reminded me of c418's minecraft disc songs. sounds pretty soothing

[@chaziast]

i’ve had this toothbrush for years. i have relative pitch and noticed it was humming in c major, and i often listen to music when getting ready. sometimes songs come on that are in the same key, and my toothbrush and phone speaker have a lil duet :)

[@DEADLINETV]

David, you're an artist! With clean teeth!

[@frdradio]

Reallllly cool and inspirational, dude. Brilliant idea to use the guitar pickup.

[@unchpunchem8947]

Watched this video while brushing my teeth this morning with my own sonicare, and it was cool hearing it harmonize with your song as you were producing it! I’ve always liked it’s tone too, and it’s cool to hear that it’s actually a tuned middle C. Great vid!

[@renekasbergen]

That’s so awesome! (Tip: you don’t need to “brush” like that. Just hold the toothbrush against your teeth. It does the brushing for you. Ask your dentist).

[@Mietas2]

I'm not really interested in the instruments that much or music itself, but I am absolutely mesmerized by your knowledge of these aps you use and how you just click here and there and a minute later you have an actual music piece 🤩

[@PrincePresto1]

Arguably the best channel on KZbin to just understand and listen to beautiful noises. My first comment was when the video started and I was just amazed. The second comment is because I can’t believe how awesome it ended up as per usual.

[@Bittamin]

This is so incredible to see and my mind is always blown using plug ins and wondering who made them and seeing you program a sonic toothbrush synth yourself is just delightful idk how else to describe it

[@SoundsFromSound]

I made a sample library once by sampling my Quip toothbrush 🤙 The results were... interesting 😁 Love this video, thanks for making great content, we appreciate your efforts!

[@owlmega-101]

7:34 that bass is even more convincing than some of the synthed bass patches. Very inspiring.

[@rexbasterfield5332]

What fun! Someone deliberately chose middle C for the pitch. Deliberately! And I must ask, why that waveform? Someone knows that it would sound better than a pure sine wave, and a sine wave would’ve worked just as well (for the toothbrush function). Great video by the way!

[@cf8979]

Could possibly have something to do with different (higher or lower) pitches being more likely to cause headache

[@99temporal]

it was probably not deliberate by any means... Middle C is 256 hz(so, 2^8) which is probably why

[@rexbasterfield5332]

@@99temporal Based on standard tuning where A is 440Hz middle C is 261.62Hz.

[@jaydee6321]

since the waveform you see is produced by picking up an electro-magnetic/mechanical process, it might be not what there was initially. Also i guess the inital oscillation which drives the coil should be a sqaurewave

[@nathanspark4876]

maybe not deliberately, maybe is the best freq to get the job well done...

[@Sesaon3]

Great video David. My Drone "sang to me" too and when I sampled it hovering it turned out to be middle C !

[@InventorZahran]

The flying drone plays a musical drone note! Who would've thought...

[@Wiseacregoof]

You are my new favorite KZbin channel!!! As a music student, I appreciate how you go in depth with all of the electronic components! I struggle with jargon, but understand most processes when explained to me. You're helping me enter into professional spaces with the words I often want to say, but cannot find the words!

[@henrymcintosh3]

Yes! I have one, as well and I love to hum around that tone. its a fun way to come up with melodies while brushing thy teeth. This video made my day. So so well done. Thank you!

[@darkreavenmusic6235]

Ohh Mr. Hilowitz your Toothbrush Synth sound is better than my Coffe machine Sounds. Very impressive.

[@rfwhyte]

DUDE. I know exactly where you are coming from as I have the exact same toothbrush and have made so many weird sounds with it and my mouth while brushing my teeth. Something interesting is that while using the toothbrush, if you change the shape of your mouth while signing a note that harmonizes with the toothbrushes tone it makes a really neat resonance.

[@dontmindbeingblindd]

Yes. I can make my mouth make an E note or a G note and it sounds really cool.

[@mr.astronuts3825]

You can change the harmonics by changing your mouth and do the harmonic series

[@M.O.A.N.]

Okay, finally watched this vid, always scroll pass it. definitely was worth the watch

[@scopex2749]

SUPERB RESULTS!! As a musician, 'experimenter' and a synth nut - this amazes me just what can be used as an instrument. Im an old guy and grew up with the FIRST synths Moog etc. I used to use a suction cup microphone and walk around with a cassette recorder 'sampling' (yes very archaic but in the late 60's there wasnt much) Many things produce 'notes' even BEES and WASPS which I have sampled. One lovely sound was the noise a cable makes (the kind holding up power or radio poles) when struck with a small flashlight or piece of rubber hose. Apparently years later they used this for the 'LASER' sound in the first Star Wars movies?

[@she3po945]

I absolutely love these sounds and how the song turned out in the end. I’m learning so much from you. Amazing, thank you! 🙏💕 Love from USA

[@GoetiaTV]

This is so great! I move my mouth space and lips while using my electric toothbrush to play simple songs like row row row your boat (brush brush brush your teeth).

[@billyparham630]

I know the feeling exactly. I often listen to music while brushing teeth and I always sing harmonies with the drone :D sometimes it matches the music i listen to

[@davidnollmusic363]

Thank you so much David. Wishing you all the best!

[@jaks1312]

fantastic video, I'm glad I'm not the only one that enjoy brushing teeth for the sound. Interestingly, you can modulate the sound with your mouth to achieve sort of overtone scale. It's like throat singing, but with electric oscillator.

[@zedxxx9]

I knew from the thumbnail that this was gonna be a David Hilowitz video!

[@0v_x0]

When I use this I always enjoy the filter effects from making different formant shapes with my mouth. I have considered sampling it before and repitching it in production.

[@douglasl2409]

Coolest discovery ever! Can’t believe it was in mid C. Un-frik’n-real!

[@eagereyes]

Great idea, and sounds beautiful! Though I wonder what it would sound like with the contact microphone now. The brush would introduce harmonics and distortion, and probably a sort of low-pass filter effect, that might be interesting (and sound less clean, if you excuse the pun).

[@ericmoon8043]

I've always been impressed with the way the mouth brings out harmonics when someone else is brushing. It never sounds that good inside my head.... I may try this with a good mic and a mouth! Nevertheless, these samples came out quite nice. I'm sure the pickup imparts some character....

[@flowermaze___]

Genius! This little toothbrush makes beautiful music

[@carecoable]

This is quite amazing, it's such a nice sound. It reminds me of the synth used in Steve Miller Band - Fly like an eagle. I'll totally use this for one of my songs

[@dingus8088]

different mouth shapes can actually change the note the toothbrush makes. I play Taps on mine.

[@wujekjerry1188]

no it cant. it can change the timbre only

[@dingus8088]

@@wujekjerry1188 you're right

[@BlondieSL]

David, your conceptual creativity is off the charts! This was so cool.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Youre making my new Maschine+ groovebox an ambient powerhouse of sound. Another great collection of sound! thnks :)

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Been thinking of doing other things, to make sounds with electric toothbrushes. Pressing against different surfaces, using different homemade attachments, etc.

[@MulaBatiswaHutagaol]

As a dentist, who is also a flutist & music enthusiast, I approve to your works & oral hygiene routine. Yes to creativities, no to cavities.

[@jaderene]

This was incredible David!!!!

[@paytergyr]

cinematic video. this should be on theatre

[@unitedbolts8053]

Imagine to poke around with the microprocessor to make it reproduce more tones and be able to load mp3 to your toothbrush.... That would be really awesome! Metallica would clean more than Mozart?

[@a.kjfhkziujsfdgbskjxfyhgfl2332]

you might be able to replace the crystal with a function generator to change the pitch, but the higher you bring it the less efficient the microprocessor will run so don't go to high

[@LitCactus]

Look up Tooth Tunes. It used bone conduction to play a song through your teeth

[@K_man217]

Raffis “Brush your teeth” lol

[@atdzsny]

@@LitCactus Thanks. So even the hack is nothing new: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH_Fo6KDqMSXhbM

[@TSB420]

The song gave me nostalgia for some reason.

[@tarshenry]

This is 100% my kind of jam. Love this :)

[@jacksondoughty]

The typical attack sustain release decay could be altered to tooth related terms. Like cavity plaque brush decay or something

[@Usselino]

That was so much fun! Really love it!

[@Orapher]

This is a great ad for the Sonicare. I really want to buy one now!

[@sofsufa8343]

Hey David, this is really awesome. Keep it up, I love ur stuff dude.

[@DeeboDeeJay]

how does this guy have only 300k subs...? the quality speaks for itself...

[@odude]

hehe.. I had that exact toothbrush. Vibration is so intense that I could use it at first, and also found the sound quite noticeable.

[@StephenTallamyMusic]

Brushed up well didn’t it?

[@TheLuckymod13]

Log2(256)=8 Perhaps the chip is 8 bit? 1111 1111 (hertz) = C4 when you think about it. Possibly the circumstances of digital circuitry led to a coincidence. Which is no less remarkable from my point of view. Also, it's very likely the spikes between the sine peaks are merely circuit noise and resulting from imperfect design- not a high science design choice as some have speculated.

[@navaneethswaminathan6731]

Woahh you are soo good at what you do!! Never expected such a beautiful sound from a toothbrush!!😍😍

[@inmotionaudio]

Another great video David, I love to see what you do, Amazing what came out of it

[@Bittamin]

I don’t have perfect pitch but as a simple production junkie I know what a C sounds like and it was exciting to hear that and have you mention it right after!!!

[@michaelkonomos]

I use an Aquasonic toothbrush and my wife said, "that sounds like a synth". I was brushing my teeth, thinking that it sure did sound musical. I pulled out my tuner. In default mode it is a couple cents short of a D and in another mode it's spot on E. Shared in a synth group and they pointed me to this video. I HAVE to believe that the designers did this on purpose, statistically it's just so much more likely to be out of tune than in tune by accident. Makes me so happy that someone, given a choice, decided to do a little extra work to make something pleasing for people instead of grating. If more people approached their designs in this way, the world would be a better place.

[@michaelkonomos]

And since yours does a middle C, and mine is capable of D and E, I wonder if a toothbrush orchestra is inevitable... who knows all of the tones that are out there...

[@JimiVexTV]

Will definately be making use of your toothbrush synth, thank you kindly for it David

[@acerbt]

My first thought for recording the sound from that would have been to use one of those electro magnetic pickup coils that people used to use to record phone calls, since they have good range and mcan be used non distructively in most cases. I've recorded some electronic toys, games, and even some toy musical instruments that either use samples, square waves, or wavetable sound in this way.

[@tinofrank4396]

hahaha i have a similar toothbrush and had an idea for a module where you stick your toothbrush in. love your approach!

[@ShortP1089]

Hi David, i really loved your video, you did a great job on the plugin - it looks so cool ^^

[@justbryan5587]

who knew so many old zelda songs were made with a Phillip's toothbrush

[@intheblinkofmyeye7252]

wonderful. I also enjoy singing and harmonizing to random objects. my favourite is the diesel pump at work, it has quite an appealing industrial drone. i get odd looks from co workers as i sing along!

[@Zenithian186]

I swear the dry version sounds exactly like the opening synth in Thor's Magic Bathtub by Lackluster, it has an oddly digital yet not super squarey timbre to it which I adore. I'm 100% gonna use this one whatever I decide to make next! Thanks a lot for sharing the sampling process too, I absolutely love seeing crafty little audio things like this, and your presentation style is perfect for it.

[@lempamo]

ayy another fan of lackluster's "container".. nice! thats a lovely album it is

[@Davett53]

In the late 1990s, Tootsie Pop,..the "sucker" version of the candy Tootsie Roll, created a fun novelty item. A Tootsie Pop, core stem, was mounted into an a small battery powered, handle that contained an oscillator. The instructions said if one were to place the sucker into their mouth, the oscillator within, would create sounds, that only the person with the candy could hear. The sound was captured by one's own jaw bone, and was only heard in one's own ears. However, if you were to open your mouth, while the tone was buzzing, in your own ears, the sound could also be heard by others, as your mouth cavity became a sound amplifier of sorts. I bought one, and vowed to never let the Tootsie Roll Pop get sucked away or melted away, by my saliva. I still have it in my collection of candy oddities, & novelties.

[@dialaneog715]

I got one of the "kids" versions of a sonicare toothbrush, the base sound is in C as well, but it makes diffrent tones every 30 seconds to let you know when to switch side and even plays a "tune" when you're done brushing or the battery runs low. I imagine some samples would making toothbrush songs way easier!

[@kablah19]

OMG I literally do this same thing haha I feel like you might get more unique sounding samples if you used the clip or another kind of physical contact mic.

[@chrisp.1404]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this

[@christianroggy4154]

david, great work. and decent sampler is great! just downloaded it after watching a lot of your work on youtube. thank you sooooo much for your ideas, your fearless approach to making music thinking out of the box and, of course, your music!!! you ARE cool!!!

[@rdean150]

Yes! I recently switched from an Oral B to a Sonicare and even my partner pointed out the overtones she could hear as I was brushing my teeth with it. It's quite interesting.

[@jakenicholson926]

You just analyze, construct, program and tune a toothbrush to make music. Awesome! I can barely whistle a decent tune.

[@MisterGrooves]

You can also make didgeridoo noises with your mouth and electric clippers. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@r0sal3sr]

"no way to change pitch" > embedded engineer enters chat. Wonder if I could swap the microcontroller out and playback specific songs on the brush, other than a C4 tone.

[@peffken8834]

Nice & lovely video and artwork. I am not an expert in physics and the definition at which point a synthesizer is called as a sythesizer. For me it's just a tone generator and all other steps to use that sound were made externely with software on a computer. I saw years ago a guy doing the same thing making a cool hardbeat with an e-brush.

[@pronoy91]

I'd love to have this playing in my headphones if I ever go on a solo Interstellar exploration, even though I am nowhere near to be an astronaut

[@Lonershy]

that was brilliant :) and Im so happy there is people messing with those daily sounds on their heads :)

[@SomeRandomPiggo]

I have the same toothbrush! I was messing around with my old AM radio which I figured out could "hear" EMF put out by almost all of my electronics (phones and other things which talk over radio are very interesting) and was quite surprised when I tried it on my toothbrush and heard the same pitch I could while brushing my teeth but much cleaner

[@jnm92]

So glad I’m not the only one that harmonizes with their toothbrush

[@davidvincent8929]

THIS MAN IS A GENIUS. FRESH & MINTY.

[@PaulAxe]

Your work is amazing! You got a follower for ever!

[@carpo719]

this is wonderful! thanks for sharing. I love hearing creative synth and songs made from random objects

[@khashayarmodaberi4958]

Combination of Science and Creativity! The exact essence of all of the human's inventions! You are a real scientist, Be Prosperous! Thank You For Your Endeavors!

[@oakley2001]

I'm getting Zora domain vibes from Zelda with this sound 6:56

[@flipshuman]

I accidentally made monke noises while watching this video because it made me so excited

[@life-is-inspiring3953]

Beyond amazing

[@ulfsvensson9710]

Both funny and useful!!

[@NikUrbansky]

That is something I was thinking about for quite a long time!

[@evenmind-music]

haha, been thinking of recording my toothbrush too since I have :D Also about its pitch. well, I guess you did a much better job at recording it than I´d ever do. So I´ll happily take your samples, cheers!

[@judsonsnell]

I have one of those TENS units (the doo-dads that send electrical pulses to adhesive pads you place on sore muscles). It's basically a simple dual VCO/A synthesizer and can easily connected to any preamp with a little cable-macgyvering. Some very, very odd analog-burbles and basses.

[@aaronsause6573]

Dude, you are amazeballs, I am so into making sounds and recordings and arrangements out of everything possible...

[@ocdmusic]

Just found your channel via this video, really cool!

[@SiTheMon777]

This was so interesting. Nice one David 👍

[@GerenM63]

Love it! Thanks, David, for this and for all your work.

[@JohnDoe-pm9ip]

I have a feeling the next step in experiencing music live will incorporate a physical component like this, especially as hyper reality becomes more pertinent.

[@ChristianSchu]

My family had the same toothbrush at one point, and I always wondered how it worked. Never knew it was this deep. That’s so cool it’s actually C4! This is what I want to start doing with Ableton Live. It lives up to its name in the sense that it is designed around looping, sampling, and live recording. I’ve always wanted to make music out of everyday objects, but this wasn’t something that came to mind, nor did I expect it to be that connected to music in general!

[@soundsofrelaxationchannel]

Brilliant video... cool samples! C4... you knew!

[@granitelcetronic]

This is amazing!

[@chuckthebeast7693]

The sonicare Kids version plays little songs in between the 4 stages of brushing to let you know to move to the next one, maybe you could mess with it on that? It uses different notes for those, but still runs at middle c during operation. It has 2 sets of jingles (so 8 in total), each "age" mode has its own, and there are 2.

[@Doctorcanniball]

one thing to note with those is that the forced pressure on a surface can make subharmonic anomalies pop out.