Listening on monitors or good quality phones will allow you to hear the deep tone created when I smacked my palm against the side of the rigid front fork from my Surly 1×1 single speed mountain bike. I captured this sound with my PCM-D50 using the built in mics. This was a quiet sound so I needed to record in a quiet space.
This time I used my bedroom. The first step was to turn down the heat and wait for the fan to stop on the forced air heating system. Secondly I put the recorder on a stable surface (i.e. the bedside table) held the fork with my left hand while smacking it with my right palm.
The tone sounds 26″ but in the picture it looks like it could be a 29″ fork. : ) You know tuned down that might make a cool 808 kind of drum sound.
Nice one, Jeff. It is a 26″ fork. And the pitch created is a G flat. It very well could make a good 808. I may just give that a go.
Thats funny, I’m repainting an old Schwinn right now, and I accidentally wanged the fork and really liked the sound…then I saw this post. I have a bunch of forks, maybe I’ll setup a fork orchestra.
Fork orchestra. That an interesting idea.
You’ve all probably seen this but here’s a guy that has recreated the nutcracker suite on bike parts. Interesting, quirky sound.
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/11/28/nutcracker-suite-played-exclusively-on-bicycle-parts/
He scored a spot for Specialized bikes.