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the secret weapon(s)
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:38 pm
by several
you've probably had a couple threads on this but it interests me.
BoC have said in multiple interviews that they use "secret weapons" to create that sound that is
too fucking hard to replicate.
What kind of special equipment do you use? I understand some of your machines are quite big. And you have something what you call “the Secret Weapon”.
If I told you what the secret weapon is, it wouldn't be a secret anymore. We have more than one really. We use a mixture of old and new equipment. We don't have lots of synths, we use hi-fi gear and other tricks to achieve our sound.
anyone have an idea on what it might be? i remember reading somewhere a while ago that it's a crumar, but a BOC sticker is covering the name of the synth.
Re: the secret weapon(s)
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 12:57 am
by Mexicola
several wrote:you've probably had a couple threads on this but it interests me.
Yup.
Just a few 
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:59 am
by thepastinsidepressant
i've just dropped one off there in the loo, secrets out
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:12 am
by akrotiri
boards of canada recently admitted in an interview they use no synthesizers, but make buzzing sounds with their lips.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:03 am
by Twentington
akrotiri wrote:boards of canada recently admitted in an interview they use no synthesizers, but make buzzing sounds with their lips.
I heard they also like to record leaky boilers, pump the sound out into an underground cathedral I think they said atlantis in an interview but the recording gear surely wouldnt work there ... anyway that makes their sound massive and then they run the run the resulting recording through a VHS machine made out of old clogs for that oaky timbre!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:49 am
by several
Twentington wrote:akrotiri wrote:boards of canada recently admitted in an interview they use no synthesizers, but make buzzing sounds with their lips.
I heard they also like to record leaky boilers, pump the sound out into an underground cathedral I think they said atlantis in an interview but the recording gear surely wouldnt work there ... anyway that makes their sound massive and then they run the run the resulting recording through a VHS machine made out of old clogs for that oaky timbre!
i also heard they sample pinecones
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 12:54 pm
by digitaldisc0
the secret weapon is a kazoo
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 5:47 pm
by mr3
...played from the butt
ps. now in unrequited love w/the cs-70m polar sky started that other thread with
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 8:17 pm
by Aesthetics
No need for another topic. See Mex his links.