MIM's Octobasse: Nico Abondolo

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @Jaburu
    @Jaburu 7 лет назад +81

    finaly someone recorded it with a mic wich kind of captured the actual frequencies

  • @westernhemlock
    @westernhemlock 9 лет назад +140

    That thing is terrifying. Gorgeous, but terrifying.

  • @HonestSonics
    @HonestSonics 8 лет назад +219

    It's futile to judge this instrument on what you hear at your end of the computer. It's designed to produce frequencies you feel, rather than hear.

    • @idaleung8003
      @idaleung8003 2 года назад +7

      Thank you for clarification.

    • @Roititouan
      @Roititouan Год назад

      Agree, but I prefer higher tuning from others videos

  • @samanli-tw3id
    @samanli-tw3id 4 года назад +16

    What kind of instrument do you play?
    Octobass: I play a human.

  • @Kaiveran
    @Kaiveran 7 лет назад +36

    Now THIS guy knows how to play this thing. Props.

  • @dal022
    @dal022 11 лет назад +22

    Well, close enough.
    It's tuned to drop C for the first three strings.
    "1st C (32.70 Hz) approximately 4.0 mm
    2nd G (24.50 Hz) around 5.3 mm
    3rd C (16.35 Hz): approx 8.0 mm"
    Find the source "Aquila Corde" through searching "octobass strings".

  • @davidolsen8737
    @davidolsen8737 10 лет назад +20

    This reminds me of a Pipe Organ with a 64' rank of pipes (we had such a rank on the Mightiest Wurlitzer built in DeKalb, IL in the late 70's). You can hardly discern the pitch, but the sound creates a harmonic foundation that is rare and beautiful and very unique.

  • @rockets4kids
    @rockets4kids 4 года назад +20

    Drum and Octobasse needs to be a thing

    • @dashenry6749
      @dashenry6749 5 месяцев назад +2

      Idk if you're interested in it, but Hans Zimmer used it recently in Dune part two (soundtrack: Arrival)

  • @ArcaneVolcano
    @ArcaneVolcano 7 лет назад +55

    I actually find the sound of that very pleasant.

    • @ArmenMano
      @ArmenMano 6 лет назад +1

      Alysha McCarty yiu need to get married ))

    • @assyrianbull
      @assyrianbull 5 лет назад

      Alysha M me too

  • @neb985
    @neb985 5 лет назад +6

    This is easily the best performance I’ve seen on RUclips with the octobasse

  • @timothytikker1147
    @timothytikker1147 4 года назад +8

    The octobasse in the Paris Conservatoire museum has a pedal keyboard, like that of an older French organ, to control the fretting. As to tuning, please note that the octobass' main advocate, Hector Berlioz, in his orchestration method, specifically states that the octobass' three stings are tuned to 16' C (c. 32 Herz, not 16 Herz), the G above that, then 8' C (c. 64 Herz). Thus the instrument only played an octave lower that the 'cello, and a major third below the string contrabass in its standard tuning. The term "octobass" simply meant that it played an octave lower than the bass, which latter meant the pitch level of the 'cello. So tuning the octobass to 32' pitch is not at all what the inventor intended.

  • @parallaxe3910
    @parallaxe3910 3 года назад +6

    if the right notes are played it may open a gate to another dimension

  • @cupriferouscatalyst3708
    @cupriferouscatalyst3708 5 лет назад +8

    I love this instrument, I bet it's really different to hear in real life though!

  • @nervousharpist
    @nervousharpist 3 года назад +7

    Pedal harpists: "no-one understands how hard it is to transport our instruments!... oh wait.. this guy knows"

    • @KingdaToro
      @KingdaToro 2 года назад

      Organist: "That's cute"

  • @FatsCaton
    @FatsCaton 9 лет назад +6

    my 13 year old son use to blay double bass and loves double basses. if i show him this he will want to play

  • @rg0057
    @rg0057 9 лет назад +14

    I think the limitation here (starting with the manufacturer) is in assuming that this is a single-player instrument. I suspect that if you put it (almost) horizontal, and approached it as a two-player instrument, you could get some really good music out of it, using all the notes, not just the pre-approved ones, and sometimes two at once.

  • @tbdaemon
    @tbdaemon 8 лет назад +21

    I was gonna ask, but there is no need - that thing most certainly djents.

    • @nescauzin2299
      @nescauzin2299 5 лет назад

      you NEVER djent on the bass family

  • @whitenativeamerican8736
    @whitenativeamerican8736 8 лет назад +96

    It sounds like a bad day on the toilet

  • @00crashtest
    @00crashtest 7 лет назад +3

    The frequencies are so low that one must listen to this through premium subwoofers in order to hear as well as feel all the notes.

  • @Abreimann
    @Abreimann 8 лет назад +38

    But does it Djent?

  • @voivodkatorz666
    @voivodkatorz666 11 лет назад +6

    I want to play this instrument before I die!

  • @jaersee
    @jaersee 6 лет назад +4

    Is the same sound that makes a lion when sleep, LOVE THAT SOUND ❤

  • @DrunkenUFOPilot
    @DrunkenUFOPilot 11 лет назад +3

    Wow, that is amazing. Looks real awkward to transport, to play. I remember a sitcom years ago where there was a wisecrack about a musical instrument making notes so low only fish could hear it. Well, I can still hear sounds from that thing - so go make another twice as big!

  • @RobertRonnesBassoon
    @RobertRonnesBassoon 10 лет назад +2

    Beautiful!

  • @archangel2k12
    @archangel2k12 10 лет назад +31

    djent

  • @chesteris777
    @chesteris777 2 года назад

    Thank you for this video ✨

  • @robcat2075
    @robcat2075 8 лет назад +9

    Twice the size, half the vibrations!

  • @existentialopal721
    @existentialopal721 Год назад

    The Miles Davis riffs makes this even better.

  • @sAEGGi
    @sAEGGi 2 года назад

    dang that bass

  • @piernite886
    @piernite886 5 лет назад +2

    But what if you make an electric version of this and try overdrive?

  • @Wallynaranjo
    @Wallynaranjo 10 лет назад +30

    To bad we cant do vibrato but oh well XD

    • @ashleyy.springer
      @ashleyy.springer 10 лет назад +1

      Flutes can do vibrato so HA

    • @Wallynaranjo
      @Wallynaranjo 10 лет назад +2

      Well, for a 470 million dollar instrument it's fine. This is not the instrument i play, Ash. I play the DOUBLE bass, not the OCTObasse

    • @ashleyy.springer
      @ashleyy.springer 10 лет назад +1

      I know you don't play the octobass
      Are you saying flutes cost 470 million or the bass does?

    • @Wallynaranjo
      @Wallynaranjo 10 лет назад

      The Octobasse does

    • @ashleyy.springer
      @ashleyy.springer 10 лет назад +3

      If I had to pay 470 million dollars for an instrument I'd want to be able to do vibrato.

  • @antonsamsonov9752
    @antonsamsonov9752 3 года назад +1

    Now I juat wonder what tuner is used for this thing

  • @RobertRonnesBassoon
    @RobertRonnesBassoon 10 лет назад +1

    Would love to compose a concerto for this instrument.

  • @nevrielzhack4216
    @nevrielzhack4216 5 лет назад

    I wonder if there exist any Caprice 24 Octobass version..... We seen double bass,viola,violin,and cello

  • @PunchandJudyDuo
    @PunchandJudyDuo 9 лет назад +29

    Brown note...

  • @lebohangmabitle1619
    @lebohangmabitle1619 4 года назад

    I love the sound

  • @nolanjenkins7510
    @nolanjenkins7510 8 лет назад +1

    those remote control levers for the neck weren't always there, originally a second player had to stand on a ladder and do the fingering when Wagner first used them.

    • @kennyalwaysdies1
      @kennyalwaysdies1 7 лет назад +1

      lol fingering hahaha lollololl im so immature hahahaha

  • @-damian3416
    @-damian3416 3 года назад +1

    What microphone did it record so wonderfully?

  • @MrCod1997
    @MrCod1997 11 лет назад +1

    That is how i would feel about the octo contrabassclarinet. That would be neat.

  • @anzyugi6950
    @anzyugi6950 5 лет назад

    I really want to know where people get lessons to play this instrument.

  • @Roan7995
    @Roan7995 7 лет назад +7

    I have a subwoofer and my neighbors will never sleep again.

  • @GODenWord
    @GODenWord 10 лет назад

    Ꚃвѹүнтъціκавο!
    (Sounds interesting!) .

  • @TimothyMcGawUK
    @TimothyMcGawUK 10 лет назад +192

    Do't get me wrong, it's great that this exists; but really it's so low frequency that it has very little practical purpose besides making epic fart sounds.

    • @jpHasABadHandle
      @jpHasABadHandle 10 лет назад +38

      Funeral doom metal :D

    • @mayasuarez3206
      @mayasuarez3206 9 лет назад +2

      XD fart sounds

    • @pribar
      @pribar 9 лет назад +40

      Timothy McGaw Its purpose is not as a solo or even a chamber orchestra insturment but as a full orchestral piece to provide a background "texture" to the music, you don't really hear it but you feel it in your body, when played correctly in a orchestra it provides a long sustained vibration that changes with the timbre of the piece and provides a gravitas (for lack of a better word) to the composition

    • @rg0057
      @rg0057 9 лет назад +6

      pribar
      "purpose"? I'm not sure that word has any useful meaning in a music context.

    • @alexanderbrown3519
      @alexanderbrown3519 9 лет назад

      Timothy McGaw Took the words right out of my mouth!

  • @fischerfriend1665
    @fischerfriend1665 9 лет назад +1

    we already have a bass that we can't play sitting down, this might be going over the line a little.

  • @mimimmmm4423
    @mimimmmm4423 6 лет назад +1

    Nico, you're making me hungry.

  • @Jesiahjesiah
    @Jesiahjesiah 4 года назад

    Is there anywhere we could hear these professional recordings in full quality?

  • @Profundobasso
    @Profundobasso 10 лет назад

    Strings and bow re-hairs are already expensive enough, man!

  • @gary1961
    @gary1961 5 лет назад

    Is there a Bass version of one of these?

  • @TeslabladePlaysMC
    @TeslabladePlaysMC 11 лет назад +2

    I play the cello and my cello would look and sound like a ant (if they could make a sound)or a mouse to that octobass. And where is the 4th string (it would be a F (ill calculate the frequency and put it in another comment)

  • @lebohangmabitle1619
    @lebohangmabitle1619 4 года назад

    Wear your headphones to hear it properly.....Hans Zimmer needs one

  • @noelle9853
    @noelle9853 5 лет назад

    I really want twoset to see this

  • @pain9270
    @pain9270 4 года назад

    I would really like to learn the octobass, but I think it doesn’t fit into my room.

  • @awesome10pickles32
    @awesome10pickles32 7 лет назад +2

    And I thought it was hard enough to put a double bass in a case and move it around.

  • @beavinator
    @beavinator 8 лет назад +5

    I bet Fieldy from Korn could do some amazing shit with this thing.

  • @dwheel1201
    @dwheel1201 2 года назад

    M playing a little Sting in there!!!

  • @titou3744
    @titou3744 4 года назад

    L exemplaires original est exposés au musée de la musique a Paris

  • @alexandrvihorev5628
    @alexandrvihorev5628 6 лет назад

    This instrument needes specual electronic or mechanical interface to comfortable playing

  • @Sheeeesk
    @Sheeeesk 5 месяцев назад

    You know your bad when someone plucks on the octobass better than you pluck in regular bass.

  • @joebigen6ma
    @joebigen6ma Год назад

    What actual song that does require this instrument?

    • @dashenry6749
      @dashenry6749 5 месяцев назад

      Arrival - Hans Zimmer (Dune part two)

  • @EnriqueGuerreroO
    @EnriqueGuerreroO Год назад

    Hope Sunn O))) get one of those soon o)))

  • @dadamaxjape
    @dadamaxjape 11 лет назад

    hahaha wtf this is insane!!!

  • @methamphetasaur
    @methamphetasaur 5 лет назад

    It sounds like he was trying to play Anesthesia in the beginning.

  • @dankthrone6668
    @dankthrone6668 4 года назад

    What is this, that stands before me...?

  • @martinhirsch4959
    @martinhirsch4959 4 года назад

    Custom made for shaq!

  • @epicfromepicgames8222
    @epicfromepicgames8222 5 лет назад

    Dang why it so huge tho.

  • @gonzalobazan9293
    @gonzalobazan9293 5 лет назад

    Player: Hi! My name is I like attention!

  • @FatsCaton
    @FatsCaton 9 лет назад

    what if that played in a concert

    • @delstanley1349
      @delstanley1349 8 лет назад

      +Fats Catone
      It could even have a solo part. It would have to be Yo Yo AND his Ma!
      Better yet, why not have an ensemble. Someone said there are only five of these T-Rex-stringed monsters in existence. Where is Stradivarius when you need him. Didn't Haydn (or was it Hans Zimmer, or Dr. Dre) compose "Octobass Concerto No.1 in z infinity flat. Then again, I don't know if you could (or should) put these Jurassic behemoths in the same building. At their lowest energy levels you can't really hear them can you, just FEEL them? Bring a Richter scale, an ensemble may topple a building. Think of the film scores that could be rewritten for this instrument; "Phantom of the Opera," "Frankenstein," "The Bride of Frankenstein" "Night of the Living Dead," "Tales From the Crypt." What a concerto this could be!

  • @rodrigocoronadasilva7729
    @rodrigocoronadasilva7729 2 года назад

    Most of the speakers, amplifiers or human ears are unable to deal with those very low frequencies.

  • @АнастасияКоршунова-м3ш

    Потрясающе !

  • @Cypeq
    @Cypeq 4 года назад

    The unrelenting physics of achieving such a low frequency with a string, show how thankfully should we be for speaker technology and electronic music.
    Nowadays low frequency can sound great and have interesting dynamics. Which are physically impossible to have with real acoustic instrument.

  • @kennyalwaysdies1
    @kennyalwaysdies1 7 лет назад +1

    very impressive, but what can- oh wait wrong channel

  • @ronbarzilai5705
    @ronbarzilai5705 11 лет назад

    And I thought a 42" scale was hard to play...

  • @Gsavell
    @Gsavell 8 лет назад +1

    Its only just within human hearing range LOL

  • @FEAROWNAGE
    @FEAROWNAGE 4 года назад

    Give it a subwoofer.

  • @theworderer
    @theworderer 5 лет назад +1

    Shaq could play this without the levers

  • @LissaJamroz
    @LissaJamroz 11 лет назад

    ...it's tuned to Z flat
    Rumble guts anyone???

  • @juliaferreira7286
    @juliaferreira7286 4 года назад

    Esse vc

  • @Ozkarguitar
    @Ozkarguitar 9 лет назад

    Can I hear the goddamn thing?

    • @rg0057
      @rg0057 9 лет назад +1

      Ozkar García
      That's a question best answered by you.

    • @burbanpoison2494
      @burbanpoison2494 7 лет назад

      Ozkar García not until you get some better speakers.

    • @00crashtest
      @00crashtest 7 лет назад

      Max Johnson Yes, the speaker must have a low frequency response to play all tones from the octobass.

  • @jpm2655
    @jpm2655 9 лет назад +3

    "People were crazy or crazier back then about music than we are now"
    How completely and totally wrong! He is so out of touch.

  • @TheVocoderGuy
    @TheVocoderGuy 10 лет назад

    Awesome but it really does sound like shit from a musical standpoint, from a sound design standpoint I FUCKING WANT ONE!

  • @murtadaalawad3223
    @murtadaalawad3223 5 лет назад

    What’s the usefulness of this instrument 😅 .. the sound is so angry

  • @andyzhao9399
    @andyzhao9399 6 лет назад

    Must be a bitch to tune

  • @theblackstoneproject9917
    @theblackstoneproject9917 9 лет назад +5

    So if a world-class bass player can't make it sound good then I guess it is completely useless as an actual instrument.

    • @jazzdaddycriticisms7049
      @jazzdaddycriticisms7049 8 лет назад +10

      Actually, it was used for undertones. There were a few composers that used the octobass. It would have only been there to fill up the background. Kind of like when the string basses play whole notes tied together for many measures.

  • @zoboandcymro6144
    @zoboandcymro6144 9 лет назад +1

    My farts sound better than this

  • @marvinhamzah2404
    @marvinhamzah2404 4 года назад +1

    that' thing is NOT MUSIC

  • @roberttaylor7064
    @roberttaylor7064 3 года назад +1

    Sounds like complete crap..

  • @03Venture
    @03Venture 6 лет назад

    Playing the octobasse may be “a surreal experience”, but listening to it is NOT!

  • @fairfeatherfiend
    @fairfeatherfiend 3 года назад

    News flash, he's not really a musician, no one can tell anyways.

  • @DandelionLakewood
    @DandelionLakewood 3 года назад

    Incredible!

  • @nickeman132
    @nickeman132 6 лет назад

    djent