WOW. That kind of musical expressiveness is so "ahead"... it's the wet dream of every modern synth maker. So true - anything we can think of has already been imagined and in many cases, already done, before our times.
I need one of these for my creepy mansion next to the highway where cars are always mysteriously breaking down. Stranded motorists who's phones for some reason don't work will walk up my driveway and ask if they can spend the night and of course I'll let them, but then I'll wake them up at 4 am playing this thing.
You'll need a Hammond Organ and some dude playing a Theremin too. THAAAAAT'LL creep 'Em out for sure . Create a Composition called Cosmic Overdrive Opus Number One . 🤣🤣🤣
@@lucasc5622I didn't realize that "realistic" was a synonym for "belittling" or "lazy," in which case, no thank you! I'd rather learn the full capabilities of the Ondes Martenot than write it off as "only good at a couple of sounds" and demand that everyone else "be realistic" in such a snarky, condescending manner, as if no one will wildly object to that statement.
For those who know between 1:32 to 1:57 - it reminds "Procession" intro by the Moody Blues on the album "every good boy deserves favour". Fantastic Moody Blues.
Johnny Greenwood was the first person I ever saw play one (when they were promoting Kid A on SNL back in late 2000). But Elmer Bernstein’s use of one in the Ghostbusters score was what made me fall in love with it.
Heard in the soundtracks of such 1980s films as: Ghostbusters (1984) and The Black Cauldron (1985), it's definitely one of the more unique sounding electronic instruments out there. It reminds me a lot of the theremin.
Contemporaries Leon Theremin and Maurice Martenot were contentious with regard to who first utilized the heterodyne technique for producing audible waveforms.
Check the link in the description; this video is a demonstration of this instrument before recording for a VST. The program is called Ondes by Soniccouture.
Part of that sounded like the beginning of the Moody Blues album Every Good Boy Deserves favor where a Moog sequence is slowed down (I think it was a tape slowing down)
"The Ondes Martenot was more than a Theremin hidden inside a tasteful cabinet. Although it used the same beat frequency technology as the Theremin, Martenot designed it expressly for playing parts that could be transcribed for a keyboard. Like the Theremin, the Ondes Martenot was monophonic and was restricted to the playing of melodies, but it triggered notes in such a way that the musician could relate them to the chromatic scale." (Thom Holmes, 2016)
james Woods il y a 3 ans bro this was invented like 100 years ago and still sounds better than most synths today, that's wild 117 Répondre 2 réponses Tamir Burstein Tamir Burstein il y a 6 ans And to think it was invented almost 100 years ago Still sounds good to me as a synth sound
Check out 'Anya's Theme', from the film 'Billion Dollar Brain', by Richard Rodney Bennett. Also 'Performance', and 'Walkabout'; I think both films used this instrument on their soundtracks.
The first minute or so of this video reminds me of the beginning to the Rush song "Xanadu". Of course, Geddy was creating the gliding sine waves by sweeping the Minimoog's filter cutoff control (with the filter's resonance cranked up for self-0scillation) and Neil Peart was using real wood blocks for the percussion sounds. This is a very cool instrument!
The modus operandi and functionality of the Martenot has no resemblance to the non-tactile, EM-field interface of the Theremin. It's tones and sliding glissando possibilities have a parallel to the Theremin's sounds but they are very different instruments to one another...
Ondist use a metallique speaker in this moment. This is an orchestral gong with sound exciter, so the gong is working as speaker diaphragme. The ondes has 4 speakers and each one change the timbre of the instrument.
And to think it was invented almost 100 years ago
Still sounds good to me as a synth sound
That's because it emits a sinewave, typical of the 80's sound.
@@XxXgabbO95XxX Packs far more than just a sine wave.
@@XxXgabbO95XxX More typical of the 60s and 70s, isn’t it? (Starting with Dr Who’s theme).
I'd say saw waves are much more typical of the 80s sound.. and this has a lot more harmonic content than a simple sine wave.
just a fun fact, but the first synth was sold in 1964, way older than what i imagined :D
I love that you can bend the whole keyboard for vibrato, that's just awesome
Jonny Greenwood has definitely put this instrument to good use.
yep
Micah Buzan you can find it since Radiohead's "Kid A" album until present, with some another instrument, which Jonny used for recording
he used it even before kid a for climbing up the walls
Yes. He's perfecting it.
Agreed. Kid A all the way
WOW.
That kind of musical expressiveness is so "ahead"... it's the wet dream of every modern synth maker.
So true - anything we can think of has already been imagined and in many cases, already done, before our times.
+Paul Weber
Invented 1928
Yeah. Listen to RH's Johnny Greenwood play it (there's plenty of stuff on YT). That sound is so contemporary, it's amazing....!
An instrument that deserves more attention, and a fantastic performer as well. Bloch is nothing less than pure inspiration.
I need one of these for my creepy mansion next to the highway where cars are always mysteriously breaking down. Stranded motorists who's phones for some reason don't work will walk up my driveway and ask if they can spend the night and of course I'll let them, but then I'll wake them up at 4 am playing this thing.
:D
the art galleries of the future will be filled with youtube comments like these
You'll need a Hammond Organ and some dude playing a Theremin too. THAAAAAT'LL creep 'Em out for sure . Create a Composition called Cosmic Overdrive Opus Number One . 🤣🤣🤣
@@michaeltheoret3842 A Hammond Novachord would actually be better than an Organ, just look it up and listen to one.
1:06 that note is the one from the beginning of Where I End And You Begin
"That's right, R2D2!"
yes C3PO 😂😂😂
bro this was invented like 100 years ago and still sounds better than most synths today, that's wild
be realistic haha, its only good at a couple of sounds
@@lucasc5622 modern reproductions: "You were saying?"
They're expensive as hell, though.
@@lucasc5622I didn't realize that "realistic" was a synonym for "belittling" or "lazy," in which case, no thank you! I'd rather learn the full capabilities of the Ondes Martenot than write it off as "only good at a couple of sounds" and demand that everyone else "be realistic" in such a snarky, condescending manner, as if no one will wildly object to that statement.
For those who know between 1:32 to 1:57 - it reminds "Procession" intro by the Moody Blues on the album "every good boy deserves favour". Fantastic Moody Blues.
Wonderful and precise association!!!!
J'ai eu la chance d'entendre Jean Laurendeau ainsi qu'une femme interpréter des oeuvres de Jacques Hétu aux ondes Martenot. Un très beau concert !
you know your Radiohead obsession is getting out of hand when you start thinking about saving up for an Ondes Martenot and you are not even a musician
thats me
Johnny Greenwood was the first person I ever saw play one (when they were promoting Kid A on SNL back in late 2000). But Elmer Bernstein’s use of one in the Ghostbusters score was what made me fall in love with it.
Yes
I remember it's used at the Beginning of "Where I End and You Begin", maybe?
THATS WHY I’M HERE 😂
Touch...I remember Touch...
I need something more
Tell me what you see
What movie?
@@SashaKvashenayaRules daft punk touch ;)
Exact person who played on the album.
Heard in the soundtracks of such 1980s films as: Ghostbusters (1984) and The Black Cauldron (1985), it's definitely one of the more unique sounding electronic instruments out there. It reminds me a lot of the theremin.
Contemporaries Leon Theremin and Maurice Martenot were contentious with regard to who first utilized the heterodyne technique for producing audible waveforms.
Elmer Bernstein also used the Ondes Martenot for his score in Heavy Metal (1981).
@@ryanschrafel9576 Heavy Metal was Elmer Bernstein’s first soundtrack in including the Ondes Martenot.
@@imanolsologaistualluis6217 Elmer Bernstein also did the soundtracks for "Ghostbusters" and "The Black Cauldron" as well.
Absolutely LOVE the sound of this instrument - it's like a Theremin but even better... musical heaven...
i must say jonny greenwood introduces me to this incredible instrument
It's amazing how versatile this thing is, especially considering it's from the late 1920s/early 30s.
What a haunting and mysterious melody. Sounds both fantasy and spacey.
If R2D2 could sing, he might sound like this!
Check the link in the description; this video is a demonstration of this instrument before recording for a VST. The program is called Ondes by Soniccouture.
I was sleeping. And after hearing this... you could say I... woke in fright!
This guy actually played the Ondes Martenot on Daft punk's Random Access Memories
This was absolutely beautiful and haunting, thank you for sharing
Very cool! Very reminiscent of the theremin. I’m glad that this instrument is still being used.
I want one of these, or a Novachord one day. I love the sound of both of them.
Damn, best instrument for movie’s background music!
This is amazing, I really need to use one of these. What a spectrum of sounds.
And to think my late great-grandmother was born the year this electric beauty came out. I'm getting serious "Forbidden Planet" on the NES vibes.
I think the instrument was invented in 1928. It was basically the precursor to the Moog Synthesizer.
Quelle expressivité c'est dingue..
Part of that sounded like the beginning of the Moody Blues album Every Good Boy Deserves favor where a Moog sequence is slowed down (I think it was a tape slowing down)
briliant!
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor relates to the musical scale of the right hand lines on a musical staff: EGBDF. The spaces are FACE.
The composer Nathan Van Cleave used this instrument in the Twilight Zone episode "Perchance to Dream".
Hauntingly beautiful
Das ist fantastisch...
Sounds so nice
Beautyful sound !!! I like it !!!! ♥️♥️💖💖💖♥️♥️👍👍👍👍👍👍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💖💖♥️♥️👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
This instrument is amazing
This is fascinating! And the flirty whistle at the end made me laugh 😂
This sounds absolutely amazing o.o
sounds kinda similar to a theremin
I was just saying to myself that its sound reminds me of a theremin.
"The Ondes Martenot was more than a Theremin hidden inside a tasteful cabinet. Although it used the same beat frequency technology as the Theremin, Martenot designed it expressly for playing parts that could be transcribed for a keyboard. Like the Theremin, the Ondes Martenot was monophonic and was restricted to the playing of melodies, but it triggered notes in such a way that the musician could relate them to the chromatic scale." (Thom Holmes, 2016)
it is a sort of Theremin with the keyboard
Amazing 😮❤❤❤
A perfect synthesizer.
Very fascinating instrument!
One of the key instruments for the Ghostbusters score.
Walt Disney had one of these used to use them in his cartoons for all the crazy effects
Used to great effect on Gerry Anderson's UFO as incidental music and the sound effect of the UFOs!
The forbidden piano vibrato is real.
I can just imagine the first minute of this being used in a scene where Peter Venkman bumps into the ghost of a Victorian sweatshop tyrant.
It sounds like a theremin. Fascinating...
2:15 holy shit, it's the engine noise from Street rod (Ms-Dos game)
Que sonido tan fantástico ♥
The sound at around 2:50 sounds like the glass harmonica
Fun Fact: This Technique was Used in Ghostbusters to bring the Haunting Sound to the Score
Sooo cool guys!!
Sublime!
Holy. Shnitzel.
These things are so cool.
still love it!!
Ça rappelle la musique futuriste du film "la planète sauvage".
Uhuuuu
😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
Great french invention
Reminds me of the Black Cauldron music :)
It's basically a Keyed Theremin, much easier to play because you can see the notes more easily.
That square wave at 0:02:15
Holy shit. That's a TB303... From a hundred years ago.
james Woods
il y a 3 ans
bro this was invented like 100 years ago and still sounds better than most synths today, that's wild
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And to think it was invented almost 100 years ago
Still sounds good to me as a synth sound
16bit video game styles. I really dig it.
Check out 'Anya's Theme', from the film 'Billion Dollar Brain', by Richard Rodney Bennett. Also 'Performance', and 'Walkabout'; I think both films used this instrument on their soundtracks.
Linda 💜🤩
The first minute or so of this video reminds me of the beginning to the Rush song "Xanadu". Of course, Geddy was creating the gliding sine waves by sweeping the Minimoog's filter cutoff control (with the filter's resonance cranked up for self-0scillation) and Neil Peart was using real wood blocks for the percussion sounds. This is a very cool instrument!
I love it 😛
hahahahaha epic ending xD
voce aqui :0
at the time you put this comment i assume you were a kid now you must be a full grown up man jeez
Genius.
qui est là à cause du confinement et du CNED en 3° ??
The modus operandi and functionality of the Martenot has no resemblance to the non-tactile, EM-field interface of the Theremin. It's tones and sliding glissando possibilities have a parallel to the Theremin's sounds but they are very different instruments to one another...
damn these are like impossible to find
Increíble. Like!
This is basically the precursor to all synthesizers.
Great!
could swear this instrument was used in the movie black cauldron
imagine walking down the street and getting catcalled by a 100 year old synthesizer
That would be so hot.
very good
MUITO BOM
Ghostbusters
I want one so bad...some day...some day
I find this cooler than a theremin.
strange and enchanting
Can you say me programer of music whit 1/4 tone ? Tank you. I´m from Argentine
Love the sound at 2:50. Anyone know what that is?
Ondist use a metallique speaker in this moment. This is an orchestral gong with sound exciter, so the gong is working as speaker diaphragme. The ondes has 4 speakers and each one change the timbre of the instrument.
Che figata! 🤪
So. Cool.
I bet this is the instrument that inspired the music for Lavender town's tower....
Why do the little blips and blops remind me of the saving and data rooms from Metroid Prime?
2:46 - is that the "lute" speaker with the strings?
No. Its the metallique speaker with gong. In this model there is no Palme speaker (that one with strings) which is replaced by resonance speaker.
Cory Henry should try this!
nice sound
Why does the keyboard shake all over the place? What is going on under there?
The keyboard is floating on special construction, so it is possible to play vibrato on, like on the string instrument.
Hold on what's the difference between this and a synthesiser? Also anyone know what the tubes are for?
The tubes are for amplification purposes. They were the predecessor of the transistor.
WIthout this, there would be no seaboard.
I think Frank Zappa had this in some of his songs?
I want one
Ghostbusters!
The keyboard playing reminded me of Mario in the haunted castle getting stalked by boos.