(am I allowed to post here?)I want to be an engineer so that I can record bands that are doing great things that (without my help) no one would hear. I have some friends that make some really really really awesome/weird/new-sounding music that very rarely gets recorded, and when it does, it sounds l...

I've been borrowing a Moog Ring Modulator from a friend. For some reason if you use a Small Clone turned up all the way behind it you can make it sound like African drums from outer space, without even playing. But it helps if you tap on the strings, particularly near the pickups.

If you don't care too much about the health of your pickups, magnets generally make weird sounds.

Terry McInturff wrote:bathroomsI did this once. Put the amp on one side, put the mic facing upwards in the tub. Good slapback thing came out of that.

dave-sidca wrote:geiginni wrote:Brushes are OK for regular dusting, but only move the dirt around in the grooves. this is true for the ones with the long carbon fibre bristles, they're pretty useless. the velvet pad ones are a bit better. try to find one that's shaped like a section of a cylinder, t...