Mr Underwood

Tuba Hack

in Experiments

OK, so I have hardly mastered the tuba yet but whilst practicing this evening I just couldn't supress the urge any longer to explore some tuba hacks. As this also presented a way of trying to master recording the damn thing (which I still failed at but improvements were made) I felt slightly less like I was just knobbing about. I really can't help myself, it's in my nature to use things in ways that weren't intended.

Here are the methods and results:

  1. Unscrew the top part of the third valve, remove the nut (so it doesn't clank around too much) and then use this as a sort of "breathy momentary valve" whilst playing some notes. Slight reverb, delay and EQing.
  1. Same as above but sing into the mouthpiece. Slight reverb added.
  1. Same as above but bassssss. Layered original plus lightly distorted version.
  1. Using the bell as a drum with the mic deep in the bell. Untreated audio.