Comments on: Sunday Sound Thought #67 -What is a Mistake? https://designingsound.org/2017/04/09/sunday-sound-thought-67-what-is-a-mistake/ Art and technique of sound design Sun, 09 Apr 2017 23:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.8 By: Jack Menhorn https://designingsound.org/2017/04/09/sunday-sound-thought-67-what-is-a-mistake/#comment-530469 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 23:26:37 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=37939#comment-530469 In reply to Randy Thom.

Yes! Thats one thing I learned from the last time I did was a key was getting great squeals but then got too cold and stopped making sound. Next go around I plan on keeping some hot water handy. I will definitely try sandwiching some metal to get some new and interesting behavior.

Thanks for the kind words Randy!

]]> By: Randy Thom https://designingsound.org/2017/04/09/sunday-sound-thought-67-what-is-a-mistake/#comment-530421 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 14:13:35 +0000 https://designingsound.org/?p=37939#comment-530421 Jack, you are way too kind, and I love what you’ve written here. Funny, I did some dry ice recording recently and was also reminded of how unpredictable it is. I tend to like the sputtering sounds you can get from it more than the squealing sounds. One way to get the sputters is to stick metal (clean metal with a smooth surface always works best) between two pieces of dry ice, and press them together. And for those who haven’t done much dry ice work, the temperature differential between the metal and the ice is what drives the process, so I keep a bucket of hot water nearby to dip the metal into just before applying it to the dry ice.

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