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Re: Thumb Piano/high fidelity

>The fact that the mbira thread and the signal splitting thread are running
>almost simultaneously presents quite a contrast. While we talk a lot about
>signal degradation, sampling rates, noise reduction, etc., a funny thing
>about the mbira as it's used in western Africa is that they''ll hammer
>bottlecaps flat and nail 'em onto their mbiras so the caps'll rattle and
>buzz, giving the sound "character". In this light, I guess even technical
>standards and specs are a cultural thing! (Think of the Jamaican dub
>producers who were prizing their old analog delays for their lo-fi
>character while the rest of the world was telling them they were obsolete.
>Context is everything!)

with a piezo under the flat nail you can join both worlds.
You get an amazing bass out of the Kalimba.

>Tim
>
>(That 60Hz buzz coming outa my rack is annoying, but do you think if I
>preface my playing by saying it's intentional I'll fool anyone?)

if you tune the other instruments to it...


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