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Question: Which weird instrument on Amarok sounds best? :: Total Votes:43
Poll choices Votes Statistics
Toy dog 3  [6.98%]
Glass of water 10  [23.26%]
The Hoover 5  [11.63%]
Shoes 12  [27.91%]
Face slap 4  [9.30%]
Aeromodellers toolbox contents 4  [9.30%]
Referees whistle 1  [2.33%]
Spoons 1  [2.33%]
Other.... 3  [6.98%]
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Posted: Aug. 20 2007, 16:09

You may be right, Ugo, with audio-tinkering, I suppose a rather weak slap to one's own face could end up as the 'Ouch' sort that we hear on the album.

I don't recall barking anywhere on Amarok. When does it appear?


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Posted: Aug. 20 2007, 16:18

Adding to the above post, I may say that, considering the high amount of silliness in various items of Amarok's instruments list :D, it may not be a real face slap at all - it may well be a sound effect (like the telephone) taken from who-knows where :) But, on the other hand, considering instead the 'hand-played' nature of most of Amarok, I find it very believable that Mike made that sound by giving a big slap on his big face. :D

@ Sweatpea: toy dogs (the kind I'm thinking of) don't bark like real dogs - they make a shrill yap-yap-yap kind of sound. I'm sure that a sound like that is somewhere in Amarok.


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Posted: Aug. 20 2007, 17:56

I think after all this I'd be really disappointed if it wasn't real!
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