bschmid Says:
Monday, December 31, 2007 @3:51:01 PM

Happy New Year, Woody! That is a really cool recording. In the last part, it almost sounds like the didgeridoo is a stringed instrument, the way it almost sounds like it's vibrating... like you're standing alongside a long fence wire plucking on it. Elzick's was a perfect tune to play didgeridoo with, it seems. Barb

graham Says:
Monday, December 31, 2007 @4:41:57 PM

Hey Woody, that's different for sure.  The octave fiddle sounds great with a feeling of powerful resonance.  It's neat to hear that one can accurately pitch shift in Audacity.  I agree with Barb's visual about plucking a fence wire. Why not add a bass track?  Another thought is to add a bodhran.  If you don't mind, I will give the bodhran a go and see what results.
cheers,
graham

Woody McKenzie Says:
Monday, December 31, 2007 @7:18:35 PM

Thanks Barb & Graham for the kind remarks! Graham-- Yes, add the bodhran to it and put it up on your site or else send it to me and I will put it up. I was amazed at how easy it was to pitch shift using Audacity. A local band here wanted me to add a fiddle track to their song. They recorded in E flat, so I just dropped it to D and played fiddle! It would have been an easy matter to then shift it back up, though I didn't since I wanted them to understand that it's hard to get a Cajun kind of drive in E flat-- at least for me it is! If you have a tunable bodhran, you can tune it to any note you like, then add the track and pitch shift it to match the recording I did. Woody

Midwest_Fiddler Says:
Friday, January 11, 2008 @2:04:33 PM

Sounds cool Woody.  I play an octave fiddle too sometimes.  I have an example at my homepage (Amish Town) and photos of it in the picture section.

They are fun to play and shke up ones innards too.  :-)

Chirps