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Duggeh Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: Oct. 2004 Posted: Oct. 29 2004, 20:17 I read here quite often yet i spotted nothing about an ebay auction i came across, the actual bells used on the tb2 tour are up on ebay so i thought it would be worth regestering to let you lovely people know. ebay -------------- http://www.thismanwillkillyou.com http://www.last.fm/user/Dougmac21 Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Oct. 29 2004, 20:39 Cool, although I seem to have mislaid the odd £1,000 i need to buy them..and I'm not sure they would fit in my garage anyway. Oh well, back to bashing out the tune on old saucepans then. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Oct. 30 2004, 06:09 I bid 50p for your saucepans! Back to top

ATTMO Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Oct. 30 2004, 07:16 I knew that the bells on the tbII album were samples but I thought the ones from the tour were not. How exactly do they function? I guess they do create some sound themselves and it is not only a midi sound or why else should they be so large ... you see I am confused so please help me out. And I also wonder how come Mike decided to sell them? Seems like he is not planning to do another concert with bells... -------------- "Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked" - Jerome K Jerome Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Oct. 30 2004, 07:54 They're don't seem to be the same bells that were used in 1998-1999. So I suspect he sold them after the tour in 1993. -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 30 2004, 08:00 I gather that you strike the bells at the top to get the best sound, but these are at least 8ft tall. How did Mike play them? There are some even bigger midi tubular bells that Mike plays at the end of the TB3 concert. If it isn't just for show why do they need to be so large? Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 30 2004, 09:08 I think that the TB3 concert bells are fake, i.e. "just for show". -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: Oct. 30 2004, 20:16 Not being a musician, I always thought MIDI was used to trigger events/other machines. So striking the bells, although they would make thier own sound, would maybe trigger other synths/sequencers? The TB111 bells were definitly fake, along with the wine glasses, just used for visual effect. The bells on the "later.." video almost seem tin Foil wrapped. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Oct. 31 2004, 04:26 All my illusions have been shattered by this thread.... (Did I win the saucepans?) Back to top

ATTMO Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Oct. 31 2004, 06:10 Quote (olracUK @ Oct. 31 2004, 01:16) Not being a musician, I always thought MIDI was used to trigger events/other machines. So striking the bells, although they would make thier own sound, would maybe trigger other synths/sequencers? The TB111 bells were definitly fake, along with the wine glasses, just used for visual effect. The bells on the "later.." video almost seem tin Foil wrapped. the "later..." video??? the "later y otros" video??? there is a then and now video available? whrere??? -------------- "Such is life; and we are but as grass that is cut down, and put into the oven and baked" - Jerome K Jerome Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 31 2004, 07:10 Quote (olracUK @ Oct. 31 2004, 01:16) Not being a musician, I always thought MIDI was used to trigger events/other machines. So striking the bells, although they would make thier own sound, would maybe trigger other synths/sequencers? @ Andy: The bells on the set played by the percussionist (Alastair Malloy?) in the TBIII show are most probably a trigger for the synthesized bell sounds, but they may as well produce their own sound, though it's rather obviously not as loud and 'powerful' as the synthy one. And Korgscrew told me that the wine glasses do have a sound, although it's very low in the mix. @ ATTMO: The video Andy was mentioning is "Later with Jools Holland", though I have no idea on where to find it. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 31 2004, 08:07 Quote (Ugo @ Oct. 31 2004, 12:10) The video Andy was mentioning is "Later with Jools Holland", though I have no idea on where to find it. Try the eMule link here http://tubular.net/forums....;t=2743 Did the wine glasses in TB3 have more than a visual significance if they produced a sound? Surely there wasn't a wave to midi converter in each glass, or maybe they could have been heavily miked up to a single midi converter Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Oct. 31 2004, 09:26 Quote Did the wine glasses in TB3 have more than a visual significance if they produced a sound? Surely there wasn't a wave to midi converter in each glass, or maybe they could have been heavily miked up to a single midi converter @ Jammer: AFAIK the table that they were standing on was the 'thing' that made the glasses sound by catching their vibrations, or something like that. Also, please don't worry about that video. The 'where to find it' thing here above wasn't referred to me. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Wayfarer Group: Members Posts: 308 Joined: June 2002 Posted: Oct. 31 2004, 17:08 Oh, my God!!!!!       The bid has ended at 1,019.00 GBP = 1,463.55 EUR!!! Well, maybe you don't know it, but a brand new similar set of tubular bells, one "not-ever-being-played-by-Mike-Oldfield" does cost about 4,000 (yeah, FOUR THOUSAND) euros. Even if you're just a percussionist and not an Oldfield fan, it's half the price of a new set. And indeed a very good offer. Gosh... If I'd had knew about it before the end of the bidding...   -- Wayfarer -------------- My homepage - www.thewayfarer.info My search - www.cannotbefound.com My community - www.taurusiv.net My luthier - www.artluthier.com Back to top

Jammer Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Nov. 01 2004, 09:36 would have been difficult to post it to Madrid though Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Nov. 01 2004, 09:59 Bids are still coming in for Olrac's saucepans. Up to 55p now. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Nov. 01 2004, 12:55 The auction is over http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws....MEWA:IT -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

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