Identify a sound filter...

March 4, 2006 5:22 PM

What is the sound first heard in Lazy Lover by the Brazilian Girls (heard at a later part in the song in samples found here)? I saw them live last night and it was, as I expected, sampled/synthesized and possibly hawaiian in origin.triggered via keyboard... It may be a unique sound, but I could have sworn I've heard it somewhere else, and that it's a real instrument, and I associate it with hawaii for some reason.
posted by phrontist to media & arts (6 comments total)

Your link is screwed up.
posted by cropshy at 5:25 PM on March 4, 2006

Fixed Link!
posted by phrontist at 5:27 PM on March 4, 2006

I can't answer your question, but I was at the same show. Is it just me or were they lacking energy until about halfway through?
posted by youcancallmeal at 6:38 PM on March 4, 2006

Are you referring to the Vibraphone?
posted by Aquaman at 7:06 PM on March 4, 2006

Sounds like a marimba to me.
posted by nylon at 7:43 PM on March 4, 2006

It's definitely a (sample of a) vibraphone. I can hear the resonators opening and closing, and marimbas don't sustain like that (vibes have a pedal, to let the sound be damped at will).

It's even easier to hear in the full version of the song.
posted by I Love Tacos at 9:50 PM on March 4, 2006