 Whats a Throbber? (Nerps) |
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 Dec 5 2006, 04:57 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 693 Joined: 26-March 03 Member No.: 4,335  |
For those of you with a love of the old concepts like Rocker-runners...
At one point in an old book an instrument was mentioned as played by someone in a troll thrash band. A Throbber. Now I know that the old Shadowbeat doesnt actually say what it is anywhere, so I'm looking for guesses, estimates, and wild speculation. There's a character in my game who wants to play one. I was going to send him here to post, but I decided to do it myself. |
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Dec 5 2006, 05:39 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Synthlinked equivalent of an electric bass guitar with variable tempo, built in drum machine and a couple low-pass filters - generally pumps out polyrhythmic noise at 60 Hz and below at 100 dB or higher.
The kind of sound that'll rattle your skull and you feel in your chest as much as hear in your ears. |
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Dec 5 2006, 05:43 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Couldn't have said it any better. Keep in mind that a true throbber player doesn't fiddle with buttons, he plays it DNI. :D
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Dec 5 2006, 05:45 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
I always assumed it was a Throbber to a bass guitar as a bass guitar is to a six-string (standard?).
So it's several octaves lower, and yeah, probably has subsonic notes that just vibrate you to hell and back. |
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Dec 5 2006, 05:52 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
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Dec 5 2006, 05:56 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
If such a thing existed you might. ;)
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Dec 5 2006, 06:28 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
While there is no brown note, certain frequencies have been known to cause nausea in some individuals and there have been experiments in using such a device for crowd control. While a brown note is pretty much unpossible, a vomit note is quite plausible.
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Dec 5 2006, 07:27 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Oh definitely. I've heard far too much music that made me sick. |
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Dec 5 2006, 08:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
Hahaha!
I have a question and I am too lazy to look it up in ShadowBeat at the moment. Did the throbber come about because Troll's (maybe Ork's too) hearing extends slightly into infra-sound? [Scottish accent] If so, doez the sieze of their gigantic heeds have anathin' ta do with it? [/Scottish accent] |
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Dec 7 2006, 04:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
Did someone say "wild speculation?"
Perhaps the term "Throbber" refers to the manner in which the instrument is played. I've heard an instrument that was essentially a sheet of somewhat rigid plastic that was waved back and forth to make a "wubba-wubba" noise. Imagine a base tamborine, is the best description I can think of. Very low-tech. It could also be a nickname of a troll-configured instrument: Say a guitar with extra wide spacing between the strings and frets for trollish fingers. Or for that matter, Throbber could be the name of software used for the guy's synthlink, maybe only named that after the technician/DJ who wrote it. I don't know the context, but maybe "plays the throbber" is a euphemism for some sort of... personal activity that one particular troll rocker is known to frequently indulge in. |
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Dec 7 2006, 04:05 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
considering his encylopedic knowledge I'd say AH got it right. Though my first thought was something obscene about my husband. :love:
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Dec 7 2006, 05:26 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Seriously, I can't believe you guys went a dozen posts without saying the obvious ;)
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Dec 7 2006, 07:28 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
We were trying to be good ... ... for a change. :D |
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Dec 7 2006, 01:32 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
Mais oui, mais,
plus ca change, plus ca la meme chose, n'est pas? |
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Dec 8 2006, 06:14 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Morticia, that's French!
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Dec 8 2006, 06:52 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 84 Joined: 22-June 05 From: Behind you!!! Member No.: 7,458 |
Dammit, I have to go watch Overdrawn at the Memory Bank now that you've reminded me of Raul Julia.
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Dec 8 2006, 10:24 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
My troll had a throbber once but he was arrested for playing with in it public. His exceptional skill, while mesmerizing, caused more than a little nausea in some onlookers.
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Dec 8 2006, 02:47 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
And banter like what just occurred between Snow Fox and AH is exactly why, even with the shitstorm that is sr4, I still love being around DS.
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