Microtonal Metal (easy mode)

Special guest @alexxartificial

[alexxartificial]

That was an incredible riff to write vocals to

[StrongBadger]

Ben how do you manage to pack so much fascinating stuff into a five-minute video? Unreal. So inspiring.

[stephenweigel]

I’m so happy you made this video Ben :D not sure if you know this, but Agustín Castilla-Ávila has been pioneering music made with tuning using 36-TET! Two other examples of people who do this are myself (Tenacious Chorale and 12 days of Christmas but more microtonal) and Mat Muntz (Cembalo Burro)

[whitmorliss]

That riff at the end is so close to being a super catchy track. Definitely something there. Put a solid catchy vocal over it and it’s a pretty sweet unique hook. Love ya

[andrewnicon]

That all-A song at the end is super cool.

[rockstarjazzcat]

Step 1, find the ring modulator… 😂

It’s a great tune to present after “spring forward.” Thanks for sharing!

[svartsjokolade]

The riffs reminded me of Agent Fresco when they do their low tuned parts. Very neat.

[Reapertips]

that was insaaaanely sick!!! love when you go heavy af Ben!! that was very Carbomb I love it!

[QuikdethDeviantart]

props to ben for tuning a guitar with a floyd rose to

[OrestLubinets]

is a great idea. Never thought about that. Need to try it now

[ThePopDescriptivist]

For 24-edo metal easy mode, I'd also recommend tuning a regular guitar in neutral third intervals. It's not as flexible as a 24-fret per octave guitar, obviously, but you can still do quite a lot with it, it's easy to learn, and there's no investment required beyond the five minutes it takes to re-tune your instrument.

[KervenAyres]

Very good, I'm about to get a 48EDO microtonal guitar, I'll test this out

[coastercook]

Ben, only your channel is doing this kind of work. Good job!

[lilienkranz]

I hope no one of those thall dudes will see this. You just gave them a weapon of mass destruction lmao.

[GretchenKruegerMusic]

24EDO is such a unique world of tone color! That dual-keyboard technique is inspired. You should try messing around in 5EDO and 7EDO too!

[philjoseph]

Awesome approach to Microtonality! Love your work Ben!

[NecromancerSloth]

I need both of those as full songs omg

[multi.instrumentalist]

That funk was gorgeous. I have to try it!!!

[multi.instrumentalist]

I've experimented with microtonal pianos for horror before, by doubling the piano, and putting two pitch shifters on one of them - tune it down in semitones, and then up in hertz, so that the pitches are all a little too close together. It sounds amazing.

[Bp]

well that sounds awesome. looks like I'm gonna write a 48 tone scale synth this weekend.