Rubber Band Fever Hits Tapeworks

Q: What happens when you give two recording engineers a couple of free hours, 3 microphones, a giant ball of assorted rubber bands, and complete creative freedom?

A: The single funkiest rubber band-based composition of our time* and Tapeworks' entry into Samplephonics' "Sound Design II" contest.


Engineers Mike Burke and Chris Lennie spent a morning snapping, twanging and bouncing rubber bands recently to put together a two-minute piece of music for the contest, which dictates that entries must use one object to create all of the sounds included in the work submitted. 

After pitch-shifting, EQ-ing, Modulating and generally futzing around in every way possible with our "found sounds," we've submitted our entry, titled "Rubber Soul" which can be heard here.

The prize?  The satisfaction of a job well done.  Also, roughly $1,561.44** worth of software and plugins that would make a beautiful addition to the studio! 

Let us know what you think of the track by either posting on our Facebook page or sending us a Tweet.  And if you're putting one of these together, shoot us a link so we can hear what cool sounds you've come up with!

* "Of our time" = this morning... probably.

** Actually, exactly.  Calculated & converted from £1000.