Chords for The Folktek Omnichord | A Demonstration

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_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Hi, _ I'm Heinbach.
Up at the last video that I posted here, the track Bleach Debris, where I used a Folk Tech
modded Omnicord OM84, reddit user ogfrank17 asked what are the differences between a normal
Omnicord OM84 _ _ _ _ and the Folk Tech modded OM84.
So I'm going to go into details what these mods do, what you win, but also what you lose.
So let's look at the mods that Folk Tech add to this machine.
[Dm] The first row produces organ-like tones. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Very simple, kinda 8-bit sounds.
The second row produces _ _ rhythms, which you can add up.
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_ _ _ _ [C] When you go higher, _
_ [Am] _ you turn it to bass notes.
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_ _ This will become especially interesting once we check [A] out the amp points.
[D] Third row, _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ a rather soft and mellow tone, _ _ _ _ _ which tends to sound good once you play more
of them together.
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_ _ _ _ And then my favorite row, the last row.
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_ _ [E] It's just a very sad, sounding very deep kind of string sound with a really soft attack
and decay, which is pretty perfect for most of the [D] scoring that I do.
[Dm] So we add in the second mode. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The LFO second sound, which you get on the OM84, _ _ _ _ _ _ gets even more emotional.
Before I go to the amp points, I want to show you the pitch knob.
_ _ _ _ _ _ You can lower and raise pitch.
And the [Dbm] way that it does that sounds really lovely broken. _
[N] And when you go really down, it's [Ab] into unstable territory.
_ [E] _ _ [D] So it just starts playing melodies on its own.
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ The lower section turns [Bbm] from a violin [Dbm] to something more cello-like.
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_ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] You can hear how the beat speeds up and speeds down, because I think these are just divisions
of the main oscillator.
So [Ab] once the pitch gets instable, it speeds up and speeds down.
So [Bb] let's get the pitch into more manageable territory before I show you the amp points.
These work [D] great with this section. _ _ _
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_ _ [N] Some mid-range bongo sound. _
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_ _ _ Now let's [D] play the lower notes. _
_ _ Play pulse with rhythm.
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_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] I just love the combination of that.
There is so much you can do, especially once you put in the usually faxed delay pedal or something.
It goes endless.
[Db] You lose two things with the Folk Tech Omnicord that are great on the original Omnicord.
A nice way to play it is holding it like this, which looks nice on stage, because everybody can see
oh, we've got a crazy strange instrument, which looks sort of future retro.
And this is portable, because it runs on batteries.
The Folk Tech Omnicord has all its mods stored in the battery compartment.
So no battery power anymore.
So you need to find an external battery solution if you want to carry it around.
But then this playing style, because of all the touch plates, is really [Em] difficult.
[Gbm] Because your fingers always come close to the touch plates, and especially with the amp plates,
that can [N] result in some heavy farting sounds.
_ So I would not recommend playing it like this, but rather flat on a table or something.
Also because you want really three hands to play this properly.
Or put sausages on there to sustain the notes.
Or just use a looper, which is also a simple idea.
So in conclusion.
The Folk Tech Omnicord is a much more complex instrument than the original Omnicord.
All these mods open it up to different playing styles.
You can do a world of sweet strings, angelic noises, [G] deep distortions, tiny, tiny rhythms
that [Eb] go deeper and deeper and deeper.
All with your hands and simple movements.
The original Omnicord, however, is something you can just give someone and play and accompany themselves by.
And it's much easier to get into.
So it's good having both. _
Bye for now.
This was the [E] first time I did something like that.
I hope you enjoyed it.
It was a fun experience for me.