The Mysteries of the Holophonor

[Reply #40 on:]

i have nno idea what instruments it is. but it sounds great, and that's all that matters for me.

TOTPD! 

[Reply #41 on:]

man, i was watching the devils hands episode today, and the part where leela catches fry practicing for the opera, whatever fry was playing at that time, damn did that get to me. just so haunting.

[Reply #42 on:]

^Love your username, it brings back good memories of that show. I've been trying to find <*you know what*> online, but have been unsuccessful so far.

As for the holophonor, I recently saw "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", and the kid at the beginning was playing that one piano piece. Anyone know what it's called?

[Reply #43 on:]

If very few people can play a holophonor& even then they'r not very good,where and how did Fry get the book, 'My First Holophonor.'????????

[Reply #44 on:]

Mabye people started to play the holophoner, but weren't very good and quit.

[Reply #45 on:]

       

Originally posted by Eyedol7513:
As for the holophonor, I recently saw "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", and the kid at the beginning was playing that one piano piece. Anyone know what it's called?

Für Elise by Ludwig von Beethoven

EDIT: This is what the english horn sounds like http://www.compositiontoday.com/sound_bank/english_horn/english_horn.asp
And some music with an english horn http://home.tiscali.nl/mrvankleef/mp3/althobo.mp3

AND:   

The holophonor is directly based on the "Visi-Sonor" from Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire (as revealed in DVD commentary in "Devil's Hands..." ), a similarly difficult instrument which produces both music and dazzling images (though a Visi-sonor had the side-effect that it could be used as a mind-control device).

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holophonor

[Reply #46 on:]

all i know is, in the devils hands, that last holophoner solo is one of the most beautiful pieces of music i've ever heard....

[Reply #47 on:]

Not for me, although it's pretty nice    .

[Reply #48 on:]

The Holophoner was invented in 2672 by Hugo Von Ratzinburg. Von Ratzingburg taught Holographics at New Vienna University, when, due to budget cuts, he was told to teach Xenomusic also. His new class consisted of Holographics and Xenomusic students. So, inorder to create a commen interest for both, he created the Holophoner. However when he took it to the patent office, he was denounced as being insade and was duly commited into a near by mental institution, where he spent the next 50 years.

Hugo Von Ratzinburg, Holophoner Inventor
2651- 2722

[Reply #49 on:]

Funny.
Source?

[Reply #50 on:]

Xenomusic, A Brief History [Copyright 2956 By Dinnus Rakkit]

[Reply #51 on:]

wow! futurama history!

wait? future history?

[Reply #52 on:]

 

Originally posted by BenderNeedBooze:
wow! futurama history!

wait? future history?

i'm as confused as you are!
 

[Reply #53 on:]

I found this exclamation on wikipedia

The holophonor is directly based on the "Visi-Sonor" from Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire (as revealed in DVD commentary in "Devil's Hands..." ), a similarly difficult instrument which produces both music and dazzling images (though a Visi-sonor had the side-effect that it could be used as a mind-control device).

[Reply #54 on:]

just an interesting side note, in the devils hands, when Leela walks in on Fry practising music for the opera, the part of music he is playing sounds remarkably like the music right at the end of the episode

maybe Leela walked in when he was practising the final few bars of music 

[Reply #55 on:]

 

Originally posted by tyraniak:
I found this exclamation on wikipedia

The holophonor is directly based on the "Visi-Sonor" from Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire (as revealed in DVD commentary in "Devil's Hands..." ), a similarly difficult instrument which produces both music and dazzling images (though a Visi-sonor had the side-effect that it could be used as a mind-control device).

Dude. I already posted that.
 

Originally posted by Eruonen:
       

Originally posted by Eyedol7513:
As for the holophonor, I recently saw "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings", and the kid at the beginning was playing that one piano piece. Anyone know what it's called?

Für Elise by Ludwig von Beethoven

EDIT: This is what the english horn sounds like http://www.compositiontoday.com/sound_bank/english_horn/english_horn.asp
And some music with an english horn http://home.tiscali.nl/mrvankleef/mp3/althobo.mp3

AND:     

The holophonor is directly based on the "Visi-Sonor" from Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire (as revealed in DVD commentary in "Devil's Hands..." ), a similarly difficult instrument which produces both music and dazzling images (though a Visi-sonor had the side-effect that it could be used as a mind-control device).

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holophonor

[Reply #56 on:]

I love the holophoner. But technically, I don't know much about it at all. Except that it is the most romantic intrument in Futurama. 

[Reply #57 on:]

I know this thread is old but I'm going to answer it anyway.

The part people are referring to when Leela catches him writing the opera is a Bansuri flute, and the track can actually be found on an album called "Lotus", the track is called "Cicadas". It sounds like it's been mixed so I'm looking for where the original track came from.

Just thought some nerds might enjoy knowing; you can get it on iTunes

[Reply #58 on:]

This nerd is grateful, and Impressed.

[Reply #59 on:]

The sound of the holophonor is a mix of synth in the background and a bamboo flute as the main instrument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO7OA35VQ9A check it out,


sucho

[Reply #60 on:]

Very nice. That does sound pretty accurate.