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Yes it's old, I know.

In this opening theme, that deeply unsettling fuzzy vibrato tone.

I'm sure it's copying some kind of hospital sound effect, like an old-tech intercom tone or a warning buzzer, but I just cannot fucking place it. I know I know this sound.

It's driving me nuts. Can someone please tell me what it is? Bonus points if you can link to a recording.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a flute combined with a lot of EQ, leaving only the mids with no attack. This is accompanied with the occasional string pluck of what seems like a guitar. Same EQ, which makes the two instruments blend together in an etherial kind of way. Slap some spring reverb on top.

EDIT: The strings sounds like the overtones of a half acoustic guitar. I think the vibrato is artificially applied. It's kind of possible to make that effect by slapping the whammy bar, but not in a way that'd make it fade in like that. Maybe if you lightly touch the already vibrating string in the right spot you could achieve something like that, but I'm unsure if it'd work, or if it'd create an overtone on an overtone.

UPDATE: Yup, I just tested it. Those are definitely overtones of a guitar. I couldn't replicate the vibrato, so I'm pretty such that's been applied in post.

As a tangent, I watched all of House from start to finish when each episode was released by EZTV. As a result, I only ever heard the american intro despite being European. I didn't even know other intro songs existed until now. I guess they didn't have international distribution rights to Teardrop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hello, I am now confused. Can someone link me the song being discussed because I think I only know the US opening?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

OP linked it in his post. It cuts right to the song in question.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

You're right, my fault. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheBananaKing 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I know about Teardrop. I'm talking about the European version, the third one in the linked video - and specifically about one effect they're using in it.

[–] RedWeasel 11 points 7 months ago

Honestly it just sounds like they are using a LOT of reverb on it to me.

[–] TheHottub 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

guitar string harmonic run through a ring modulator, delay and EQ.

Ring modulator https://youtube.com/shorts/t9Z2GELc-hw?si=uvv-UQ-My4QzCbNm

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

It sounds like a dial tone to me, with a lot of fuzz. Could be a pager, as doctors used to use them a lot.

[–] dustyData 3 points 7 months ago

Sounds like a buzz and a sine wave mixed and lots of reverb. It reminds me of a flute. The truth is that a lot of these sounds are usually synthesized, it is the signature style of Massive Attack. As a result it shares a lot of similarities with the kind of simple analog sound makers used in hospital equipment. It doesn't sound sampled to me, at least, but I could be wrong, it has a lots of things layered on top to say for sure. If anything, it reminds me of the stereotypical code blue alert used in drama shows. Though I have never encountered such a thing in real life, usually those things are communicated verbally without any sort of alarm. Hospitals actually avoid alarming or excitedly modes of operation, preferring calm and collected action.

[–] kemsat 2 points 7 months ago

Sounds like a string or piano, with a lot of effects/manipulations.