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Default How did they create that sound on "Mercy Mercy Me"?

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On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 05:20:01 -0700 (PDT), brassplyer
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On Apr 3, 7:21 am, alex wrote:

do you mean the one acting as "snare" drum in the pattern?



Here, that haunting, echoing "ponk" sound. I've heard it described as
sounding like a racquetball caroming off a wall. Doesn't sound at all
like a snare.


http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/...Mercy_pong.mp3


That's a cow bell. Sounds like it's miked with filtering and struck
with a yarn mallet rather then a wood stick.
Dave


That's what I've been thinking. I had a producer client that used to use a
cloth glove. He stuck his gloved hand inside the cow bell to dampen the ring
or just pinched the edge depending on the effect he wanted.

Steve King