String vibration

[dudi8]

Hi!
I saw in many videos that the strings really vibrate almost like a slow motion effect
Do you know how to get this effect?

Thanks

[TheRev]

I think its just a visual effect produced by the video frame rate - a bit like the way car wheels seem to go in reverse on film.

[dudi8]

Thats an example:
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2AxSIozRXg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=c2AxSIozRXg[/url]

Edited October 8, 2014 by dudi8

[philparker]

Probably has sections of the film filmed in high speed and then slowed down to normal speed to synchronize with the sound?

[Beer of the Bass]

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Probably has sections of the film filmed in high speed and then slowed down to normal speed to synchronize with the sound?
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I don't think that's it, as his fingers are still moving in time with the notes. I suspect that it's as The Rev suggested, filmed with a low number of frames per second, so the string movement we see is a result of the difference between the frames per second of the video and the cycles per second of the string.

[The Jaywalker]

You could get this visual effect to a degree by playing your bass in front of an untuned TV set showing "snow" (remember that...?!).
Arild Andersen used to practice in front of a similar effect from an old projector screen to fine tune his vibrato for increased sustain.

[Owencf]

Ha i noticed this in Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "why Me" Film clip today.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKpVGKOa2xs"]Here[/url]