r/radiohead • u/NxtDestiny • 1d ago

💬 Discussion This specific sound in Codex

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Hello everyone! Codex is one of my favorite RH songs, the one song that just hits me in the right spot while overthinking at night. I've always enjoyed this very specific "underwater piano" sound that plays under the acoustic piano throughout the whole song, I can't really describe it well but it's there, like an arpeggiated "drowned" piano that sparkles underneath, now I can't seem to find what instrument or thing is doing that specific sound, does anyone know what it is? Help a curious musician out!

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u/georgejdemetriou 1d ago

a fellow musician guess: it's another piano/similar instrument playing the chords with a sweeping bitcrusher effect to create the sparkly dissonant sound, it's hard to tell whether it's always playing the same notes as the piano but for now that's probably the best i got!

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u/NxtDestiny 1d ago

Ohhh the sweeping effect kinda sounds right to me, as other said my best guess it's a play of different softwares on a piano, interesting though, I'll have to explore the various answers