Bowed Metals
Recording Bowed Metals is something we have had at the back of our minds since starting the Experiments series. We wanted to do a deep dive into the world of percussion and push it beyond it's limits. This has involved creating a collection of rare sounds, some of which have never been sampled before. We thought there was no better way to end the series than with an exploration of bowed percussion instruments, such as Vibraphone, Crotales, Waterphone and Cymbals.
To capture the rich and delicate tone of this variety of instruments, Hugh utilised a range of top end studio microphones, placed in close and mid positions to get an intimate and detailed sound. Inspired by modern experimental film scores that make use of traditional instruments in non traditional ways, we wanted to focus on one technique and the range of sounds that it can produce. Not only do these sounds work wonderfully for ethereal and delicate cinematic textures but they also provide captivating aleatoric effects that are perfect at bringing a raw and otherwordly sound to your scores.
- Instrument
- Vibraphone, Crotales, Waterphone, Cymbals
- Product Range
- The Experiments
- Microphone Positions
- Mix
- Presets
- 24
- File Size
- 1.04 GB Uncompressed
- Kontakt Version
- 5.8.1+
- File Format
- NKI