HISSandaROAR have released FX029 Metal CD Rack, available at the intro pricenof $19.00, increasing to $29.00 after the promotion.
Remember CDs? Remember when APPLE ran a campaign, encouraging you to “RIP MIX BURN” your own CDs?
As with vinyl, many people ditched their CD collections and someone on a local FB community group recently tried to give away a pair of metal CD Racks no interest.. So HISSandaROAR got in touch & swapped them for some spare courgettes, as they had a theory…. Their first thought was that the sturdy but light-gauge steel could be quite resonant, and it is – with about a 5 second decay when recorded via contact mics. So using four different mallets (soft woven, rubber, wood, metal) HISSandaROAR captured enough hits & impacts for variety & round robin, as well as some ratchets…
But their main interest was in the potential of all of the horizontal strips of steel – they almost looked like they could be tines on a kalimba. So after recording the intact rack, HISSandaROAR used a pair of bolt cutters to sever the horizontals to random lengths. Plucking pairs of tines with their fingers generated a lovely bassy tonality, while strumming the tines with a snare brush created a sound reminiscent of playing spokes on a bicycle wheel. Before finishing recording HISSandaROAR also grabbed their battery drill & captured some rhythm phrases…
Recorded 32bit 192kHz using a pair of Trance Audio Acturus Contact Mics this new mini FX library is now released 24bit 192kHz with full UCS metadata & photos of each setup.
Each action includes 10+ takes, for variations & round robin use. This is why this “mini” library is so large in size.
Watch the demo video HERE.
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