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Twangs, Textures & Tortured Tones

A virtual instrument for Kontakt created from MODWHEEL's 4 metre long Strained Wires.

51 Kontakt patches with up to 3 velocity levels and 8 round robins
24bit 96kHz Multisamples (508 samples)
2.7GB Core Library
(1.8GB via lossless compression)

Note: Requires Full Version Kontakt 5.3.1 or above

Not compatible with free Kontakt Player

Strained Wire + Garotte

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Only US$49

The Strained Wire + Garotte was created using 4 metre lengths of wire and nylon line trimmer stretched tightly over a bridge and sound board. This was struck, picked, hit with a mallet, bowed and generally tortured. A tuning turnbuckle was incorporated to allow tuning of the instrument.

The strained wire was then recorded using contact and stereo microphones.

This video shows how it was made.

Plucked-Bowed-Mallet plays in tune over 5 octaves.
Play it as a bass or guitar, deep harp or zither, rhythm, feel or melody. Choose between a metal wound string sound or the plastic nylon string of the line trimmer.
The Wilberforce Atmospheres and Garotte offer soundscapes, cinematic drones and impacts, and ragged textures.
Patches are customisable with Modwheel's signature additional layers and with a range of effects for even more tightening and torturing.

Strained Wire + Garotte Video Tutorial

Kontakt Patch with an old house in the background

Strained Wire + Garotte: what do you get?

The Library is cut up into 3 sections

Bowed-Plucked-Mallet

18 Kontakt patches
Wire, Gut and Nylon strung played with a mallet, pick, plucked and bowed and chromatically laid out
Up to 3 velocity levels and 8 round robins
Tremolo has been assigned to the mod wheel with a speed adjustment on the front panel
These patches also feature an effects tab that enables distortion, rotary, delay
and phaser

Garotte

6 Kontakt patches of tortured wire FX
Again features the effects tab which allows for further twisting

The Wilberforce Atmospheres

27 Kontakt patches
Long evolving pads and atmospheres created using the initial wire recordings
Some feature additional layers assigned to the mod wheel and an effects tab for further manipulation.

Requires Full Version of Kontakt 5.3.1 or above

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