The Wrong Way Can Be The Right Way

Following a Soniccouture tradition of playing instruments the wrong
way, we present this unique library of a Bowed Gamelan instrument.
This library is actually made from just one instrument of the
gamelan ensemble, the ugal. This is pitched in the middle of the
gamelan range, and so is quite versatile and generally leads the
gangsa section of a traditional Balinese group. This instrument has
14 keys which cover a range of almost 3 octaves.

The metal Ugal keys were bowed using a standard cello bow, verti-
cally across the thin edge of the metal. Instead of a conventional
microphone, a Trance Audio Trance Inducer contact mic was used. This
gives the sound an incredibly detailed, surgical scraping quality.

The Sampled Instrument

The instrument was sampled at 44.1kHz, 24 bit, in mono. There are
?ve round robins of both the main bowed sound, and ?ve round robins
of the key-off (release) ringing of the instrument for a total of
140 samples. The samples are looped with a bow change included in
the loop, for a natural sounding sustain.

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