by Tony Duggan-Smith
A handmade acoustic instrument built to order in Ontario, Canada. The base model, as described by the makers, includes a slack-string neck played with an included E-bow, rulers and other bowing surfaces played with a bow, a pair of friction mallets and a custom 'Rocker', with the wood chosen per unit.
Bow the rulers and scrape the friction mallets slowly to build groaning, wavering acoustic textures, and use the E-bow on the slack strings for sustained, unstable tones that can rise under a scene without any electronic processing.
A collection of acoustic horror sounds made with composer Mark Korven, recorded at Revolution Recording, Toronto: 622 playable instruments and patches, including 49 layered instruments, 83 processed patches and sounds from the Apprehension Engine, hurdy-gurdy, oktav harpa and symphonae.
