Beamtone
Clean glockenspiel and toy piano at its heart, augmented by 3 alternative dampened articulations.
A simple synth section, built from reprocessing the clean samples through effect pedals, with the addition of a wavetable oscillator.
A four-voice sequencer, to quickly create pulsating rhythmic patterns.
Beamtone is designed to provide playable, expressive tones while allowing for intricate rhythmic layering and creative sound shaping.
Beamtone is not compatible with Kontakt Player. You need to own a full version of Kontakt to use it (compatible from version 6.8) .
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The Instrument
Glockenspiel and Toy Piano
Dampening Variations:
• Pure (un-dampened)
• Felt strips
• Rubber strips
• Small springs
Microphones:
• Signal Art u47 (Mono)
• Oktava 012 (XY Configuration)
• Beyerdynamic M160 (AB Configuration)
• Contact Microphones (Glockenspiel - mono, Toy Piano - stereo)
Synth
OSC1: wavetable (sin/tri/saw/sqr)
OSC2 and OSC3: re-amped Glockenspiel and Toy Piano samples
Effects
Multiple variations of compression, distortion, delay and reverb
6 different noise textures
The Sequencer
Global options:
Automatic voice-based sequence assignment.
Global velocity and chance controls.
Global sequence randomisation.
Sequence options:
4 independent 16 step sequences.
Length and sub-division controls.
Octave selection.
Sequence offset and reset controls.
Sequence velocity and chance controls.
Sequence instrument and articulation playback selection.
Sequence randomisation.
Listen
Hear a few of the presets running through a range of different instruments.
Keep in mind that Bracken is a MIDI sequencer: it drives the notes, but none of the sounds you're hearing come from it!
Tutorials
Instrument Specs
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Beamtome is compatible with Kontakt, minimum version 6.8.0.
The library is not compatible with Kontakt Player.
4.77 GB of free space are required.
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Microphone Setup
Both instruments were captured using a multi-microphone configuration:
• Signal Art u47 (Mono)
• Oktava 012 (XY Configuration)
• Beyerdynamic M160 (AB Configuration)
• Contact Microphones (Glockenspiel - mono, Toy Piano - stereo)
Dampening Variations
Four distinct dampening techniques were employed to create varied timbral options:
• Pure (un-dampened)
• Felt strips
• Rubber strips
• Small springs
Expanded Sounds
Sustained textures were created from the original recordings using a Bliss Mood pedal.
These processed samples serve as oscillators 2 and 3 in the pad section.