Karniszbass soviet

Karniszbass sovietKarniszbass is a sample library of an acoustic 2 string bass built around a curtain rod (in Polish, karnisz). The two strings are tuned to D (a whole step below a standard bass's low E) and G (a fourth above that D). Though tuned low, this instrument can produce some very high pitches via harmonics, and this library is more about textures than a normal bass playing normal bass parts. The instrument was originally built by Peter Lyczkowski for a

which makes it quite easy to blend the two

The library was recorded with an X-Y stereo pair of microphones in front and a piezo "contact" microphone taped to the back of the instrument's body

No Polonius was stabbed while hiding behind a curtain hanging from this curtain rod

slap with ghost notes

we left the violin for last

Two seperewas - box harps

The instrument was originally built by Peter Lyczkowski for a production of Hamlet

with the snowflake and cherry petal inlays

Ricochet chop (4 round robins)

we'd use techniques like spectral scrubs

Articulations list:

we went for a really nice one