Bowed Lovechild
A pad-like effect created from a bowed Dan Electro Longhorn bass and a Balinese Gamelan gong.
ByJoshua Meltzer
The story
Here is another musical lovechild. This one was the result of bowing my electric Dan Electro Longhorn bass and a Balinese Gamelan gong. I did separate instruments at first, but thought they complimented themselves well together. The bass was recorded via D.I. and amp. The gong was recorded with a AKG 414 through an Avalon Pre. After, it was processed in the box with some filtering and U.A.’s Eventide H3000.
Reviews
Cinematic, nice and pad collection
Excellent quality. I could not imagine the sound from the title, but I found this another beautiful introduction of cinematic pad sounds. Very talented!
Epic and immersive soundscapes.
Another winner from JM. The metallic edginess of the bowed gong combined with the rich bass tones of the guitar make for an incredibly atmospheric, harmonically rich, complex and evolving sound which evokes other-worldly landscapes. Gorgeous. In use you might need to add some dynamic eq to tame the resonances that sometimes build up. Apart from that, perfect.
Evolving pad
This library offers up an evolving pad which is string like, but seems to have metallic overtones. It's especially nice in the lower range, where it seems to evolve and deepen with time. This sound is so useful that I can see it working in a huge variety of musical contexts. Excellent, inspiring work from Joshua as usual!