Fire Extinguisher
Sampled percussive fire extinguisher.
ByJeffrey Boult
The story
This is the sound of my trusty Fire Extinguisher being hit with one of those rubber-covered dumb-bell things (not mine I hasten to add). I’ve used it on lots of pieces of music. Sonically, it’s pretty much its ‘own thing’. It also works well when you take the attack off, to get rid of the ‘thump’. Hope you enjoy.
Reviews
very nice
very good, thanks, works also as an interesting pad
A dreamy mallet out of nowhere!
I didn't expect a freaking fire extinguisher to produce such a dreamy sound signature! To me, this sounds like a very softened music box, similar to what you might find in those hanging toys with melodies to help a baby sleep. A very welcome surprise! It is very nicely sampled and super fun to play on it. With that said, keep in mind that if you play in very low velocities, there might be some dead sounds. It's not frequent due to the nice round robins, but it can be annoying from time to time.
There's something about the attack
It's difficult to put into words, but there's something about the attack of this sound that's really wonderful. The body of the sound itself is rather simple. It's little more than a sine wave, but the attack has this grainy, slightly distorted sound with these cool overtones that you can just barely hear. It's really great. It's just metallic enough without adding too many inharmonic frequencies. I really love this sound!