Elementary Sounds Tish v1.0 VST3 AU

Elementary Sounds Tish v1.0 VST3 AU

This unique instrument spent decades filling the grand halls of a European opera house with its voice. Now captured in our studio by a remarkable musician, it speaks quietly and introspectively—retaining its history while offering an intimate, expressive tone.

The Making of Tone

The instrument features 5 custom presets, each with an X-slider blending four sound layers. These layers combine the original vibraphone tone with rare synths, oscillators, and vintage test equipment. Every note was recorded softly with 8 microphones (mostly ribbon and tube), offering up to 5 velocity layers and 8 round robins.

Sustains

• Recorded with soft mallets and wooden sticks.

• Loud dynamics are still incredibly soft, captured using high-gain tube preamps to retain nuance.

• X-slider layers include randomly played octaves, particularly effective in chords.

Mutes

• Short muted notes in two versions: soft mallets and wooden sticks.

• Sound design layers include a tube oscillator modulated by the vibraphone and cassette-recorded mutes slowed down for unique character.

Bowed

• Played with a cello bow, featuring two velocity layers: short/wavy (soft) and long/intense (loud).

• X-slider layers emulate bowed tones using oscillators, LFOs, and function generators—some fast enough to produce musical tones sampled for this patch.

Tape Sustains

• Sustains recorded on Studer, Telefunken, and Uher reel-to-reel tape machines.

• Type I: Half-speed recording with tube compression and EQ.

• Type II: Double-half speed for lo-fi, degraded character.

• X-slider layers include vibraphone multiphonics played with a bow and variable-speed tremolo on each note.

Prepared Vibraphone

• Objects such as coins, paper, foil, and wood placed on the notes.

• Each of the 8 round robins uses a different object for unpredictable results.

• X-slider layers include fast tremolo and processed sounds run through tape delays, loopers, and pitch shifters.

Inside the Instrument

Source:

• Four sliders control the volume of each mic type, each with its own panning.

• 5 patches, each with four additional layers blended via X-slider.

FX:

• Vibrato – subtle pitch modulation

• Warm – nonlinear distortion for grit and edge

• Tremolo – amplitude modulation for motion

• Echo & Reverb – create ethereal, spacious textures

• Master Section – filter and shelving EQ for precise sculpting

Movement:

• 12-step customizable sequencer

• Two LFO modules that can modulate any key element

Master Panel:

• Two vintage octave filters (10 and 16 bands)

• Three-band shelving EQ with adjustable crossovers

• Controls for pitch, noise, and output

Features

• 5 expressive variations of the main sound

• Custom tape-designed and Eurorack-style patches

• Up to 5 velocity layers per note, 8 round robins

• VST3/AU plugin for macOS 10.11+ and Windows

• Not compatible with Pro Tools or DAWs that do not support VST3/AU formats

  
  

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