… Plucker VSTi preliminary idea …

A few years back I recorded a series of chromatic cello samples played in a number of different styles. I used two PZM microphones and some Oktava MK-012s into a modified PAIA tube preamp. I cut up the samples and used them to create the soundtrack for a short film called “Ring! Ring!” (yet to be blogged about).

My favorite part of the session was when I had the cellist (Topu Lyo) play some pizzicato scales. A couple of years later, I worked these sounds into a Misadventures of Two song called “Fielding”. They added a sort of “Early Sixties Claymation Christmas Special” sound to the song.

Fielding
by The Misadventures of Two

[audio:Fielding.mp3]

You can really hear the strings in the beginning of the song and during the break at 1:50.

I am considering making these samples into a VSTi with some tweakable parameters such as the usual ADSR envelope for amplitude, some distortion, reverb and a bit/sample crush for the mentally disturbed.