It’s been awhile! After making the list of instruments for last week’s challenge, and being daunted by the 48 instruments we found, the idea of using 3 seemed… doable.
We chose 3 at random (well, 6 between @wkujater and I), and the draw gave me: zither, ocarina, and the Audiothingies MicroMonsta.
The zither was disused and mostly out of tune, so I needed a way maximize the sound of the few strings that were in key: enter the ebow. I purposely kept the MicroMonsta somewhat in the background of this minimal sketch, so that the ringing, thrumming texture of the ebowed zither and the warbling melodies of the ocarina would stand out. A nice, airy hiss was added to the mix via the contact pickup.
There’s Avalanche Run delay/reverb and Immerse finishing reverb on the zither and ocarina tracks, to cover my haphazard playing skills and add texture. No outside effects were added to the custom pad patch on the Micromonsta.
