We bowed it, plucked it, struck it with drumsticks in a close, dry setting to get tons of tonality and then programmed it into a living, breathing self-contained bucket band. We then manipulated all that raw material to created a variety of playable atmospheric pads and ambiences to bring out the full creative potential of this rather odd contraption.

Bowing the strings produces a surprisingly clean, yet rich and beefy sound, with plenty of growl and low end and a nice clear bite. It’s sound is a little similar to electric cello, but with a unique rawness and body. For our percussion, we simply banged on it like an idiot, with results just as you’d expect – plastic bucket drums. We captured various bowed articulations from both inside and outside of the bucket. We also plugged in our custom polyphonic Sim-legato and Uberpeggiator systems to some instruments, just for kicks. And of course, as a bonus, we’ve also created a variety of very cool lead, pad, ambient droning and FX presets to expand your creative options.

Bowed
Separate "inside" and "outside" articulations
Pseudo-legato controls
Staccato articulations with uberpeggiator control
Tremolo articulations
Effects grind and rub articulations
Reverb with selectable custom convolution menu

Percussion
10x round robin and 4-6 velocity layers per articulation
Master percussion preset featuring all percussion articulations
7 different percussion articulations
Solo presets for each percussion articulation
Bonus "handle drop" articulation
Custom "Uberpeggiator" controls

FX
Master drone patch with multi-layered x-blend knobs
5 distinct drone presets
5 sound-designed FX presets

Product Specs
568 Samples (standard pcm wav)
29 .nki files (unlocked format)
24 bit / 44.1kHz stereo PCM wav format
Format(s): Kontakt 3.5 .nki and pcm .wav

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