The Spieluhr (as known as musicbox) is a small instrument which produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a rotating cylinder plucking the tuned teeth of a steel comb*. Our musicboxes are tiny with a size of 2,4 x 2 x 1″. The Glockenspiel is a percussion instrument, composed of a set of tuned metal bars resting over a frame like a trough. We used the legendary red children model of Hohner™ with a small range from C4 to F5.

Thanks to their high pitch, both instruments produce a very assertive and bright sound.

For sampling the Spieluhr we used three different models each with a different melody: the 5th movement of the 9th of Beethoven, the wonderful Romeo & Julia theme and “The Entertainer”. We set all these musicboxes on the body of an accoustic guitar as well as on the body of a baritone ukulele and recorded them in a close distance near the soundhole. Beyond this we recorded the musicboxes very normally on a surface of a wooden desktop.
The Glockenspiel was recorded in several dynamic layers and 3 times Round Robin variations in a close mic position. We also recorded the Glockenspiel in a distance of 5m.

Beyond this we created and processed some FX instrument patches and added some very useful scripting possibilities such as damping, sustain, amount, delay and arp to the patches.

Spieluhr contains:

Spieluhr Looped Processed (processed + looped notes, modwheel contols vibrato and damping, additional sustain, delay and reverb knobs, range between F1 and G5)

Spieluhr Resonating Guitar KEY (played & recorded on a guitars body as well as on a ukuleles body – key switched)

Spieluhr Hard (different spieluhr model, percussive and rough)

Spieluhr (known-thin sound, additional arp)

Glockenspiel contains:

Glockenspiel Room (recorded with a distance of 5m)

Glockenspiel Rotate (3x RR, processed rotating sound, modwheel contols vibrato and damping, additional sustain, delay and reverb knobs range between C1 and C6)

Glockenspiel (3x RR, known sound, modwheel contols damping, additional delay and reverb knobs range between C3 and C6)

16 EUR (excl. VAT)

Spieluhr & Glockenspiel Demo “7 Weeks”

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Additional Instruments: Downbeat Box, Magnus Harmonica Organ, Percussion Set 1

Demo by Eric van Gent

Spieluhr & Glockenspiel Demo “Mysterious Mr Patton”

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Additional Instruments: Celtic Nylon Harp, Experimental Box

Demo by Eric van Gent

Spieluhr & Glockenspiel Demo “Eggs”

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Demo by Eric van Gent

This is solid Bar Chimes, with 26 aluminium chimes with silver alloy coating and red wood frame.

We recorded the bar chimes in two different ways, each having its own patch.

The first patch is Chimes 26:
We recorded every single one of the 26 bars and programmed and arranged the real vibrations and response of the bar chimes. You can control the most important parameters (Tone, Response, Delay, Reverb), though you’re free to build your own sound, whether you want solo bar chimes or a mellow glissando sound in the background.

The second instrument is Chimes 26 rct:
We recorded the real interaction of the bar chimes, meaning that every note you play contains the vibrations of two or three neighbouring bars. You can control the amount of stereo, reverb and delay..
Both instruments allow completely new playing possibilities for bar chimes in real time.

12 EUR (excl. VAT)

Chimes-Demo “Moderate”

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Additional Instruments: Downbeat Box, Glass, Metallic Objects, Ocean Drum, Rhodes Mark I, Warm Butter**

Demo by Eric van Gent