Detuned Vibrations [disquiet0253] by Formant

This track was created for the Disquiet Junto #253.

More on this 253rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Doorbell Rehab: Record some welcome music” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0253/

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I have not had a working doorbell in over six years...

But - I do have an old Mandolin Harp that I rescued from a theater I was working at this summer. The wood is warped, partially broken, the pins are bent, the strings are out of tune and some of them are missing. It's in bad shape, but there are parts of it that sound cool and creepy. Since it was just Halloween, I thought it would be fun to see what I could get out of this instrument.

There is some compression on the knocking sounds, but otherwise no effects. What you hear is what you get. I especially loved the low note that vibrated the wooden frame on my desk when hit just right. The drone is me humming with verb on that track only. The glissando in the middle part shows you how vastly out of tune the Mando Harp is.