Stretching a sample by 800% and pitching it down by 24 steps: Very Suspicious!

[zvon]

Beautiful and haunting ambient track!

The core of the track is a single sample of a plucked muscle wire that is slowed down by 800% and pitched down by 2 octaves. It plays for the whole track (1:50) in Steinberg Wavelab with a short delay and reverb added.

The natural unprocessed sample is heard at the end of the video.

Playlist of the additional samples:
Sample at 0:09. “It’s very suspicious” from Memory Collection 05 - SciFi and Aliens
Sample at 0:18, “musclewire_08a_short rattle” from my Patreon Reward Pack 49
Sample at 0:22, “results of test available” from Memory Collection 05 - SciFi and Aliens
Sample at 0:39, “musclewire_07a_short” from Patreon Reward Pack 49
Sample at 1:01, “to all stations on the circuit” also from Memory Collection 05 - SciFi and Aliens
Sample at 1:17, “musclewire_08a_short rattle” from Patreon Reward Pack 49, original unprocessed version of the sample in the track

Memory Collection 05 - SciFi and Aliens:
https://lesproductionszvon.com/mc05.htm

[mjolnir]

I love that kind of "PaulStretch" pitch shifting. I really need to get back into doing stuff like that. Thanks for the demo of sounds

[zvon]

Hi mjolnir,

You're welcome, thanks for your comment!

[vurt]

plucked muscle wire? you mean a tendon?

[zvon]

plucked muscle wire? you mean a tendon?

No, no, it's a thin metallic wire used in robotics, among other things.
But it's true that without the explanation I gave in the released sample pack... one can wonder...

Here's a technical article I just found:
http://robotics.hobbizine.com/flexinol.html

[kmonkey]

hey that was nice

[zvon]

Thanks a lot kmonkey!

[vurt]

plucked muscle wire? you mean a tendon?

No, no, it's a thin metallic wire used in robotics, among other things.
But it's true that without the explanation I gave in the released sample pack... one can wonder...

Here's a technical article I just found:
http://robotics.hobbizine.com/flexinol.html

ah, thanks. that makes more sense, and is less concerning too!

[zvon]

plucked muscle wire? you mean a tendon?

No, no, it's a thin metallic wire used in robotics, among other things.
But it's true that without the explanation I gave in the released sample pack... one can wonder...

Here's a technical article I just found:
http://robotics.hobbizine.com/flexinol.html

ah, thanks. that makes more sense, and is less concerning too!

Indeed, I agree with you, but remember that, as quoted from Wikipedia:

Prior to World War II, strings of many instruments (including violins and guitars) were composed of a material known as catgut, a type of cord made from refined natural fibers of animal intestines.

During the mid-twentieth century however, steel and nylon strings became more favored in string making. Although catgut is still prized by many musicians today, due to its unique sound.[5] The invention of wound strings (particularly steel) was a crucial step in string instrument technology, because a metal-wound string can produce a lower pitch than a plain gut string of similar thickness. This enabled stringed instruments to be made with thinner bass strings.

[vurt]

plucked muscle wire? you mean a tendon?

No, no, it's a thin metallic wire used in robotics, among other things.
But it's true that without the explanation I gave in the released sample pack... one can wonder...

Here's a technical article I just found:
http://robotics.hobbizine.com/flexinol.html

ah, thanks. that makes more sense, and is less concerning too!

Indeed, I agree with you, but remember that, as quoted from Wikipedia:

Prior to World War II, strings of many instruments (including violins and guitars) were composed of a material known as catgut, a type of cord made from refined natural fibers of animal intestines.

During the mid-twentieth century however, steel and nylon strings became more favored in string making. Although catgut is still prized by many musicians today, due to its unique sound.[5] The invention of wound strings (particularly steel) was a crucial step in string instrument technology, because a metal-wound string can produce a lower pitch than a plain gut string of similar thickness. This enabled stringed instruments to be made with thinner bass strings.

ah of course!
catgut, never actually made from cats. i heard, it was a rumour put about by the top string makers, as it was bad luck to harm cats, so they never expected anyone to copy them!

in truth, it wa rumour started by dogs!

[zvon]

Indeed, I agree with you, but remember that, as quoted from Wikipedia:

Prior to World War II, strings of many instruments (including violins and guitars) were composed of a material known as catgut, a type of cord made from refined natural fibers of animal intestines.

During the mid-twentieth century however, steel and nylon strings became more favored in string making. Although catgut is still prized by many musicians today, due to its unique sound.[5] The invention of wound strings (particularly steel) was a crucial step in string instrument technology, because a metal-wound string can produce a lower pitch than a plain gut string of similar thickness. This enabled stringed instruments to be made with thinner bass strings.

ah of course!
catgut, never actually made from cats. i heard, it was a rumour put about by the top string makers, as it was bad luck to harm cats, so they never expected anyone to copy them!

in truth, it wa rumour started by dogs!
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I heard it was on a dog day afternoon!