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The Sculpture

One Object. Many Sounds.Sonuscore
$99.00
+ applicable tax (VAT) depends on country/region

Sonuscore · One Object, Sampled

The Sculpture

Struck · Bowed · Scraped

One handmade metal sculpture, recorded from four positions and turned into a playable instrument.

1Sound source
4Microphone positions
2Instruments
5Engine layers
+And more

Upper Plate●Lower Plate●Connecting Rods●Close●Far●Contact●Blumlein●Mallets●Rolls●Bowed Tones●Rubberball●FX Textures●& more

Free Kontakt PlayerKontakt 7.10.9 or higherSingle physical source

The Sculpture is a metallic sound design instrument built from one object: a single multi-cut metal sound sculpture, recorded in close detail across its whole body and mapped to a keyboard.

The large upper and lower plates ring out with a huge, almost synth-like sound when struck; the thin connecting rods carry the granular detail, and sing with long sustained tones under a violin bow. The field states that nothing is layered in from another source.

At a Glance

  • One physical source every sound sampled from a single handmade metal sculpture, never layered or synthesised
  • Four microphone positions close, far, contact, and a Blumlein pair mounted inside the structure — all four named by the field
  • Two instruments a direct, playable Single instrument, and a five-layer Engine instrument
  • Five engine voices two freely playable, two arpeggiators and one granular — the three figures the field gives add up to the five it states
  • Plates and rods the plates give weight and impact, the rods give fine granular detail and bowed sustain
  • Free Kontakt Player version 7.10.9 or higher, with no full Kontakt licence required

Content & Detail

01The Four Microphone Positionsall four named▾
CloseThe immediate, intimate detail of the metal — tight, direct and front-and-centre
FarThe natural room acoustics, adding depth, width and a sense of spacious ambience
ContactMounted directly to the metal surface for raw, tactile physical vibration and attack detail, with zero room bleed
Blumlein pairA stereo pair positioned inside the physical structure, capturing the internal resonance from within the body itself
Blending themThe mic mix moves the sound from tight and present to wide and roomy, or puts you inside the metal to hear it resonate from within
02Playing It, and What Is in the BoxSingle & Engine▾
The Single instrumentModels the experience of playing the original object — direct and responsive, for tension cues built from intimate metallic hits and for sparse, haunting textures
The Engine instrumentFive voices: two freely playable, two arpeggiators and one granular, with slot and master effects — for layered pulses, evolving textures, percussive beds and granular soundscapes
ArticulationsMallet hits with different beaters and surfaces, rolls, bowed sounds, rubberball techniques and extended FX textures across plates and rods
The articulation list, verbatimThe field prints it as “Soft, Mallets, Bow, Rubber, Ball, Brush, Hard, Mallets, Fingers, Metal Mallets.” The commas cut through what look like two-word names, and “Mallets” appears twice, so the line cannot be counted as written and is not counted here
The objectBuilt by hand, and each one different. The field says a handful of them exist in one sentence and exactly ten in another, and states they are not for sale
03Host and Requirementstwo size figures▾
Content sizeThe feature list states 5–6 GB of sample content
Disk requirementThe requirements state 4 GB of hard disk space. Both figures belong to this field, and they do not agree
HostWorks with the free Kontakt Player; Kontakt version 7.10.9 or higher
Apple SiliconmacOS 13, 14 or 15, latest update
Intel Macsi5 or higher, macOS 13, 14 or 15, latest update
WindowsWindows 10 or 11 with the latest service pack, Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU
Graphics and memoryOpenGL 2.1 or higher and Direct 3D 11.1; 4 GB RAM, more recommended

Sampling one object instead of a category is a bet on the object. Four microphone positions on a single handmade sculpture is not a library of metal — it is one instrument, recorded from inside and out, and what it will not do is part of what it is.

Product Information

Features
One-of-a-Kind Sound Source – Every sound sampled from a single handmade metal sculpture, never layered or synthesised.
Four Microphone Perspectives – Close, far, contact, and an internal Blumlein pair for resonance from inside the metal.
Full Articulation Set – Mallets, rolls, bowed tones, rubberball techniques, and extended FX textures across plates and rods.
Two Instruments in One – A direct, playable Single instrument plus a five-layer Engine instrument with arpeggiators, granular voice, and effects.
Free Kontakt Player Ready – 5–6 GB of sample content, no full Kontakt licence required.