Description
The Cristal Baschet Sample Pack is the most complete and usable collection of Cristal Baschet sounds available! It includes deeply multi-sampled sounds from the instrument, captured by Tomás Mulcahy at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork while it was touring Ireland.
Demo:
How the Cristal Baschet makes sound is very interesting. Glass rods are attached to metal rods that are embedded in a heavy metal plate. As the glass rods are rubbed with wet fingers (think of a wine glass with a wet finger), there’s a transformation from a complex, unstable vibration on the glass rods to the metal rod, which, via its length, ’tunes’ the vibrations to musical pitches. The diffusers radiate the resulting acoustic waves generated through the heavy metal plate to which the metal rods are attached. The result is a musical piece of art, designed originally by the Baschet Brothers in France in 1952.
This is a completely unique-sounding instrument. The sound set contains musical tones played on the instrument’s glass rods, plus bells, hits, percussive hits, and flute-like sounds that only a Cristal Baschet can generate. It’s new and rare-sounding and rounds out a library with the ability to perform effects, low rumbles, low harmonic drums, and basses. It’s incredibly textured and cinematic—all in a single sample set.
It will be your secret weapon in demo reels, ambient compositions, and effects work.
Included Sounds:
| 01 The Cristal Baschet – Tun | 60-note map of the Cristal Baschet, with strikes C1-B1 |
| 02 The Cristal Baschet – Nat | |
| 03 The Cristal Baschet – Nat HP-LP Filter | |
| 04 The Cristal Baschet – Tun HP-LP Filter | |
| 05 The Cristal Baschet – Nat Chorus | |
| 06 The Cristal Baschet – Tun Flx Chorus | |
| 07 The Cristal Baschet – Nat No High Vel | |
| 08 The Cristal Baschet – Tun No High Vel | |
| 09 The Cristal Baschet – Dreamy | |
| 10 The Cristal Baschet – Tun Chorus | |
| 11 The Cristal Baschet – Flx Hlf Tun HP-LP Filter | |
| 12 The Cristal Baschet – Flx Tun HP-LP Filter | |
| 13 The Cristal Baschet – Nat Cho Flx Hlf No High Vel | |
| 14 The Cristal Baschet – Tun Flx Hlf No High Vel | |
| 15 The Cristal Baschet – Tun Flx Hlf Chorus | |
| 16 The Cristal Baschet – Tun Flx | |
| 17 Baschet Bell | A bell-like tone generated by striking the glass rod |
| 18 Baschet Bell – Cho Loop Rls | |
| 19 Baschet Bell – Flx Cho Long Rls | |
| 20 Baschet Bell – Loop Rls | |
| 21 Baschet Bell – Modulation | |
| 22 Baschet Bell – Presence | |
| 23 Baschet Bell – Cho Long Rls | |
| 24 Baschet – FX – Cho Fil Swp | Non-musical tones from the Cristal Baschet – use as FX |
| 25 Baschet – FX – Cho | |
| 26 Baschet – FX | |
| 27 Baschet – Gliss – Cho | A long glissando on the rods – similar to a Waterphone |
| 28 Baschet – Gliss – Flx – Planetary Tone | |
| 29 Baschet – Gliss – Flx Cho | |
| 30 Baschet – Gliss – Flx | |
| 31 Baschet – Gliss | |
| 32 Baschet Close – Chorus | A close mic’ed, multi-sampled version. |
| 33 Baschet Close – Filter Shimmer | |
| 34 Baschet Close – Long Release | |
| 35 Baschet Close 2 – Chorus | A second close mic’ed, multi-sampled version. |
| 36 Baschet Close 2 – Flx – Cho | |
| 37 Baschet Close 2 – Flx Qtr Cho | |
| 38 Baschet Close 2 – Flx | |
| 39 Baschet Close 2 – No Release | |
| 40 Baschet Close 2 – Short Fil Cho | |
| 41 Baschet Close 2 | |
| 42 Baschet Close | |
| 43 Baschet Log Drum – Flx Sat Cho | Percussive strike yielding a Log Drum sound |
| 44 Baschet Log Drum – Sat Cho | |
| 45 Baschet Log Drum – Stereo | |
| 46 Baschet Noise FX – Flx Stereo | |
| 47 Baschet Noise FX – Stereo | Taps, hammers and flicks of the rods, metal, & diffusers |
| 48 Baschet Noise FX | |
| 49 Baschet Short – Flx Cho | |
| 50 Baschet Short – Flx Tun Cho | |
| 51 Baschet Short – Nat Cho | Shorter tones, multi-sampled, of the Cristal Baschet |
| 52 Baschet Short – Nat | |
| 53 Baschet Short – Tun Cho | |
| 54 Baschet Short – Tun | |
| 55 Baschet Short 2 – Cho | A variation of the shorter tones, multi-sampled |
| 56 Baschet Short 2 – Flx Cho Paddish | |
| 57 Baschet Short 2 – Flx Cho | |
| 58 Baschet Short 2 | |
| 59 Baschet Strikes Map – Cho | Close proximity microphone recording – multi-sampled |
| 60 Baschet Strikes Map | |
| 61 Baschet Sub Bass – Cho Rel | A twist into a sub-bass sound |
| 62 Baschet Sub Bass – Flx Cho Rel | |
| 63 Baschet Sub Bass – Flx Hit Cho Rls | |
| 64 Baschet Sub Bass – Hit | |
| 65 Baschet Sub Bass – Release | |
| 66 Baschet Sub Bass | |
| 67 Close Baschet – Nat | A smaller footprint version of the Cristal Baschet |
| 68 Close Baschet – Tun Cho | |
| 69 Close Baschet – Tun Flx Cho | |
| 70 Close Baschet – Tun | |
| 71 Flutish Baschet – Cho Rls | A looped, flute-like tone from one of the glass rods |
| 72 Flutish Baschet – Cho | |
| 73 Flutish Baschet – Mod Sus Cho Rls | |
| 74 Flutish Baschet – Sus Cho Rls | |
| 75 Flutish Baschet – Sus Cho | |
| 76 Flutish Baschet – Sustained | |
| 77 Flutish Baschet |
Delivery:
This sample pack for the full version of Kontakt is delivered via the Pulse Downloader App.
Photo Credit:
Photo is courtesy TitaniumSound®
