waterphone

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Comment by Mike Torr on April 13, 2008 at 11:34am

I first heard about this instrument on the cover notes of an album by "Sky" - they had used it on one of the tracks. I now have a sample of it in my East west libraries, but I didn't know it could be plucked - how interesting!

Comment by Pete Surdoval on June 4, 2007 at 1:56pm

Oh I want one!!!! I have a birthday coming up. Where'd your girlfriend get it? Will she get me one too?

Comment by Chris Alpiar on June 4, 2007 at 1:43pm

awesome, looks like a tesla coil lol

Comment by dain ryan on June 4, 2007 at 12:32pm

oh the irony! the new age is here when people don't even recognize the actual instruments that they've heard a million times! the waterphone is the sound you hear in every dramatic movie/tv show where they want to show tension or horror. it can be plucked or played like a hand drum, but normally it is bowed with a cello bow when filled with water. you can move the water around to modulate the pitch. here's a link to the inventor:http://www.richardawaters.com/waterphone/sounds.html

every time i hear it i want to go "previously on lost.."

the funny thing is its a surprisingly versatile instrument although most of the sample sets you find are completely randomly played. i guess
they're capitalizing on the "otherworldlyness"
of it.

Comment by Chris Merritt on June 4, 2007 at 12:11pm

Woa. What is that? A theremin like device? These things confuse and scare me unless there is a DXi version.