#esx24

Over the last few days I have been looking for sounds to use in the ESX24 - unconventional natrual sounds, that didnt originate from an instrument. I looked in particular for some tuned and pure percussive sounds here are some of my findings:

Water - Water is a really good compositional tool as it can be manipulated in many different ways to change the way it sounds, for example dripping could have some resonance and tonal qualities so can running water from a stream etc. The fast attack that can be created also gives it some percussive qualities.

Fireworks - With Guy Fawkes Night just left us, fireworks have been everywhere, the sound of the "Wooooshing" gives a very unique tonal sound that could be pitched and mapped to a set of keys in the sampler, but the bang that follows it gives a very nice percussive sound with a sparkle of overtones at the end.

Cutlery - Hitting metal together, and against other things can have a lot of good sounds, as well as scraping it against other materials could give you the possibilities to produce pad sounds in the sampler.

Voice - The human voice works a lot like a subtractive synthesiser, due to the rich waveform our vocal chords produce, which can then be filtered in many different ways with our mouth. The voice is a great compositional tool, when used in a different way to singing, for example coughing or gargling.