Environments - Piscina Mirabilis

Environments "Piscina Mirabilis" features sound gestures from a handmade electroacoustic feedback setup and the impulse response (three different types) of "Piscina Mirabilis", a roman water cistern located in Bacoli, in the northwest of Gulf of Naples (Italy). The cistern, made in Augusts era, it's the biggest roman cistern of drinking water ever realized.
The sampled instruments features feedback, strings, efx, and percussive sounds.
The setup consist of a handmade electroacoustic feedback system made of a several recycled objects such as a steel coffee can, plastic pipes, and modified springs used along with speakers and microphones. The result is an ensemble of resonators and reverberators in a unique environment.

Specifications:

• 42 Kontakt Instruments (.nki).
• Up to 5 Round Robin samples.
• 161 Samples (44.1kHz / 32-bit).
• 3 Reverb Impulse Responses.
• Formats: Kontakt and WAV.
• Sample sets including: nylon strings, steel strings, feedbacks, custom made instruments.

• Native Instruments Kontakt 4.2.4+ full version required.

Soundcloud Demo

This library was inspired by a video by Salvatore Carannante, a musician who plays common or recycled everyday objects as a way of interacting with the acoustic space.
{See video at top of page}