Uploaded February 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Purchase the instrument here: decentsamples.com/product/box-cello-kontakt

In December 2018, I built a fully playable cello out of an old silverware box. Now you can own the sounds of this totally unique instrument in a feature-packed Kontakt library.

* Three articulations: sustain (both velocity and modwheel), spiccato and pizzicato
* Up to 8 round robins per note, 2 velocity layers for a maximum total of 16 different samples per note!
* ADSR controls on all patches (except spiccato)
* EQ controls on all patches
* Recorded with three different mics (including a piezo contact mic). Mic levels are controllable after the fact to give maximum sonic flexibility
* Three experimental patches: Texture I, Open Strings, Open Strings (Ensemble)
* Requires the full version of Kontakt 5.3.1 or later.
* Library size: 1.03GB (each articulation is separate patch so you can easily get rid of articulations you don't need if you find yourself short on disk space)


Here's the video about the making of the cello: youtu.be/N8OUY4UxMzg