Plastic Vinegar

Recycled percussive splosh anyone?

ByClay LaHatte

The story

I used up a plastic bottle of vinegar, and thought the bottle might make an interesting sound, and it sort of does. So I sampled it.

There are two hits; one with finger meat, the other with fingernail. Then there is a electric keys type of sound I made using a hit sample with the Tone Machine in Kontakt. Also there is a cymbalish sound, or sound effect, made from a breath I made in the recording while sampling.

I have to say, the key’s sound isn’t all that spectacular by itself, but I layered the keys sound and the dull hit with a nice grand piano, and the vinegar sounds really make the magic happen. Give that a try, see what you think.

Reviews

  • Great Sound, Made From A Vinegar Bottle!

    It never ceases to amaze me. The creativity and genius of the Pianobook community. Who would've ever thought of taking a plastic bottle of vinegar and turning it into an instrument? The sound of this is incredible. It has an 80's synth feel to it. Layer it with strings or piano for some interesting textures. Enjoy!

    dafingaz on 13 October 2021
  • Unexpected sound - unique hitting texture!

    Never imagined the sound from the title!! It has a nice tube kind of sound with nice amount of ambience.

    Asuka Amane on 30 October 2021
  • Cool plucky sounds and keys!

    This library contains four patches and a multi. I found them all to be well recorded, well edited within Kontakt, and very playable. I wasn't a huge fan of the Breath Cymbal FX, but the other three were really fun, useful plucky sounds. The multi is also great. In his laster instruments, Clay started providing an easy way to disable the reverb in the GUI, but these instruments require you to dig into Kontakt. It's great that the sounds weren't recorded with reverb, however, so it's easy to eliminate it if that's what you prefer. A worthy download!

    Sam EcoffCreator on 04 November 2021
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