Sound design studio Slate + Ash has unveiled a new virtual guitar based on sounds created by a slew of well-known guitarists that includes Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley, Oren Ambarchi, David Torn and Bill Horist.
Each guitarist contributed sounds, such as loops, textures and mechanical failures, which Slate + Ash then deconstructed and turned into a suite of preset sounds for the virtual guitar. Watch a showcase for the software instrument, which is titled Ruins, below.
Slate + Ash produced the software product together with Brooklyn-based studio Circular Ruin, and they collectively described the virtual instrument as an “infinitely recursive sonic artefact” inspired by the short story that gave the latter studio its name, Jorge Luis Borges’ The Circular Ruins.
Watch a video trailer showcasing the virtual guitar below.
