This is a demo for a Kontakt instrument available at https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/noisymichael

The Resonator MKII is a unique sound, reminiscent of  pioneering, pre-1950, electronic instruments like the Ondioline and the Theremin.

Unlike those monophonic instruments, this Kontakt Kit has, in addition to the melody oscillator, a set of "resonators", which produce an ever-shifting set of drone voices, sort of like the oscillator version of sympathetic resonator strings on a sitar or a viola d'amore.

It works like this: You play a melody with the right hand, and hold
down a chord with the left.  As you are playing the melody, different notes of the chord will be brought out as they resonate with whatever melody notes you are holding in the left hand. The left hand notes do not sound when you play them, rather they fade in an out on their own in resonance with whatever melody you are playing with the right.

All this is accomplished with a custom script for Kontakt, not available anywhere else - its like a dedicated VST instrument.

The result is a rich texture that constantly shifts with different notes coming to the fore, all in a gorgeous space provided by the
Kontakt convolution reverb with a choice of impulses.

There are extensive real-time controls: the control panel allows you
to tailor the sound to taste, with controls for the vibrato, resonator
volume, the glide-time, the keyboard split and more (see screenshot). The mod wheel fades between two classic waveforms (pulse and sine). Portamento (glide) is provided with variable glide time and a full-time or a legato-only mode.

New in Mark II: completely redesigned GUI, choice of sine or complex  resonator waveform; choice of convolution reverb algorithms, new smoother single-cycle pulse waveform.

Resonator II Demo

Michael Bietenholz