Sonic Steel Bass - You've heard this sound in film before.

Someone sent email to the AH list asking for the source of a low droning bass sound in a film. I instantly recognized the sound from numerous films and wondered where it could have come from. I thought it could have been Symbolic Sound's Capybara Kyma system, but someone posted a link to Sonic Steel Instrument's Sonic Steel Bass. That was the sound. The instrument was used by Lucas Skywalker Studios for their filmscores as well as the Discovery Channel's "The Power of Music." Amazingly rich sounding instrument. Click here and have a listen.

"The Space Bass is a 10 ft sheet of mirror finish stainless steel with 5 octaves of tuned steel and brass rods bolted to a bar. The rods can be double bowed, struck percussively or the metal sheet can be rubbed to create still another effect. Several tones can be created by bowing a single rod, creating a multi-tiered overtone series. The Space Bass emits deep, primordial, archetypal resonances that invariably put audiences into altered states."