Experimental cello
A mind-bending solo cello from a unique player. Unconventional articulations with transformative processing plus electronic sounds and mysterious noises—all captured in an unusual, evocative acoustic space.
Straight out of a giant, spherical radar station, Radome combines provocative cello with electronic noise, ambient textures, and distorted artifacts—a sublime palette for sound design. Perfect for creating horror and suspense, or expressing dark, complex emotional textures.
Specs & requirements
Content
19 articulations
5 mic positions
Processed: 6 drones, 4 textures, 6 static and interference sounds, 4 percussive impact, 5 variable multi-layered noise patches
SINE system requirements
Mac: macOS 10.13 or higher | Intel Core i5 or similar | Apple M1 chipset supported | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Windows: Windows 10 | Intel Core i5 or similar | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Formats supported: Standalone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX
Size
25 GB of samples (10 GB SINEarc compressed)
24 bit / 48 KHz patches
Audio demos
Avant-garde cello in a highly distinctive environment
Use Radome to build an intriguing sonic environment with the raspy, overpressured sustains and harmonic-laden oscillations of a solo cello. Inject suspense with string scrapes, gull-like calls, hair-raising harmonic glissandi, and screeching trills.
Transformative patches combine the ambience of the distinctive acoustic space with heavy effects processing and layered synth textures to create a range of uncommon sounds. Select from an array of droning patches set in cavernous spaces. And draw from sounds that evoke the site’s ominous past, including electronic static, crackly interference, and electronic pulses as well as enigmatic, echoing noises and eerie winds.
Radome’s driving force
Radome’s cello was played by Franziska Aigner—an accomplished cellist, vocalist, and composer. As a solo performer and recording artist, she frequently blends droning and ambient cello tones with dreamy, breathy vocals to produce atmospheric soundscapes. Her extensive background in dance and deep academic expertise in philosophy provide rich sources for creative expression.
Inside Radome
The sounds of Radome were recorded at Berlin’s iconic Teufelsberg. German for ‘Devil’s Mountain’, Teufelsberg is a hill built with rubble from the second world war. The hill is also home to an abandoned Cold War listening station. And it’s here, inside the site’s largest radar dome (a large, spherical structure that protects a radar antenna from the elements), that we captured the unique acoustics and resonant ambiences for this collection.
The Fabrik series
Sinoid
Mutated sine waves
Radome
Experimental cello
Achrome
Electronic tonalities
Transit
Cities in motion
Konduit
Sonic electricity
Runs in SINE
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