Humanistic shakers, drum machine tambourines, laser guns, minimal techno offbeats, giant-robot movie sound design, etc. It's all yours with the Chimera (kai-meer-ah).

First, WMD recorded samples of different metallic hits to create the sonic signatures that they call Surfaces. The sources include tambourines, sleigh bells, drill bits, wrenches, shell casings, coins, chains, stomp box enclosures and about 50 eurorack panels from an order that came damaged from our supplier. Unlike it's younger sibling, the Fracture, the Chimera uses impulse rich sonic signatures that have lots of detail and long tails to create rich, detailed, shaker like sounds.

Second, they built a proprietary granular synthesis engine around the sonic signatures with the goal of making a module that could sound like a human hitting and shaking a tambourine. With the fundamentals finished, they tweaked the control ranges, built the post-engine effects, and bomb-proofed the hardware.

• 8 HP 30 mm deep

Drum Noise Oscillator

Found Sound Australia Pty Ltd.
110 Albert St
Brunswick East, VIC 3057
Australia