Imaginary Instrument | 003

Voltglas

The sound of tuned ceramic chimes and a whole lot of unregulated electromagnetism.

Voltglas sits at the intersection of aggressive industrialization and musical innovation - a suitcase keyboard with touch sensitive keys and a terrible attitude.

Standard and experimental playing styles, three extremely characterful mic signals, all tethered by a comprehensive - if haphazard - sonic fingerprint.

As a part of the Imaginary Instruments collection, Voltglas is fictional, but not fake. More about that here.
$45.00

DEMOS

Trailer Music
Voltglas Only

Asbestos
Voltglas Only

Mood Xenon

Mood Neon

Ironrise

Watch the full Voltglas walkthrough.

user interface

FEATURES

Articulations

  • Standard- notes played normally
  • Magnet-Bowing - bizarre drones created by dragging magnets near the keys and tines
  • Overvolted - the instrument shuddering and feeding back into itself by holding a key with the voltage regulator bypassed
  • Tine Scrapes - rattling a key from side-to-side and scraping the surface of the chimes causing the tuned ceramic components to jangle and scrape against the tone generator assembly

Controls

  • Keys - mix in the mechanical noise of the keys and levers
  • Dynamics - control how much key velocity effects volume
  • Attack/Release - adjust attack and release envelopes
  • Reverb - a global reverb send

Signals

  • Dirty
  • Ruined
  • Spring

DI/Speaker Toggle

Switch between hearing Voltglas through its DI signal and its "not-so-HiFi" built in speakers.

SPECS AND REQUIREMENTS

Kontakt

  • Kontakt Player (the free version of Kontakt) | Version 8.9.0

Size

  • 1.5 GB of storage

System

  • macOS 14, and 15 (latest update)
  • Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack)
  • Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, or Apple Silicon, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)
  • Graphics hardware support for Direct 3D 11.1 (Feature Level 11_0) or higher
  • 2 GB free disk space
  • Supports ASIO, Core Audio, and WASAPI