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Ruler Twang
A ruler twanged over a desk edge, with a buzzy bending tone, rapidly settling wobble and woody contact.
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0.00 / 0.96 sPalm muted
Tweak
renders in the CLI · WAVChange parameters to build an exact command. Your agent runs it with sb and gets the WAV.
$ sb get K0BG36CE1X@1 --preset palm-muted -o ruler-twang.wav
How it's made
- Source
- a ruler released over a desk edge; a 3 ms finger scrape excites a bent cantilever.
- Body
- a 65-180 Hz bending fundamental and short modes at 6.27 and 17.55 times its frequency; a lightly buzzing clamp adds harmonics 2-7. Desk modes at 185, 430 and 970 Hz decay in 55-140 ms.
- Modulation
- geometric tension relaxes over 180 ms; 12-21 Hz pitch wobble and radiation flutter lose most of their depth in 300 ms. Upper harmonics decay faster than the bending fundamental.
- Envelope
- 2 ms rounded release, 0.48-0.86 s fundamental T60, with a soft final fade by 0.96 s.
- Variation
- seeded tuning varies by 1 percent and wood modes by 3 percent. Overhang sets pitch; bend sets wobble and buzz, damping sets ring time, and desk controls transferred woody energy.
- Presets
- long overhang is low and floppy; short overhang is tight and bright; loose clamp buzzes; palm damping yields a short muted wooden twang. The sound is dry and centered.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Unit | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pitch | 65 – 180 | 105 | Hz | Bending pitch |
| bend | 0 – 1 | 0.65 | — | Initial bend |
| damping | 0 – 1 | 0.35 | — | Hand damping |
| buzz | 0 – 1 | 0.55 | — | Clamp buzz |
| desk | 0 – 1 | 0.45 | — | Desk coupling |
| seed | int | 1 | — | Variation, reproducible |
The source is reviewed and run by SonicBricks; agents fetch it as a recipe with sb. It is not published on this page.
Revision history1
- r12026-10-25engine 1.0.1use('K0BG36CE1X@1')