We recorded very long organic textures, irregular electric cello tremolos, ukulele tremolos or glockenspiel random notes, to name a few. We processed all sounds and often combine them with sea waves or seagulls, to get original, moving and evolving sounds. We crafted every single sample carefully using creative effects and outboard. It was a long process since we processed and curated hours of recordings just to select the best sounding textures and place them in the Baltic Shimmers collection.

Most of our samples went through tape and after slowing down, were recorded again digitally. This process added a truly organic feel and imperfection to our sounds. You get the best of Baltic Shimmers by playing very long notes. Most of the samples are very long and in combination with clever modulation, you may play single notes for a few minutes and it will constantly evolve. Some movements are very subtle while others can turn from even and static to detuned, wobbly and randomly changing timbre.

Baltic Shimmers instrument has 3 types of sounds: Shimmers, Pads and Drones. Each has its own unique functions and GUI. Shimmer type has 3 stages which can morph from static, through wave into foam or as we like to call it “shimmer”.

Pad type on the other hand is more traditional but built from 3 atoms. Every atom is a unique sound. Atom 1 and 2 is always a long texture played forwards or backwards, while atom 3 is a sea noise which is always triggered on key release. This way you can play music like every note is a sea wave. You can change the volume of every atom so you can completely change or even mute chosen parts.