Checking Out: Woven Cello by Somerville Sounds

What happens when you stop treating a cello like a cello? Woven Cello turns this timeless instrument into something much more textural, cinematic, and surprisingly versatile.

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Checking Out: Woven Cello by Somerville Sounds

At the time of posting, Woven Cello is available for $79.00 from Somerville Sounds

Woven Cello normally sells for $99.00 from Somerville Sounds

Woven Cello from Somerville Sounds takes the familiar sound of the cello and approaches it from a more textural and contemporary perspective. Rather than focusing solely on traditional solo-cello performance, the instrument combines cello-based sounds, articulations, and textures into an expressive instrument capable of everything from intimate acoustic phrases to rich, atmospheric layers. It can be played melodically, but its ability to produce chords and more expansive textures gives it a character that moves well beyond a conventional cello library.

Woven Cello also includes a range of articulations, presets, and phrase-based sounds that make it useful for both composition and sound design. The phrase and key-center features can quickly generate musical ideas while keeping the material harmonically connected, while the broader preset collection explores the instrument’s more atmospheric and cinematic side. The result is an instrument that retains the organic character of the cello while offering plenty of room for creating something less familiar.

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