Sometimes the noises have some tonal content, sometimes they don’t, and usually it seems it has its own mind to do whatever it wants to. “Imagine the most horrific things in any instrument, all put into one, and its sole purpose is to make noises. “I can tell you it’s one effed-up thing to master, or even to play,” smiles Alanko when I ask him about the curious instrument. Stephen King had a visceral reaction to hearing it in action for the first time (which is very fitting, when you realise how closely Remedy’s “new weird” games tread to King’s oeuvre), but for Alanko, it was the key to the mysterious, hostile ambience that Alan Wake 2 needed to conjure in its Dark Place. The Apprehension Engine – made famous in unsettling films such as The Witch and The Lighthouse – was once called “the most terrifying instrument ever made” by Brian Eno. “They happened to have a lot of very interesting instruments down there, namely the Mega Marvin and the Apprehension Engine.” The Apprehension Engine is one effed-up thing to master, or even to play Petri Alanko “Eventually some of Remedy’s basement wonders were brought in, too,” he says. He played with the inharmonic, with screeching, he pushed woodwind and brass to their limits within the matrices of high-end recording software. He experimented with feedback, with recording sounds above the range of human hearing and bringing them within range to see how messed up it sounded. To get across the vibe of the Dark Place, Alan Wake 2’s hostile otherworld, Alanko tested and recorded the way instruments sounded when left to ring, or when compressed or dampened. Remedy gave the composer room to experiment, and the results are easily on par with what you’d hear in arthouse cinephile hits that might run rampant at Cannes or Sundance, a perfect blend of disquieting and intelligible. Photograph: Remedy Entertainmentīut what does that sound like? For Alanko, it was dropping pianos off forklift trucks, laying into the ivory keys with sex toys, fiddling with a custom-built “apprehension engine” and playing with a “demonic” instrument called the Mega Marvin (“a giant cowbell with rods and springs”). Interested in learning about the profession? Check out /r/TattooApprentice and our Apprenticeship FAQ.View image in fullscreen An aural mimic of Wake’s mental breakdown … Alan Wake 2. Here's a helpful and informative Beginner's Guide, courtesy of /u/zzz0mbiez! Comments and/or posts may be removed at moderator discretion. Please do not reach out to moderators privately via DM or chat. If you see any posts or comments that break any of these rules, please utilize the report or modmail functions and let us know. Please don't ask about pricing - it varies so wildly between regions and artists that we simply can't give you a helpful answer. We ask that you post a maximum of once per day, excessive posts will lead to removal.
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