This piece is named after the great hissing beatle. It is part of a series entitled "philanthropoid" that you'll see a bit more of in the future if you stick around to see us come up. It is a sonic symphony of nasty and grimy sweetness - honey that's gone crusty, peanut butter from the fridge, endless layers of sound possibilities emenating from High quality OSC originally based on high tech speech synthesis. This however is a language nothing else speaks - seemingly random bits that can be rediscovered time and time again. The main controls for altering the synthesis are 2 knobs that work together with extreme sensitivity - the slightest turn of either changing the texture to a great extent. Waveforms (individual, or multiple layers) can be captured and maintained, often intermodulating in beautiful and/or disturbing ways. Albums are waitng to be created here as the sound is quite different from anything else you'll find and we're certain you'll be amazed.

There are two folktek designed buttons and switches on the panel that are the primary activating controls. One is intended to activate waves either as a button or a switch, the other to capture waves. Once a wave is captured there is a button that will allow you to cipher through new waves at random. And we've included a switch that will change the overall texture of the sound. We've got a power starver knob that drastically changes the way this piece functions, and a gain knob to play it hot or cool. A bright white lamp will indicate the power level and the sound travels out to 1/4" jack. The Growling Insect runs on an included battery pack

The housing we've used is a very high quality vintage wood case with removable lid.