Bell

The Bell is a church or hand bell, with a bell's rich, slightly clashing overtones. Like every Resonator, it takes Springs, Exciters, and Mics, here placed around its rim and up its wall, and its pitch follows the played note, with its lowest tone, the hum, an octave below.

Its overtones follow the classic profile of a Western bell: the hum, then the prime at the Frequency, then the minor-third tierce, the quint, the nominal an octave above the prime, and higher partials above those. The Bell stands upright with its crown on top. On its contacts, Contact: U goes around the bell and Contact: V runs up the wall, from 0 at the lip to 1 at the crown.

The Bell has no properties of its own. Its Frequency, decay, Material, Curvature, Mode EQ, and other shared properties are documented on the Resonator page. Curvature gives a struck bell its blooming shimmer.