Priska’s first thoughts on Manipulator

“As a musician, I’ve always just stuck to super acoustic instruments. Whether I had an acoustic guitar backing me up, or I was just on a keyboard, I never really thought of using electronic stuff. I just felt like it was too beyond me and only “cool” people could get to use it.

When I tried out Manipulator — and this is the first time I’ve ever used an electronic plugin — it totally opened up a new dimension for me. In my mind, I was thinking about this song in a 3-dimensional scape instead of a 2-dimensional scape. It allowed me to manipulate my voice in different ways and also made me feel that I could put on a really big sounding show with only myself. I felt empowered. It was like I could be authentic to the power of ten.

I think Manipulator is my gateway drug into getting into electronic sounds and devices. It’s really created a new challenge for me. Now, when I’m playing songs, I’m thinking about things in a different way. I’m not quite as happy with it just sitting on it’s own. I want to give it another dimension and another push. I’m really excited to try and incorporate more of that into my music.”