We spend a great deal of our time finding and/or creating new
instruments that are not commonly known and our next release is no
exception. Essentially we managed to get our hands on a unique tuned
percussion instrument, which is made by an artisan in the San
Francisco Bay Area and can only be found in a handful of local music
shops. The maker makes one at the time, so there are very few of them
in the world. The instrument is known as a "Circle Bell" and sounds
somewhere between a Gamelan, Glass Waterbowl, Prayer Bowl and
something extraterrestrial. The instrument is made of an array of 6
steel bells, ranging from 2" to 3 1/2" in diameter and about 10"
long.
Tonehammer: Circle Bells:
* Articulation list:
** Cloth mallet strikes: an average of 12 velocity layers
with our standard 10 round-robins
** Cloth mallet rolls: modwheel controlled loops with 3+
velocity layers and 2+ round robins with release triggers
** Twin metal guitar pick strikes: an average of 12 velocity
layers and 10x round-robin
** Twin metal guitar pick scratch effects: 8 layers and 8
round robins per layer
** Twin metal guitar pick scratch "rolls": modwheel
controlled loops with 3+ velocity layers and 2+ round robins with
release triggers
** Bowing sustains on all bells (fundamental notes and
harmonics): 2+ velocity layers and 2+ round robin with release
triggers
** Bowing staccatos on all bells (fundamental notes and
harmonics): 2+ velocity layers and 2+ round robin
** Custom sculptable ambient drones, created using only the
circle bells as source material
* Extensive read me install, patch and hint documentation (.pdf)
* Interview w/Mike Peaslee / Troels Folmann on Circle Bells (mp3
interview)
* 35 instrument patches, 1.994 samples, 3.6 GB installed, 2 GB
.rar 2-part download (after downloading, both parts automatically join
when part 1 is extracted)
* Sample resolution: 44.1Khz /24 bit and stereo .wav format
* Format(s): Kontakt 2 and .wav
* Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2.4 / 3 full stand-alone
retail versions required
* Bonus: Ambient Circle Bell Glitch Bank with 53 Glitched Loops
(Kontakt 3 only) by Steven Tavaglione.
http://www.tonehammer.com/?p=1978
Download File Size:2.05 GB
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