Welcome to our Bamblong (bamboo log drum).

The Bamblong is a small tuned percussion instrument, similar in principle to a
marimba. It has 4 bamboo resonance chambers, roughly ranging between 1. . 2.
inches wide and 8 . 14 inches long, with sound holes in the top of each. The
playing surfaces are thin bamboo planks, suspended on pegs over each bamboo
log. It came with a set of mallets with flat, round heads that appear to be
carved out of bicycle tire. It has a very crisp yet mellow, raspy note with
a short sustain. We captured it both wet and dry, using our old favorite hall
and our large recording booth. We used close micing techniques in both to get
a responsive, warm, present and intimate sound. We sampled the instrument
exhaustively, with an average of 20 velocity layers per note and a standard
10 round-robin variations per layer. We also recorded strikes and rolls using
nylon jazz brushes in the dry set.

As a bonus, we.ve included a selection of dynamic ambient patches, using only
the Bamblong as our source material. It.s natural sonic properties carry over
clearly into these soundscapes, providing ready-made textural accompaniment.

As an added bonus, we.ve included a large set of convolution reverb impulses,
carefully recorded in the same hall as our epic instruments, as well as as
the wet version of the Bamblong. We did our best to capture the breath and
clarity of the room, to allow you to bring any instrument you like into that
same acoustical space. They are encoded in standard wave format, so any major
convolution reverb plugin should be able to open them, including the built-in
convolution effect in Kontakt 2/3.

Tonehammer Bamblong:
Dry Mallets
Dry Mallet (tuned)
Dry Mallet (untuned)
Dry Mallet Lite
Dry Mallet w/ custom epic hall verb
Dry Brush Strike
Dry Brush (tuned)
Dry Brush (untuned)
Dry Brush Lite
Dry Brush w/ custom epic hall verb
Dry Brush Rolls w/ release samples
Dry Rolls
Dry Rolls w/ custom epic hall verb
Dry Rolls w/modwheel dynamics control
Dry Rolls w/modwheel dynamics control and custom epic verb
Wet Mallets w/ modwheel room size control
Wet Mallets (tuned)
Wet Mallets (untuned)
Wet Mallets Lite
Bonus Sound Designed Bamboo Ambiences
8 fully controllable dynamic soundscape patches with modwheel sculpting
30 individual long looping tracks
1 Custom melodic combo patch
23 Custom Convolution Reverb Impulse Files (our favorite epic hall)
Extensive read me install, patch and hint documentation (.pdf) (download here)
Exclusive Mike/Troels talking about the library (mp3 interview)
26 instrument patches, 2.542 samples, 1.45 GB installed, 450 MB .rar download
44.1kHz/24bit stereo .wav formats
Format(s): Kontakt 2 and .wav
Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2.4 / 3 full stand-alone retail versions required

Download File Size:707.86 MB

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