The history behind the upcoming Tonehammer Cajongo
(combination of Cajon and Bongo) is actually one of
darkness and despair. The Slaves of West and Central
African origin are considered to be the origin of
the Cajon drum, which is essentially a wooden box with
a thin sheet of wood nailed on as the sixth side acting
as the striking surface. The Cajon is a highly featured
instrument in Cuban music, which also traditionally
contains the bongo. The Bongo was also brought from
Africa to Cuba by the slaves and both are often
featured in salsa, rumba,changui and other traditional
styles.

Tonehammer decided to explore both instruments extensively
by sampling two sets of professional Cajons (snare and
non-snare) and three sets of professional Bongos (small,
medium and large). We recorded them as ensemble groups,
divisi groups and individual solo sets. The end result
includes nearly 8000 samples and 34 instrument patches.
We sampled both types of instruments close and dry,
using hands, fingers, mallets, sticks and brushes.
We made sure to cover a huge range of different playing
surfaces on all instruments. Both of the Cajons were also
recorded with two different microphone positions
(internal and external), so users can truly get the sound
they wish. Then, we also captured the 2 cajons and the
large primary bongo pair a second time, in a warm,
slightly wet wooden percussion studio, just to allow that
much more user flexibility. And as a bonus, we've included
a special section of ensemble hand claps, finger snaps and
hotrod stick clacks. All instruments and articulations in
the library have a full 10 round robins per velocity layer,
and up to 10 velocity layers each.

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