Tonehammer Circle Bells KONTAKT DVDR
 

We spend a great deal of our time finding and/or creating new instruments that are not commonly known and the Circle Bells are no exception. We managed to get our hands on a very 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 only one at the time, so there are very few of them available in the world. The instrument sounds somewhere between a Gamelan, Glass Waterbowl, Prayer Bowl and something extraterrestrial. It is made of an array of 6 steel cone-shaped bells, ranging from 2" to 3 1/2" in diameter and each about 10" long.

Tonehammer: Circle Bells:
* Articulation list:
o Cloth mallet strikes: an average of 12 velocity layers with our standard 10 round-robins
o Cloth mallet rolls: modwheel controlled loops with 3 velocity layers and 2 round robins with release triggers
o Twin metal guitar pick strikes: an average of 12 velocity layers and 10x round-robin
o Twin metal guitar pick scratch effects: 8 layers and 8 round robins per layer
o Twin metal guitar pick scratch "rolls": modwheel controlled loops with 3 velocity layers and 2 round robins with release triggers
o Bowing sustains on all bells (fundamental notes and harmonics): 2 velocity layers and 2 round robin with release triggers
o Bowing staccatos on all bells (fundamental notes and harmonics): 2 velocity layers and 2 round robin
o 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, 2.2 GB .rar 2-part download
* Sample resolution: 44.1Khz /24 bit and stereo .wav format
* Format(s): Kontakt and .wav
* Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 2 / 3 / 4 full retail versions required.
* Note: Free Kontakt Player will only work for 30 minutes with this product. Full version required to remove this restriction.
* Bonus: Ambient Drone instruments, including Circle Bell Glitch Bank with 53 Glitched Loops (Kontakt 3 only) by Steven Tavaglione.

Release Info:
Tonehammer.Circle.Bells.KONTAKT.DVDR-DYNAMiCS
SUPPLiER..: Team DYNAMiCS
PACKAGER..: Team DYNAMiCS
FORMAT..: KONTAKT

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