Soundiron Bamblong

About

The Bamblong is a small bamboo idiophone similar to a marimba or angklung, meticulously hand-crafted from sections of cut and carved bamboo from Southest Asia. It is comprised of a row of tuned bamboo logs that serve as resonance chambers, each ranging between 11?2 - 21?4 inches in diameter and 8 – 14 inches in length, with sound holes cut into the top of each one. The actual playing surface for each log is a thin bamboo plank suspended on pegs over each bamboo log. When played with recycled rubber bicycle tire mallets, the instrument has a smooth and mellow, yet very crisp and clear musical note, with a quick decay.

We recorded it first in a very close, intimate dry setting to capture the full warmth and tonality of each note. This gives it a rich, strong presence and total creative flexibility and also allows our Bamblong to work extremely well with any reverb or spatializing effect you like. We deep-sampled the instrument exhaustively, with an average of 20 dynamic velocity layers per note and 10 round-robin variations per dynamic layer. We also recorded strikes and rolls using nylon jazz brushes for a unique raspy effect. In addition to the dry studio articulations, the bamblong was also recorded in a large glass and stone recording hall for a bright, organic live sound. This “wet” version of the Bamblong is ideal for use in symphonic arrangements and blending with other concert percussion.

Contents

• Dry, Studio-Recorded Multisamples with Mallets
• Dry, Studio-Recorded Multisamples with Brushes
• Dry Brush Rolls w/ release samples
• Wet, Hall Looping Sustains w/Release
• Sustaining tonal pads and evolving atmospheres

Product Specs

Features:

1. 1.56 GB installed
2. 2,519 Samples
3. 17 .nki instrument presets
4. 16 & 24 bit / 48kHz uncompressed PCM wav samples
5. Unlocked Kontakt presets and wav samples to allow user customization

Requirements:

• mac
  • ram:2
  • disk:2
  • version:Mac OSX 10.6 or higher
  • additional_requirements:Full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.1 or later
  • plugins:
    • VST-2
    • VST-3
    • AU
    • AAX
    • STAND-ALONE
• windows
  • ram:2
  • disk:2
  • version:Windows XP or higher
  • additional_requirements:Full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.1 or later
  • plugins:
    • VST-2
    • VST-3
    • AAX
    • STAND-ALONE

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