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Kalimbas

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Tonehammer is proud to present the mighty Kalimba. The Kalimba (Thumb Piano) is a tuned percussion instrument and a variant of the African Mbira. It's essentially a hollow wooden box with metal keys attached to it. The instrument is plucked with thumbs and the wooden box helps increase the resonance of the metal keys. However Tonehammer took it to the next level. We recorded the Kalimba in four different locations for ultimate user freedom. The user can choose between dry (close-mic'd in a small, dead room), wet (small hall), wetter (big hall / close mics) and wettest (big hall – far mics).

 

Tonehammer Kalimba Facts:

  • $29
  • 3 Locations (Dry, Small Bright Hall, Large Dark Hall), 4 total microphone positions (Dry, Small Hall Far mics, Big Hall Close Mics, Big Hall Far Mics)
  • Sample resolution: 44.1Khz/16Bit
  • large variety of custom presets and instrument patches (tuned / natural), 1,036 samples, 609 MB installed, 202 MB download
  • Kalimba Read-Me (.pdf) instruction manual
  • 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.

 

Kalimba / Demo 1

Featuring: Kalimba
Note: This demo also contains samples from Tonehammer Hang Drum and Anti-Drum Clap. Additional samples from upcoming Tonehammer libraries, including Rainstick, Ikea Flower Vase, Blown Coke Bottle and custom vocals.
Download Kalimba Demo 1 mp3 demo
Download Kalimba Demo 1 (Kalimba Only) mp3 demo
Demo by Troels Folmann

 

Kalimba / Demo 2

Featuring: Kalimba
Download Kalimba Demo 2 mp3 demo
Demo by Troels Folmann

 

 

     

    5 Comments

    Mark Schmieder

    September 21, 2009

    Finally (and this is true of all of your libraries), someone who UNDERSTANDS this instrument and doesn’t think of it as a “toy” to add “flavour” to new-agey material and pseudo-funk exercises. I have owned commercial kalimbas from Oscar Schmidt and quality traditional gourd kalimbas, which tend to sound a bit darker, have wider dynamic range, and more complex harmonic interaction. I am guessing that this library was sampled from a traditional kalimba and not a modern commercial one.

    MR

    March 26, 2009

    brilliant … you guys should release this vocals too.

    scott davidson

    February 6, 2009

    |Brilliant, finally a top class kalimba instrument, compares and blends very well with soniccoutures ethnic instruments.

    well done!

    Andrew Merkel-Reich

    January 6, 2009

    And yet another tremendous library, which blends very well with other custom libraries. Thanx a lot again!!!

    Greets
    Andrew

    TQ

    January 2, 2009

    Great demos, especially the first one. I love that organic sounding wind instrument – is that the Blown Coke Bottle? Guess I need to practice playing Coke Bottles now… ;- Any word on when we will see these new libraries, and what’s next?

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