The "Cylindrum" is a massive custom built tuned percussion instrument ranging over 4 octaves, so a percussionists dream come true. We spent over two years figuring out how to build and record the whole thing, since there is a rather complicated set of mathematics behind cutting and tuning all of the pipes to create each note. It operates using the principle of open and closed air column resonance. Overall, it sounds like some kind of strange organic synthesizer morphed into a broad array of tuned tom-toms.
Our Cylindrum library contains three separate variations of the instrument (light, dry and wet). The light version is made from a series of 1-inch Schedule 40 PVC water pipes that were played by tapping fingers over one end, with a microphone positioned at the opposite end. The dry version was made a series of 4-inch ABS corrugated plastic tubes with an open-ended rubber head played with a paddle. The wet version was a steries of 3-inch ABS corrugated plastic tubes with felt mallets on a a 3/8" thick rubber head, performed in our signature hall. It has more overtones and percussive feel than the dry and light versions – resulting in a sort of tuned tom-tom sound. The 1" light version was recorded in mono for a more focused sound, while the 4" dry and 3" wet versions were recorded in stereo.
Tonehammer Cylindrum Facts:
- $49
- Dry and Wet Recordings
- 10 x round robin and 6-10 velocities for dry and wet version
- Cylindrum Light (1-inch PVC Pipes tapped w/ fingers)
- Cylindrum Dry (massive 4-inch ABS Pipes played with rubber mallet, includes muted hits w/pedal)
- Cylindrum Wet (massive 4-6 inch ABS Pipes recorded in orchestral hall)
- Cylindrones (Ambient Drones made from Cylindrum samples)
- Extensive read me install, patch and hint documentation (.pdf) (download here)
- 8 instrument patches, 3,362 samples, 844 MB installed, 266 MB .rar download
- Sample resolution: 44.1Khz/16Bit stereo and mono .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.
Cylindrum Demo 1
Featuring: Cylindrum (Wet), Anti-Drum and composer bundle 2.
Note: All vocal sounds- and pads is from the first of our Tongue Series: "Francesca" ETA March 2009
Download Cylindrum Demo 1 mp3 demo
Download Cylindrum Demo 1 (Cylindrum Only) mp3 demo
Demo by Troels Folmann
Cylindrum Demo 2
Featuring: Cylindrum (Wet/Dry), Hang Drum, Live Guitar & Drums
Download Cylindrum Demo 2 mp3 demo
Download Cylindrum Demo 2 (Cylindrum Only) mp3 demo
Demo by Gregg Stephens
Cylindrum Demo 3
Featuring: Cylindrum (Wet, Dry, Light) and Anti-Drum.
Note: All vocal sounds- and pads is from the first of our Tongue Series: "Francesca" ETA March 2009
Download Cylindrum Demo 2 mp3 demo
Download Cylindrum Demo 2 (Cylindrum Only) mp3 demo
Demo by Troels Folmann
John
May 11, 2009
Ray Savage
February 16, 2009
Francesco De Leonardis
February 13, 2009
Paul Latham
February 13, 2009
Gareth Coker
February 13, 2009