Tonehammer - Circle Bells


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

Tonehammer: Circle Bells:

    * $59
    * 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 GB .rar 2-part download (after downloading, both parts automatically join when part 1 is extracted)
    * Sample resolution: 44.1Khz /24 bit and stereo .wav format
    * Format(s): Kontakt 2 and .wav
    * Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2.4 / 3 full stand-alone retail versions required
    * Bonus: Ambient Circle Bell Glitch Bank with 53 Glitched Loops (Kontakt 3 only) by Steven Tavaglione.

Circle Bells – Demo 1

Circle Bells – Demo 2

Circle Bells – Demo 3

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