Tonehammer releases "Mini" for Kontakt

3rd September 2009 - KVR Audio News

Tonehammer has released its latest Kontakt-based instrument: "Mini".

Mini is a comprehensive sample library of ultra-tiny object sounds. Mini contains several thousand samples of anything from buttons to bowling toys, wooden branches to eating chips, boiling frying pans to human hoses, nail files to pocket watches, sand-drums to styrofoam, teeth clacks to water bubbles, etc. The concept may seem strange at first, but these sounds have remarkable value in terms of composition and music, since the "mini clicks" covers a very specific sound and frequency spectrum. Mini is the opposite of epic, yet big in its own way, says Tonehammer.

The sounds:

Abacus (Counting Rack).
Air Hammer / 8-10 x round robin.
Bathtub / 6 x round robin.
Belt / 8-10 x round robin.
Bowling Toys (Camel, Cup, Train) / 8-10 x round robin.
Breaking Small Branches.
Button (12 different button types) / 8-10 x round robin.
Bubbles (4 different types) / 8-10 x round robin.
Bubble-Wrap / 8-10 x round robin.
Chair.
Chip Eater.
Clap Solo / 8-10 x round robin.
Clean Up / 8-10 x round robin.
Clicky Toy / 8-10 x round robin.
Clock Radio.
Coins / 8-10 x round robin.
Cups / 8-10 x round robin.
Digital Camera / 8-10 x round robin.
Dropping items (Bottle, Cup, Egg, Toy) / 8-10 x round robin.
Egg / 8-10 x round robin.
Ensemble Snaps / 8-10 x round robin.
Finger Nails / 8-10 x round robin.
Frying Pan (Hot Oil vs Water).
Human Hose.
Kissing.
Marbles / 8-10 x round robin.
Marker / 8-10 x round robin.
Matches / 8-10 x round robin.
Music Box (modified) / 20 x round robin.
Nail File / 4 x round robin.
Paper (Cut, Fold, Tear, Turn).
Pencil / 8-10 x round robin.
Pixel Kit.
Plastic Box / 8-10 x round robin.
Plastic Cups / 8-10 x round robin.
Pocket Watch / 8-10 x round robin.
Radio Kit.
Random Kit (17 different tapped furniture) / 8-10 x round robin.
Sand Drums / 8-10 x round robin.
Screw Container (14 different screws) / 8-10 x round robin.
Shaving / 8-10 x round robin.
Shelf Bracket / 8-10 x round robin.
Shower Door / Glass / 8-10 x round robin.
Stop Watch / 8-10 x round robin.
Styrofoam.
Suitcase Locks / 8-10 x round robin.
Tape Measure / 8-10 x round robin.
Teeth Clack.
Water Bubble, drop and spoons / 8-10 x round robin.
Wine drums / 8-10 x round robin.
Wobbly Bowl / 8-10 x round robin.
Zippo / 8-10 x round robin.
Zipper / 8-10 x round robin.

Features / Specification / Details:

Intelligent editing and programming (off-set, pitch key-switching and time-stretch control).
Extensive read me install, patch and hint documentation (.pdf).
Interview with Troels & Mike about the creation of "Mini" (.mp3).
5,200 samples, 764 MB installed, 482 MB .rar download.
256 Kontakt patches (.nki).
Formats: Kontakt (.nki).
Sample resolution: 44.1Khz/24Bit mono- and stereo .wav format.
Format(s): Kontakt 2 and .wav.
Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2.4 / 3 full stand-alone retail versions required for .nki file.
Bonus: 11 custom ambiences.
Bonus: Custom Stereo Convolution Reverb Impulses, captured in 5 different locations.