Tonehammer has announced the release of a new Kontakt-based instrument: Cylindrum.

The Cylindrum is a massive custom-built tuned percussion instrument ranging over 4 octaves. The Cylindrum contains three separate variations of the instrument (light, dry and wet). The light version is made from a series of 1.5 inch PVC pipes played by tapping fingers over one end, while microphones were positioned in the opposite end. The dry version was made with a series of 4 inch ADS corrugated tubes with an open-ended rubber head played with a paddle. The wet version was recorded in Tonehammer's signature hall and has more overtones - and percussive feel than the dry and light versions - resulting in a sort of tuned tom-tom sound.

Details:

• Dry and Wet Recordings.
• 10x round robin and 8-10 velocities for dry and wet version.
• Cylindrum Light (1.5 inch PVC Pipes tapped w/ fingers).
• Cylindrum Dry (4 inch PVC Pipes played with rubber mallet, includes muted hits w/pedal).
• Cylindrum Wet (Massive PVC Pipes recorded in orchestral hall).
• Cylindrones (Ambient Drones made from Cylindrum samples).
• Extensive read me install, patch and hint documentation (.pdf).
• 8 instrument patches; 3,362 samples; 844 MB installed; 266 MB .rar download.
• Sample resolution: 44.1Khz/16Bit stereo .wav format.
• Format(s): Kontakt 2 and .wav. (Kontakt 2.2.4 / 3 full retail versions required).

Pricing & Availability

Cylindrum has an MSRP of $39. Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2.4+ required.