The Bamblong is a small tuned percussion instrument, similar in principle to a marimba. It has 4 bamboo resonance chambers, roughly ranging between 1½ – 2¼ inches wide and 8 – 14 inches long, with sound holes in the top of each. The playing surfaces are thin bamboo planks, suspended on pegs over each bamboo log. It came with a set of mallets with flat, round heads that appear to be carved out of bicycle tire. It has a very crisp yet mellow, raspy note with a short sustain.

We captured it both wet and dry, in a large hall and dry recording booth. We sampled the instrument exhaustively, with up to 24 velocity layers and 10 round robins per note. We used mallets as well as brushes for the dry recordings. In addition to strikes, we also recorded rolls with release samples using nylon brushes.

• Available by Direct Download or DVD.
• 2,542 Samples (standard pcm wav).
• 26 .nki files (Kontakt 3.5 unlocked format).
• 1.45 GB installed.
• 24 bit / 44.1kHz stereo.
• Includes a free bonus collection of custom sound-designed ambiences.

Version 1 of this library was originally released by Tonehammer.