AudioThing Intros Tank Drum Steel Tongue Percussion Instrument For Kontak

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AudioThing has released Tank Drum for Kontakt 5, a new virtual instrument based on samples from a steel tongue drum.

Also called hang drums, these instruments are usually made out of propane tanks with tongues of different sizes and tuned in different scales.

The instrument sampled features 8 tongues and is tuned in E minor pentatonic. It was played both with hands and rubber mallets, along with some sound effects with hands and brushes. The sound has a long release and is rich in harmonics.

Here are official audio demos:

Here is a video walkthrough:

Specifications:

  • 7 Kontakt Instruments (.nki)
  • 5 Round Robin samples
  • 3 Velocity Layers
  • 7 Custom Impulse Responses
  • 274 Samples (44.1kHz / 24Bit)
  • Formats: Kontakt 5 and WAV

Tank Drum is priced at €24.90. See the AudioThing site for more info.

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