Kris Kalimba is a hand-crafted kalimba (African thumb piano) with a 1/4" input jack for line recording. Unlike traditional kalimbas, Kris Kalimba was created with a wooden slab (instead of a hollow coconut shell) without a sound hole and each metal rod is cut to a specific length to form a tuned diatonic C major scale.
For maximum playability, the original one-octave (C3 to C4) has been stretched to 2.5 octaves (G2 to C5). All natural pitches are indicated with green keys on the Kontakt keyboard and all pitch-stretched notes are indicated with red keys. Each note has 4 round-robin samples and 2 dynamic layers (p and mf).
This delicate bell-like instrument is perfect for spreading holiday cheer in your tracks.
Features in v1.0:
- 2.5 octave range (G2 to C5) of finger-plucked notes
- 4 round-robin samples per note
- 2 dynamic layers per note (p and mf)
- Joyful Verb button that places your kalimba in a spacious church cathedral
- 22 MB download file size.
- Requires full-version Kontakt 6.4.2 or higher
