   Tonehammer's new Propanium Library
  Hey again, we've got a new and strange instrument library for for you all.Our Propanium (aka MILLTONE) is a highly emotive, metal tongue drum. It's about 14" wide and 8" deep, with 8 tongues of ascending size. The drum has certain similarities to the Hang Drum, but is cleaner, less “steel-drummy”, and has more harmonics and overtones. It's also a generally less dissonant sounding. We recorded the Propanium library using a variety of articulations, including finger, brushes, mallets and captured tons of ready-to-use performance effects. The library follows our “deep-sampling” methodology. The larger patches generally have approximately 10 velocity layers and 6-8 round robin variations per layer. Certain patches (such as the overtone patches) have over 35 velocity layers for maximum playability.Take a listen to a few demo tracks featuring the Propanium, both by itself and mixed with other instruments to give you a sense of way that it can be used. We hope you like what you hear. :)http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/tonehammer_propanium_demo_1_dressed.mp3Demo 1 by Troels Folmann, harmonica played by Steven TavaglioneFeaturing: Propanium Finger and Propanium BrushedAdditional Instruments: Hang Drum, Hang Drum downtuned, Rainstick, Soda Tabs, Bamboo Flute FX, Kalimba, Live Guitar, Soft Clap, Coke Bottle, WaterBowl, Guitar Drum, Clicky Toy, Monkey Balls, Finger Cymbals and Vocals from PowerFX.http://www.tonehammer.com/demos/tonehammer_propanium_demo_1_naked.mp3Demo 1 (Naked) by Troels FolmannPropanium Finger and Propanium Brushed Onlyhttp://www.tonehammer.com/demos/tonehammer_propanium_demo_3_naked.mp3Demo 2 by Troels FolmannPropanium Finger, Propanium Mallet, Propanium Brush FX, Propanium Overtones, Propanium Ambiences Only.Here are a few more details about the Propanium, from our blog (http://www.tonehammer.com/?p=1285):$4911 Kontakt patches, 2224 samples, 1.67 GBUnlocked Kontakt 2 and 44.1Khz/16Bit stereo .wav files in open directories for easy accessArticulations:Brush (Nylon) on all 8 note / tongues: 10 velocity layers, 6x round-robinBrush FX: Variation of short and longer brush swellsFinger strikes on all 8 note / tongues: 10 velocity layers, 8x round-robinFinger percussion: 18 velocity layers, 4x round-robinMallet: 9 velocity layers, 8x round-robinAmbiences with Modwheel control: 6×6 velocity layersOvertones: 8×35 velocity layersOvertone flowers: 4×40 velocity layersFinger Arpeggiator: A variety of dual-tongues arpeggiatedRandom Arpeggiation: A variety of dual-tongues arpeggiated & randomizedRandom Modwheel Tuning: A variety of dual-tongues tuned on ModwheelExtensive read me install, patch and hint documentation (.pdf) and images of our Milltone.Please be aware that full a retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 2.2.4 or Kontakt 3 is required. Stripped down "Kontakt Players" that come bundled with other sample libraries or software are unable to open 3rd party sample libraries or instruments such as ours.Let me know what you guys think. :)- Mike P   