This cute little instrument is a simple 8-key metal and wooden toy glockenspiel. It is rather poorly tuned, clunky and probably covered in lead paint. It sure tasted like it to us. However, we think these little "flaws" only add to the instrument's innocent character. Despite its small size and low grade construction, the instrument has pristine clarity and a crisp tone. We think you actually find it quite musical and useful.

We captured it following our deep-sampling philosophy, with 4-6 velocity layers and 5 round robin variations per layer on every key. We've programmed it with precision, allowing for expressive and realistic playability. We included a naturally un-tuned version for that slightly off-kilter sound and a more refined tuned version for more serious scoring applications. We also included 3 special effect patches, including auto-arpeggiation and a pair of experimental pseudo-ambient instrument presets that we think you'll enjoy.

As with all of our Gnomehammer free releases, this one is only available to the public for a single day! However, If you missed this or any other freebie, fear not. Everyone will get another chance to grab them a little later this month when the fat man comes around, so stay tuned!

Please grab Santas Glocks (sounded way more dirty then intended) by clicking this link:

Gnomehammer Toy Glockenspiel Facts:

Instruments/articulations

* Naturally un-tuned version
* Tuned and refined version
* Auto-Arpeggiator version
* 2 Custom experimental ambient / FX instruments
* 5 instrument patches, 172 Samples
* 99 MB installed, 56 MB .rar download
* Sample resolution: 44.1Khz / 24Bit stereo .wav format
* Format(s): Kontakt and .wav
* Note: Native Instruments Kontakt 2 / 3 / 4 full retail versions required.
* Note: Free Kontakt Player will only work for 30 minutes with this product. Full version required to remove this restriction.