CINEMATIQUE INSTRUMENTS KALIMBA Inspiring Rhytmical Bars User Manual
- June 12, 2024
- CINEMATIQUE INSTRUMENTS
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KALIMBA
User Manual
KALIMBA Inspiring Rhytmical Bars
Thanks for buying kALIMBA!
How to install?
In order to install your HALion library please follow the instructions given
on the Steinberg website.
For questions concerning the installation or registration of HALion
instruments, please contact Steinberg.
In regards to the instrument itself, please contact us at support
@cinematique-instruments.com
kALIMBA
kALIMBA is a bundle of six kalimbas and two articulations of the Hohner
Guitaret. They are all different and have a unique sound. To round up the
sound of the kalimba and to give it a special touch, we added a whole bunch of
layers such as a Cembalet, a handpan, and a music box.
The Kalimba provides nine effects that you can use to customize your sound. We
also added 13 presets which cover the full range of possibilities of the
instrument as well as its complexity.
OVERVIEW & CONCEPT
The kalimba is an idiophone. Traditionally, the instrument is played with
fingers. It consists of staggered metal tines over a resonance body, generally
made out of wood.
We recorded several kalimbas in different ways, up to four round robins and
four velocity layers. This resulted in six different kalimbas, all different
in sound and charisma. We supplemented this collection with two variations of
the Hohner Guitaret. You can also add a second layer of sounds to the
instrument. To get even more variation, there are nine different effects
available for processing the sound.
And if you run out of ideas, just press the “Dice” button and let the kalimba
create a sound on its own by randomizing all parameters.
THE MAIN FEATURES
8 types of tines
6 different kalimbas with different articulations & 2 articulations of the
Hohner Guitaret
8 additional layer articulations
- Hohner Cembalet
- Indonesian Gambang
- Marimbula
- Guitar harmonics
- Handpan played with mallets
- Music box
- 2 reversed kalimba sounds
Presets + Randomize Feature
13 presets that give you an insight on how we interpret the world of kalimba
Like always, the typical Cinematique Instrument dice option
Multiple FX options
9 different effects for shaping, modulating and crushing the sound A
convolution reverb with 9 of our signature impulse responses
THE EFFECT SECTION
By clicking on the effect name you can toggle between two effects
!! Watch out: hidden effects remain active !!
| Length | sets the decay and the release |
|---|---|
| Filter | sets the filter frequency of the high cut filter |
| Drive | sets the amount of the overdrive effect |
| Chorus | sets the amount of the chorus effect |
| Reverb | sets the amount of the reverb clicking on the name changes the type of |
reverb
Attack| sets the attack time
Tone| balances low and high frequencies
Lofi| sets the amount of the lofi effect
Rotary| sets the amount of the rotary effect
Thanks to René, Jumpel, Nati, Antonia, Till and Jonas at Cinematique
Instruments and
Frank, Michael, Florian and Sebastian at Steinberg!
Copyright © May, 2023 by Cinematique Instruments in Cologne, Germany