Tongue: Tongue Drum Kontakt Instrument by Loot Audio

Tongue samples a wide set of playing techniques, including finger strikes, mallet hits, mallet bounce, air vibration, muted notes, fingernail snaps and tonal scrapes, and tremolo. Three different tongue drums were recorded, and most articulations are shared across them.

The drums are arranged in an extended chromatic scale, so melodic lines can be played across the range. Scrapes, textures, loops and rhythmic material are also included for layering beyond the main notes.

The Overtone Steel Tongue Drum is also available in D minor, its natural tuning, which the developer describes as compatible with D-minor handpan parts.

The 73 snapshots break down into 39 chromatic articulation snapshots, 29 design snapshots, five D-minor steel tongue drum snapshots and one clean start snapshot. The design snapshots are organized by theme.

Built-in effects include convolution reverb, delay, EQ, filter and distortion, which can be used to shape the sound further. Because of the tone and sustain of the instrument, the developer suggests it for ambient and new age music, world music, cinematic scoring, meditation tracks and relaxation music.