UFO Tone: Multi-Sampled Metallic Tongue Drum Library for Kontakt

The instrument is built from mallet articulations recorded in two microphone positions. Soundiron says steel tongue drums have a smooth fundamental tone surrounded by complex harmonics and a long, mellow sustain, and UFO Tone is designed to capture that character.

You can solo, combine or layer the different articulations, tongues and mic positions across the keyboard. Blending the close and far positions lets you move between a focused attack and a wider, more distant sound.

The Kontakt interface offers automation-ready controls for swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, coarse and fine pitch, articulation switching, and cross-fading and layering.

An adaptable LFO section lets you choose the shape, modulation target, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time. A customizable arpeggiator adds control over direction, timing, swing, randomization and duration, and a key and scale lock keeps notes within common scales. A modular FX rack with 10 slots and convolution reverb rounds out the processing, with 20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets included.