The Kalimba is a modernized version of the ancient African Mbira, often referred to as a thumb piano. It produces a melodious percussive plucking sound with a marimba-like warmth and tonal body. The instrument is made of wood and coconut shell, with hammered steel tines suspended over sound holes. The notes span about an octave and a half for the smaller kalimba and over two octaves for the larger one.

• Recorded in three different environments: Close and Dry, medium distance in a small bright chamber, and in a large, long linear hall
• Includes up to 11 dynamic velocity layers with up to 10X round-robin variations
• 62 unique soundscapes, pads, atmospheres, and drones created from source recordings
• 24-bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM WAV samples
• 20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets
• 1,131 stereo WAV files, 2.25 GB installed
• Flexible multi-layer user interface with LFO, filter, glide, and arpeggiator
• Full FX rack with convolution reverb, including 99 rooms, halls, chambers, and outdoor environments, plus 40 custom FX impulses

The Kontakt interface offers automation-ready sound-shaping controls for complete creative flexibility, including controls for swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, pitch, articulation switching, cross-fading, and layering. An adaptable LFO system, customizable arpeggiator, and modular FX rack panel are also included.

This library is designed for the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later. It is not compatible with the free Kontakt Player and requires Windows 7 or higher or macOS 10.9 or higher.