Circle Bells captures the rare "Blossom Bells" instrument, created by metal artisan Pete Engelhart. This hand-welded tuned percussion instrument features six steel conical bells arranged in a fan, each producing a rich, warm, and sonorous tone with a long sustain and crystalline clarity. The bells range in size from 2 to 3.5 inches in diameter and about 10 inches in length. Each note can sustain for up to 10 seconds, delivering a blend of beautiful overtones.

• Includes three sections: bows, mallets, and picks
• Recorded with soft cloth mallets, hard picks, and a viola bow
• Multisampled with extensive round robin variation and dynamic velocity layers
• 56 ambience patches created from the source content
• 24-bit, 48 kHz uncompressed PCM WAV samples
• 20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets
• 2,932 stereo samples, 6.42 GB installed
• Flexible multi-layer user interface controls, with LFO, filter, glide, and arpeggiator
• Full FX rack with convolution reverb, including custom rooms, halls, chambers, and outdoor environments

The Kontakt interface includes 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.