Sonic Zest has announced Asian Thunder, Stones and Dragons, a Kontakt library featuring Chinese Dragon Bells, Indonesian Thunder Drum and a Vietnamese Lithophone.

Sonic Zest Asian Thunder, Stones and Dragons

The Thunder Drum is a percussive instrument from Indonesia. It consists of a cylinder with a spring attached to the end. When shaken a thunder-like sound is produced. The bells are an assortment of dragon engraved bells from China. The Vietnamese Lithophone is essentially a xylophone made from stone.

The lithophone features hits and also the sound of the stones being bowed with a violin bow. The bells are a single preset, with the sounds of the individual bells spread chromatically across the keyboard for playability. The thunder drum has a patch featuring all the sounds and separate sound design patches, which are semi-melodic in nature.

Asian Thunder, Stones & Dragons features

  • A completely unique Kontakt library featuring Asian instruments from Indonesia, Vietnam and China.
  • Instantly playable.
  • 100 MB when extracted.
  • 5x round robins.
  • Requires full version of Kontakt 5.

The library is available for purchase for the introductory price of $16 USD.

More information: Sonic Zest