Bowed Bucket by Soundiron is an experimental bass library for Kontakt, created from an unconventional instrument built out of a 5-gallon plastic bucket, a wooden 4×4 beam, bass tuners, and cello strings. The library features a variety of articulations including bowed, plucked, and struck sounds, capturing a unique tonal palette that combines elements of an electric cello and raw, percussive textures. This instrument offers a surprisingly clean yet rich sound with a lot of growl and low-end presence.

Key features:

• Sustains, staccatos, and percussion articulations on a bright orange bucket
• 22 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets
• 579 stereo samples, 662 MB installed
• 24-bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM WAV samples
• Flexible and intuitive multi-layer user interface controls, including LFO, filter, glide, and arpeggiator
• Full FX rack with convolution reverb, featuring custom rooms, halls, chambers, and FX environments
• Adaptable LFO system with selectable shapes, modulation targets, speed, intensity, tempo-syncing, and fade-in time
• Customizable arpeggiator with control over direction, timing, swing, randomization, and duration
• Key and scale lock system for easy melodic composition and live performance

The Bowed Bucket is designed for the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later and is not compatible with the free Kontakt Player. This library includes a range of sound-shaping controls, making it suitable for creating diverse soundscapes and textures.