Bells & RIVERS

Bells and Rivers is a collection of bells in almost every shape and personality — from tiny rusty antique bells full of character to enormous resonating town hall bells with long, evolving tails.

Small bells.
Huge bells.
Beautiful bells.
Damaged bells.
Bells that behave exactly as expected — and bells that definitely do not.

Bells & Rivers is a free-thinking, playful, no-borders bell-sound library with unusual clinks and clonks that you won’t find anywhere else.  There’s a colorful collection of small rusty bells, as well as the (probably) biggest Town-hall bells in Norway. They were huge!  

This library features a massive number of samples, ensuring a high level of detail. For the shorter-sounding small bells, we sampled each bell so many times that there are little risk of the same sample are played twice.

These are not your typical orchestral instruments. Some are custom-made, some are antique each with its own unique sonic fingerprint. Definitively not your average orchestral-bell library

Given the sheer number of samples and the deep-sampled nature of the instruments, the library is designed for professional use and may require a certain amount of system resources. However, the patches are designed to be as efficient as possible without compromising on sound quality.

Jepps. . Due to their unusual and complex harmonic content, these bells are an incredible resource for sound designers and composers looking to create some very special atmospheric textures, evolving drones, and custom sound effects. The deeply sampled layers provide a wealth of raw material for manipulation and creative processing.

This library is intentionally focused on unusual and non-traditional bell sounds. If you are looking for a standard set of crystal-clear bellsounds, this is likely not the right starting point. 

However, if you’re ready to move beyond the basics and want to add truly unique and inspiring bells, of all materials and sizes, to your percussion programming or in your cinematic scores, this is the perfect library to explore.

Yes. Bells & Rivers is a custom-built instrument that requires the full version of Kontakt 6.4.2 or higher. It is not compatible with the free Kontakt Player. This allows us to use advanced scripting and features that are only available in the full version of Kontakt, providing you with a deeper and more expressive instrument.

While this library is not officially NKS-compatible, the core functionality works seamlessly with Native Instruments hardware. You can map and control all parameters of the instrument directly from your Komplete Kontrol keyboard, allowing for a hands-on performance experience.

Wrongtools creates Kontakt instruments by searching for sounds with a life of their own.

Our approach combines deep sampling, acoustic exploration, experimentation, and curiosity — building instruments that hopefully create new musical ideas. We like to make samples that inspire.

Oh, and you might probably already have heard Wrongtools somewhere— Our sounds have quietly travelled into Oscar-nominated films, major cinematic productions, acclaimed video games, and television productions around the world.