Free from Bolder Sounds is the new Kontakt / EXS24 sample library, Toy and African Marimbas.

Toy and African Marimbas offers 32 MB of marimba sounds, with 5 to 10 Velocity switch samples per key. To make this library, Bolder Sounds altered the original toy marimba samples provided by musician and Native American flute maker Barry Higgins, and added a bass and tenor African marimba set and its accompanying buzzing resonators. For your convenience, the bass and tenor marimba have been assigned to the same keymap, and a Kontakt script is also included, courtesy of Bo Clausen. Bolder Sounds expects to release the alto and soprano marimbas sometime in the near future.

At the company Web site, you can also get Hammered Dulcimer Trilogy 2 and the Bavarian Zither sample library. Hammered Dulcimer Trilogy 2 now features flexible Kontakt scripting, channel strip settings for the EXS24, improved programming, and a reduced price ($99 for the entire set or $39 for each individual dulcimer). Bavarian Zither has also been updated, with a KSP script that provides betters access to the various articulations.