MINI

8DIO MINI

8DIO: “MINI”
Produced by Troels Folmann. Co-produced by Mike Peaslee.

MINI is the sound of tiny, little things. It is the tick and the tock, but not the clock. The
little clack, the sound of rock. MINI is the embryonic state of all sound and we want you
invite you back to the womb.

8DIO "MINI" is the most comprehensive sample library done of ultra tiny object
sounds. MINI contains several thousand samples of anything from buttons to bowling
toys, wooden branches to eating chips, boiling frying pans to human hoses, nail files to
pocket watches, sand-drums to styrofoam, teeth clacks to water bubbles etc. The
concept may seem strange at first, but these sounds have remarkable value in terms of
composition and music, since the "MINI" covers a very specific sound and frequency
spectrum.

MINI is the opposite of epic, yet big in its own way.

Note:This product was formerly known as Tonehammer Mini.

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8DIO MINI

If you have had any issues using our automatic installer.

Please using the following manual installation procedure.

We Use Winrar (version 3.80 or later) or other compatible

program to un-compress the “8DIO_MINI.rar” file into its own
folder in your sample library directory. Make sure to preserve
the included folder structure. This is usually done by selecting
the “extract to'...” option in Winrar or UnrarX.

Here’s a link to winrar for PC:

http://www.win-rar.com/download.html
Here’s a link to UnRarX for OSX:
http://www.unrarx.com/

You should now be able to open and play the .nki files. Be aware
that all of our .nki files are compatible with full retail versions of
Kontakt 2 (version 2.2.4 or later) or Kontakt 3 (version 3.0 or
later) only.

Note: Free Kompakt Players and Kontakt Players that come

bundled with DAW software, hardware or other sample libraries
won't be able to load ours or any other instrument library that
didn't originally come bundled with it. We're sorry, but it's the
way Kontakt and Kompakt Players work by design. However,
since our wave directories are open, you can translate the
patches into whatever format you like. There are a few
conversion utilities available that can make the translation
process much easier, such as as CDXtract. Just make sure you
don't share them with others without asking. Each user must
purchase their own copy of this instrument from 8DIO.
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Abacus (Counting Rack)

The abacus is a counting rack or table. The abacus dates back to the Babylonians (300 B.C), but sound
is still fresh. This patch was made by tilting the abacus, so all the counting thingys would clack, so it has
a rather powerful, yet loose clack type of sound.

Air Hammer / 8-10 x round robin

The air hammer is an inflatable hammer made for children. It makes the coolest noises when you hit
things with it - and got that typical squeaky air sound when you squeeze it. One trick is to downtune
is 32 semitones, which makes it sounds like wild monkeys in a jungle.

Bathtub /6 x round robin

bathtime_splash - hand splashes on the surface of a full bath tub. Tuned from C2 - B5 (root C4). Non-
tuned from C6 - G6.

bathtime_knock - knuckle knocks on the inside of the tub, underwater. Tuned from C0 - B5 (root
C3). Non-tuned from C6 - G6.

bathtime_tap - ring taps on the inside of the tub, underwater. Tuned from C2 - B5 (root C4). Non-
tuned from C6 - G6.

bathtime_all - all-in-one hand splashes, underwater knuckle knocks and ring taps. Knocks from G-2 -
F#2 (root C1). Taps from G2 - F#4 (root C3). Splashes from G3 - G8 (root C6).

bathtime_for_sewer_rats - we tuned up "bathtime_all" and then flushed it down. Modwheel controls

speed & pitch. Knocks from C-1 - F#2 (root C1). Taps from G2 - F#4 (root C3). Splashes from G3 -
G8 (root C6).
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Belt / 8-10 x round robin

Leather Belt:
belt_snap
A leather belt snapping, with a little whip-crack. Tuned from C0 - B3 (root C3). Non-tuned from C4 -
G4. Single Samples from G#4 - A#7.

belt_zzznap
Bent and stretched into something completely other. Modwheel controls speed and pitch. Tuned from
C1 - C7.

Bowling Toys (Camel, Cup, Train) / 8-10 x round robin

This patch was done by placing a microphone in the far end of a table and bowling toy camels, cups
and train towards it. It has a very scratchy sound and works very effectively as a crescendo type of
sound, especially the camel and train have a deep, powerful sound to them.

Breaking Small Branches

Imagine collecting like 100 small branches and breaking them apart. It gives a tiny, little crackly sound.
One tip is to play a variety of the sounds fast and randomly on the keyboard, which ironically sounds
totally like burning wood. The little crackly sounds that happens when the wood breaks in the heat.

Button (12 different button types) / 8-10 x round robin

This is your go-to kit for button sounds.We recorded 12 different type of buttons from computer
mouse, keyboards, game controllers and so forth. A few of the buttons were recorded at multiple
velocities (example mouse button) and all buttons were recorded with extensive round robin, so you
can MINI in eternity.
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Bubble-Wrap / 8-10 x round robin

Bubble Wrap popping and handling. Modwheel controls intensity/flamming. Tuned from C1 - B5. Single
crinkling and squishing sounds from C6 - F7.

Chair

Mike's craxy squeaky chair

electric_chair
This is just Mike's office chair pivoting. It just has an odd creak, made that much stranger with some
nasty effects. Works for both sustaining and percussive playing. Modwheel controls pitch and effect
intensity. Tuned from C-2 - G8.

sigur_chair
This is a spaced-out version of the electric_chair patch, absolutely soaked in effects to create a deep,
distant speed-picked delayed-out guitar sound mixed with a growling synthesizer.

Chip Eater

The chip eater is a patch made from consuming chips. It is the sound of a starving mouth eagerly
consuming chips in an overly obese way.

Clap Solo / 8-10 x round robin on each button.

Male solo claps with velocity

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Clean Up

This patch contains a variety of samples of cleaning up and dumping small objects. It was made by
placing the microphone in the bottom of a box and then throwing things in the box. So essentially just
random objects hitting each-other - and can be great for complimenting snare drums.

MINIy Toy / 8-10 x round robin

The MINIy baby toy was recorded in a dedicated orchestral hall. It is the delicate sound of a very
MINIy baby toy, but recorded with extensive round robin and with a variety of different MINI types.

Clock Radio

The random frequency sounds of a manipulated clock radio.

Coins / 8-10 x round robin

The coin patch was made by dropping coins on a marble floor in an orchestral hall. So random metal
MINI/clacking sounds - some tight - some loose.

Cups / 8-10 x round robin

This patch involves the recording of four different types of cups/containers. Essentially they were
played by slowly muffling the palm of a hand on the surface of the cup, which means you can control
the tone of the cup. We have a specific MW dedicated patch that allows you to fluently sculpt that
muffling/tone of the cup, so you can create slightly tonal rhythms out of it.
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Digital Camera

The sound of a digital camera being turned on and lens being exposed. Its totally industrial, but
programmed in a way that allows you to control sample start by using the MW.

Dropping items (Bottle, Cup, Egg, Toy) / 8-10 x round robin

This patch is a dedicated patch to dropping sounds. When small plastic things drop they have a
tendency to bounce like a ping pong ball. This patch is all about that bouncy effect made by dropping
plastic bottles, plastic cups, plastic eggs and toys on a floor.

Egg / 8-10 x round robin

This patch was made by fiddling with a few childrens plastic eggs. The eggs were opened, closed and
manipulated in different ways.

Ensemble Snaps / 8-10 x round robin

This patch is a 8 velocity layer / 10 x round robin set of ensemble finger snaps. It has that loose,
human feel that is often used in soul and hip-hop music. So super useful for getting that MJ thing going
in your tracks.

Finger Nails / 8-10 x round robin

Finger nails have a very short, distinct sound when pinched together. Its great as a more organic type
of MINI sound.
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Frying Pan (Hot Oil vs Water)

The patch was made from overheating oil on a frying pan and dropping droplets of water into the oil.
It gives a very high-frequency sizzle and sparkling sound, which is great for more complicated type of
MINI/glitch based sounds.

Human Hose

The human hose is patch containing variations of man-made water. It is the follow-up to our majestic
"human-trumpet" introduced in our Anti-Drum 2 library. Its essentially a kit made of water sounds
and tiny droplet edits.

Kissing

The sound of the human kiss is an interesting beast. It has that wet, waterlike quality, but completely
changes its texture if you up/down tune it more then 12 semi-tones. Muah!

Marbles / 8-10 x round robin

A wet hall version of the standard Marbles patch.

Marker / 8-10 x round robin

The sound of a a drawing marker on paper. The sample set is made from short, medium and long type
of marker sounds, so you can implement based on tempo/length of your composition.
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Matches / 8-10 x round robin

This patch is made with a box of matches. The box was shaken and used in different ways.The patch
also includes sounds of matches being lit.

Music Box (prepared) / 18-20 x round robin

music_box_muted
Hand-muted music box tines bing plucked. Tuned from C-1 to B3. Individual samples from C4 - A7.

music_box_underwater
A music box being played underwater in a bathtub. If you could actually tune water drips, this is
probably what it would sound like. Tuned single notes from C-2 - B6. Chored notes from C7 - G8.

music_box_underwater_wet
A "wetter" version of music_box_underwater. Like water dripping in a cave.

music_box_underwater_melody
The music box's original melody, arranged in round-robin sequence. Tuned from C-2 - G8.

music_box_underwater_melody_
wet
A "wetter" version of music_box_underwater_melody. Like water singing in a cave.
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Nail File / 4 x round robin

This patch was done by using a nail file on marble. It has an awesome kind of sweeping effect when
quickly rushed over the marble surface.

Paper (Cut, Fold, Tear, Turn) / 8-10 x round robin

A patch made from different type of paper effects. The core articulations involves cutting, folding,
tearing and turning paper.

Pencil / 8-10 x round robin

Similar to the marker patch, however using a pencil instead. The patch also includes the classic in/out
button sound on the pencil.

Pixel Kit 1 & 2

The pixel kits are made from the smallest component possible. It is literally the smallest MINI you can
possible edit made of 1-4 samples.

Plastic Box / 8-10 x round robin

A plastic filing locker being played by finger tips.

PlastiBx
Now it starts to get interesting. Modwheel controls the level of awesome.

PlastiBx_tuned
Even deeper into the magic box. Tuned from C-2 - G8 (root C4).

PlastiBx_NoFX
Less awesome, but it still has plastastic whum to it. Also, don't believe the lies. There are still some
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Plastic Cups / 8-10 x round robin

The patch consist of four different plastic cups played open to closed, which means that they were
recorded at different palming on the cup.You can kinda control the tone of a cup by muting it with
you palm and we sampled a variety of different palm/mute levels. We recommend using the MW
version of the patch, since it allows you to control the palming/muting of the cups.

Pocket Watch / 8-10 x round robin

An antique brass millitary officer's pocket watch. Tuned from C1 - B3. Individual samples from C4 -
D7 (root C3)

Let's make this moment last forever. Tuned from C-2 - G8 (root C4).

Radio DJ Kit 1 & 2

The radio DJ kit was recorded my quickly "scratching" on the radio tuner knob, which allows for
small percussive type of radio effects. The MW controls time-stretching of the radio.

Random Kit (17 different tapped furniture) / 8-10 x round robin

This patch is a massive alternative drum kit made from poking 17 different random objects in a living
room. The kit can be used in a variety of ways by up- or down tuning the patch.
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Sand Drums / 8-10 x round robin

Hand drums played on sand. Mapped from heavy (C0) to light (C5).

burried_alive

A deeper, wetter version of the sand_drums patch.

Screw Container (14 different screws) / 8-10 x round robin

A container filled with 14 different type of screws. The screws were throw/dropped back to the
container, which generated a variety of different metallic MINI sounds.

Shaving / 8-10 x round robin

A kit involving an analogue razor. The typical, short, scratchy sound of three day old beard being
shaven off.

Shower Door / Glass / 8-10 x round robin

Wet fingers being pressed into a glass door in a shower, which provides an eerie howling sound.
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Stop Watch / 8-10 x round robin

The classic tick-tock sound of a stop watch.

Styrofoam

Styrofoam Snaps, Crackles, Pops and Squeaks

styrofoam_a_cracks
Packing peanutes being manipulated, super close micing. Individual samples from C2 - A6.

styrofoam_a_cracks_wet
a wet version of styrofoam_a_cracks.

styrofoam_b_creaks
The horrible, shrill sounds of styrofoam boards creaking. Tuned from C-1 - B3 (root C2), with velocity
controlled squealing intensity. Individual un-tuned sets mapped from C3 - C5 (roots C3, F3, A3, C4,
E4, G4 and B4).

styrofoam_b_creaks_wet
A wet version of styrofoam_b_creaks.

styrofoam_squeak_loops
Many horrific sustaining layers of styrofoam boards being rubbed together. Overlapping tuned ranges
from C-2 - G8 (roots G0, F2, C4, G5 and G7).

styrofoam_squeak_loops_wet
A wet version of styrofoam_squeak_loops
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Suitcase Locks / 8-10 x round robin

A few locks on toy-suitcases being opened/closed multiple times. A combination between thonk and
MINI.

Tape Measure / 8-10 x round robin

Small Pocket Tape Measure

tape_measure_snaps
A self-retracting pocket tape measure being snapped back from increasing lengths. Tuned from C-2 -
B2 (root C-1). Untuned from C3 - F3. Individual samples from F#3 - C#8.

tape_measure_snaps_moist
A wet version of tape_measure_snaps.

Teeth Clack

Two sets of human teeth (male / female). They have a short, but distinct bony type of sound.

Water Bubble / 8-10 x round robin

This sampe set contains a variety of different water samples, including water droplets, water bubble
sounds made by blowing a straw shortly in water and manipulation of spoons in water.
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Wine Drums / 8-10 x round robin

Wine Barrel "Drums"

wine_drums
The lid of an 80 gallon oak wine barrel; being rubbed very, very slowly and genty, with a large rubber
mallet; recorded close. The magic of programming turns it into a semi-tuned pseudo-percussive patch.
Overlapping ranges mapped from A-1 - G9.

wine_drums_wet
a wet version of wine_drums.

wine_drums_smeared
Now they're a sloppy drunken string quartet. Tuned from C1 - G8 (root G#3). Modwheel contols
speed.

wine_drums_sustained
Similar to wine_drums_smeared, minus the time-stretching feature.

Wobbly Metal Bowl / 8-10 x round robin

wobbly_bowl
A cymbal-like bowl with an rattly little oscillating ring. Tuned from C2 - B5 (root C4). Untuned from
C6-D#7.

wobbly_bowl_wet-shake
A few extra programming tricks turn it into something between a rattle and a finger cymbal.
Modwheel controls the wobble/rattle.
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Zipper / 8-10 x round robin

A variety of samples made by zippers in pants. These have a remarkable DJ/scratch like quality and can
be used directly as scratch samples by manipulating modwheel, which heavily pitch bends the sound.

Zippo (Flip/Flop Lighter) / 8-10 x round robin

zippo_all
A clissic flip-top zippo storm lighter, being grabbed, opened, struck and closed. Tuned sets: Grab from
G2 - G3 (root C3). Open from G#3 - G4 (root C4). Strike from G#4 - G5 (root C5). Close from
G#5 - G6 (root C6).

zippo_all_wet
A wet version of zippo_all

zippo_grab
The individual Zippo grabbing set, with wider tuning. Tuned from C1 - B4 (root C3). Untuned from C5
- G5. Individual samples from G#5 - B6.

zippo_open
The individual Zippo opening set, with wider tuning. Tuned from C1 - B4 (root C3). Untuned from C5
- G5. Individual samples from G#5 - D#7.

zippo_spark
The individual Zippo sparking set, with wider tuning. Tuned from C1 - B4 (root C3). Untuned from C5
- G5. Individual samples from G#5 - D#7.

zippo_close
The individual Zippo closing set, with wider tuning. Tuned from C1 - B4 (root C3). Untuned from C5 -
G5. Individual samples from G#5 - D#7.
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