Here’s what Aldbourne Bells creator Ian Palmer has to say about this library:
“This is a recording of a selection of my father’s collection of bells. They are of particular interest to us both as they were cast from the late 17th Century until the early 19th Century in the village of Aldbourne, Wiltshire which is where our family history can be traced back to the English Civil War (1642 – 1651).
I recorded the bells using my Zoom H1 in my parents home in the afternoon of the 20th November 2010. All recordings have been cleaned of background noise using iZotope RXII in ProTools 9 at 24Bit/96KHz.
There are 4 types of bell that I recorded; House Bell, Hame Bell, Cup Bell and Crotal Bell.
The House Bell is more ornate and thicker than that Hame Bell but both are the same classic “bell” shape. There are jingles and single hits and a some random movements created from this shape.
https://vimeo.com/17327563
The Crotal Bell is spherical, here’s how to “ring” this type of bell
Finally my father has some Hame sets that are a few bells mounted bells on a wood and metal frame. These would often be mounted onto horse and carts. I recorded almost all of them with a variety of movements. All the bell types range in size from about 2cm to 25cm. All audio files are Stereo, 24Bit, 96KHz with embedded metadata.
A final huge thanks to my father for allowing me to record his bells and being my glamourous assistant on the day. I hope you enjoy the recordings and find them useful.
– Ian Palmer”
2_random_small_Medieval_Crotal_Bells.wav
6_hame_bells_on_horse_strap.wav
Box_of_Crotal_Bells.wav
Butlers_Bell.wav
Close_miced_crotal_bell.wav
close_miced_crotal_swish.wav
crotal_and_5_hame_bells_on_horse_strap_A.wav
Crotal_Bells_on_leather_collar.wav
Edward_Sellers_of_York_Crotal_Bell_Size_OO.wav
James_Bridgeman_4_Hame_Bells_in_Hame.wav
James_Bridgeman_Cup_Bell_No10_No_clapper.wav
James_Bridgeman_Cup_Bell_No11.wav
James_Bridgeman_Cup_Bell_No13_cracked.wav
James_Bridgeman_Cup_Bell_No9.wav
James_Bridgeman_Hame_Bell_No11_converted_to_handbell.wav
James_Wells_Sanctus_Bell_1792-1826.wav
John_Cor_House_Bell_No12_no_clapper.wav
Large_random_sanctus_bell.wav
Random_small_house_bell.wav
Robert_Cor_Crotal_bell_cast.wav
Robert_Cor_Shop_door_bell.wav
Robert_Wells45_Hame_Bells_in_Hame_5.wav
Robert_Wells_2_Crotal_Bells_mounted_on_Hame.wav
Robert_Wells_2_mounted_Crotal_Bells.wav
Robert_Wells_3_Crotal_Bells_mounted_on_Hame.wav
Robert_Wells_4_Hame_Bells_in_Hame.wav
Robert_Wells_4_Hame_Bells_in_Hame_2.wav
Robert_Wells_4_Hame_Bells_in_Hame_3.wav
Robert_Wells_4_Hame_Bells_in_Hame_4.wav
Robert_Wells_4_Hame_Bells_in_Hame_6.wav
Robert_Wells_5_Hame_Bells_in_Hame.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_in_single_Hame.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No10.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No12.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No15.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No18.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No18_Hame.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No20.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No24.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No26.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No28.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No28_Hame.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No28_Hame_2.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No3.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No30.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No32.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No4.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No5.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No6.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No7.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_No8.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_Size_J.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_Size_O.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_Size_OO.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_Bell_Weird_shape.wav
Robert_Wells_Crotal_No2.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No1.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No10_Cracked.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No11.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No14.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No4.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No4_Alt.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No5.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No6.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No7_Broken.wav
Robert_Wells_Cup_Bell_No7_on_leather_strap.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_bells_x3_on_mount_.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No10.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No11.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No12.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No13.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No14.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No15.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No16_no_clapper.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No17.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No18.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No19.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No2.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No21.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No5.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No6.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No7.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No8.wav
Robert_Wells_Hame_Bell_No9.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No11.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No14_wooden_handle.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No16.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No3.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No4.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No4_Alt.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No5.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No6.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No7.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No8.wav
Robert_Wells_House_Bell_No9.wav
Robert_Wells_mold_but_newly_cast_Crotal_Bell.wav
Ship_bell.wav
Kyle Evans –
I needed this library for a sequence in which a number of different sized butler’s bells ring out and this serves my needs perfectly. Most files have 2 or 3 performances of the bell – usually a single ding or fairly short ting-a-ling. Where this library is most useful in that it not only has a variety of different bells, but it has many similar bells in different pitches. Need something a little bit more friendly, or sinister – you can finesse what kind of sound you need. Also bonus points for using the humble H1 and getting killer results.