Soniccouture Balinese Gamelan II

Soniccouture Balinese Gamelan II

BALINESE GAMELAN II - A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF PERCUSSION

Soniccouture Balinese Gamelan II features two full gamelan ensembles:

•     Semaradana Gamelan Ensemble (LSO, London)
•     Gamelan Batel Ramayana (Toronto)

Over 30 different instruments were recorded in great depth to capture the living, breathing sound & dynamics of gamelan. Play individual instruments or the whole ensemble at once - complete control over the gamelan sound for experts & newcomers alike.

GAMELAN CULTURE

Gamelan Semaradana, LSO London

Gamelan is an ensemble of instruments originating from Indonesia. The majority of Gamelan instruments are percussive, and most of these are bronze. They include xylophone-like metallophones of different sizes and pitch, tuned gong chimes, very large pitched gongs, and an assortment of drums and percussion. There are many types of Gamelan ensembles, but the two dominant types are Javanese and Balinese. Balinese Gamelan has a characteristic 'shimmering' sound which is due to the detuning of paired instruments playing the same musical part.

Although Gamelan music has been around for centuries (there is evidence of instruments existing before 800 AD), it is very much a living music in Indonesia, and is growing in popularity in the west. Styles keep evolving and new Gamelan music is being written all the time. Balinese "Gong Kebyar", a particularly flamboyant style, has dominated much of the century and is probably Bali's most famous export.

Gamelan music is very much about the collective - it has been described as 'a negotiation between musicians'. Many of the musicians play interlocking parts, in which alternate notes are shared between two instruments. This technique enables the ensemble to play incredibly fast passages.

GAMELAN SEMARADANA     GAMELAN BATEL

• PITCHED INSTRUMENTS     PITCHED INSTRUMENTS
• Jegog x 2      Kantilan x 2  
• Calung x 2     Pemadé x 2  
• Kantilan x 2       
• Pemadé x 2       
• Panyacah x 2      
• PERCUSSION     PERCUSSION
• Kajar + Benbendé (open & damped)     Tawa Tawa
• Kempli x 3 with different mallets     Kajar
• Ceng Ceng (tight, closed, loose, open, rhythmn)     Kendang x 2
• Kendang x 2      
• Gentorak     
• GONGS     
• GONGS
• Wadon     Kempur
• Kempur     Klenong
• Lanang     
• Klentong     

 
SAMPLING SPECS

•     All sampling in 24bit 96khz stereo
•     Adjustable key-off level + multiple articulations
•     MUTE + RING samples (key-switched) for all pitched instruments.
•     3 to 20 round robin layers and up to 15 velocity layers depending on instrument
•     Total library size 14GB with NCW compression
•     Approx. 8000 samples
•     Full control over tuning: equal temperament and microtuning
•     102 snapshot presets for quick selection of instruments and sound design presets.
•     Kontakt (Player) version 5.5 required

Requirements
The latest NI Kontakt Player is included in this product!
The minimum Kontakt Player version to use this library is specified in the product description.

Windows

• Windows 7, 8.1 or 10 (latest Service Pack, 32/64-bit)
• Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)

Mac

• Mac OS X 10.10, 10.11 oder 10.12 (latest update)
• Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended)

for all

•     1GB free disc space for player installation
•     additional hard disc space according to the library size
•     internet connection for product activation required (on any computer)

 SUPPORTED INTERFACES

• Stand-Alone
• VST
• Audio Units
• ASIO
• CoreAudio
• WASAPI
• AAX Native (Pro Tools 10 or later)

Product activation:
An internet connection on any computer is required to authorize / activate the product (Challenge/Response).

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