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They also include a variety of loops and patterns. These are ethnic sounds with extraordinary processing effects that can create very unusual timbres and textures only possible due to the unique underlying instrumental samples. This bundle includes three instruments - EthnoCinematic, EthnoGroove and EthnoScapes - and each comes with a clean-looking interface that gets right to the point. You might find just what you were looking for to spice up a production. And the price - at just over $20 as I write this - makes it hard to resist. While a loop library won’t provide the same control as a typical Kontakt instrument, this collection has a wide variety of choices in a variety of tempi and ensemble configurations that are ready to be dropped into a session or sampler. It is comprised of Indian grooves and instruments including the tabla, dholak, salangai bells, udakkai, kanjira and many more. This loop library by Black Octopus is definitely worth mentioning here. It’s everything you need for aggressive ethnic drum textures for sure. The collection includes taikos, daikos, bongos, congas, frame drums, djembes, dumbeks, bodhrans, darbukas, batas, cajóns and surdos. A built-in sequencer, mixer, master effects section, envelope control, velocity control, tuning section and Heavyocity’s lovely punish & twist controls top off the feature set. I especially love the stage view which allows for a three-dimensional spatialization.

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This collection of percussion instruments uses the excellent GUIs offered by Heavyocity seen in the other Master Session Series products. Master Sessions – Ethnic Drum Ensembles by Heavyocity The envelope section allows for a velocity-sensitive attack and decay, and the inclusion of filter and LFO sections is a definite plus.Ĥ.

Balinese Gamelan Spotlight Collection by Native InstrumentsĪlso from NI (and Soniccouture) is this great collection of gamelan that gives the user control over timing and tuning to accommodate the distinct sonic character of these percussive ensembles. Ensemble and individual instruments are included.ģ. It is really well done with control for root key, feel and intensity. Sounds include the tabla, pakhawaj, mridangam, ghatam, kanjira and more. This one is a beautiful collection of instrument sounds from India along with a ton of preset patterns that can be edited and dragged into a session as MIDI. India Spotlight Collection by Native Instruments While it uses the default interface in Kontakt, users easily get a decent sound by instantiating the appropriate instrument.Ģ. It also comes with instruments for the EXS24 (which will open in Logic’s newer Sampler instrument), Kontakt and HALion. Precisionsound offers several instruments with this collection that include long and short gestures, harmonics and special effects. The cimbalom is a struck string instrument that can sound like a sort of hybrid harpsichord/piano. Moldova Concert Cimbalom by Precisionsound But they can also be used in more freely creative contexts to take advantage of the unusual sonorities and timbres.īelow are some excellent collections I’ve come across (presented in no particular order) at various price points with a wide range of features. Their use can immediately set a piece of music in a particular time and space that can help drive a visual narrative or evoke imagery consistent with a geographic location. The sounds are often distinct with timbres that stand out from traditional Western instrumentation, while some can be heard as the forerunners of modern instruments. Typically categorized as in the title of this article, these sorts of instrumental sounds are often tied to a specific culture(s) or time period.

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