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New KONTAKT-Powered software instrument created by Soniccouture provides the sounds of the traditional Balinese orchestra.
BALINESE GAMELAN is a new KONTAKT-Powered instrument that marks the
second entry in the "Discovery Series". Created in collaboration with
the renowned sound-design house Soniccouture, BALINESE GAMELAN offers a
versatile assortment of ethnic instruments that represent the rich
sonic heritage of classic Indonesian music, for use in film scoring,
electronic music production and traditional compositions.
BALINESE GAMELAN faithfully recreates the charismatic sounds of the
traditional Balinese orchestra with its diverse combinations of
instruments. Three essential elements of the larger Gamelan ensemble
are included; the melodic core instruments which comprise the Jegog,
the Calung, and the Penyacah; the "Gangsa" which consists of the Ugal,
Pemadé, and Kantilan metallophones; and the kettle gongs which
include the Trompong and the Reyong. All instruments have been
carefully recorded from the London Symphonic Orchestra's own "Semara
Dana Gamelan Ensemble" in full detail, resulting in 2 GByte of
studioquality samples that are brought to life through the unrivaled
power of the KONTAKT sampling engine.
BALINESE GAMELAN can be used both with the free KONTAKT PLAYER and with
the full-featured KONTAKT sampler, and makes extensive use of the
advanced sound shaping and articulation features of the platform. Users
can switch between original gamelan tuning as well as a westernoriented
"concert" tuning, and an optional "Synth" version allows to creatively
tweak the sound of individual instruments beyond their natural
tonality. A "Jammer" function creates rhythmic patterns, while the
typical detuned doubling of the Gangsa and other gamelan instruments
can be conveniently controlled via dedicated parameters of the software.
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