Publisher: Soniccouture
Website: Balinese Gamelan II
Format: KONTAKT (7.9+)
Quality: 24 bit 96 kHz stereo
Description: Balinese Gamelan (New Version) Featuring two complete ensembles, Soniccouture’s Balinese Gamelan II is by far the most authentic and complete sample gamelan instrument available.
Play individual instruments or an entire ensemble at once – complete gamelan control for experts and beginners alike.
Over 30 different instruments were recorded with great depth to capture the living, breathing sound and dynamics of gamelan.
Semaradan Gamelan Ensemble (LSO, London)
Gamelan Batel Ramayana (Toronto)
Gamelan is an ensemble of instruments originally from Indonesia. Most gamelan instruments are percussion, and most of them are bronze. They consist of xylophone-like metallophones of varying sizes and pitches, tuned gongs, very high pitched gongs, and a variety 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 that comes from the detuning of paired instruments playing the same musical part.
Although gamelan music has been around for centuries (there is evidence of instruments dating back to 800 AD), it is a very vibrant music in Indonesia and is growing in popularity in the west. Styles continue to evolve and new Gamelan music is constantly being written. The Balinese “Gong Kebyar”, a particularly flamboyant style, dominated for much of the century and is probably Bali’s most famous export.
Gamelan’s music is very much about the collective – it is described as “negotiations between musicians.” Many musicians play interlocking parts in which two instruments alternately share notes. This technique allows the ensemble to play incredibly fast passages.
Additional Information :
All samples in stereo 24 bit 96 kHz
Adjustable cut-off level + multiple articulations
Mute + RING samples (key switchable) for all high pitched instruments.
from 3 to 20 cyclic layers and up to 15 speed layers depending on the tool
Total library size 35 GB (13 GB with NCW compression)
About 8000 samples
Full control over tuning: equal temperament and micro-tuning
102 snapshot presets for quickly selecting instruments and sound design presets.
