SonicCouture Balinese Gamelan II KONTAKT | 12.7 Gb

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 --

PITCHED INSTRUMENTS

Jegog x 2

Calung x 2

Ugal

Kantilan x 2

Pemade x 2

Panyacah x 2

PERCUSSION

Kajar + Benbende (open & damped)

Gentorak

Kempli x 3 with different mallets

Ceng Ceng (tight, closed, loose, open, rhythmn)

Kendang x 2

GONGS

Wadon

Kempur

Lanang

Klentong

-- GAMELAN BATEL --

PITCHED INSTRUMENTS

Kantilan x 2

Pemade x 2

PERCUSSION

Tawa Tawa

Kajar

Kendang x 2

GONGS

Kempur

Klenong

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.