The majority of Gamelan instruments are percussive, and most of these are bronze. Each hit of every instrument has many alternative samples, to ensure that 'machine-gunning' never occurs - essential in an instrument that plays such dense percussive sequences.ÂĪ Gamelan is an ensemble of instruments originating from Indonesia. The Kempli, Bebende and Kajar are recorded open and damped, each with a selection of different beaters.

The two kendang drums are mapped with various types of hits, separated into the left and right hands/drum heads, as well as strikes with the pangul, a wooden drumstick. Keyswitches are used in the metallophones to provide the two articulations, free and damped attacks. Natural Programming and Lifelike ArticulationĪll possible articulations and variations have been meticulously recorded and programmed into the Professional Edition instruments. Smaller percussive instruments like the Kempli are grouped together, with KSP level and pan controls for fine tuning. Paired instruments also feature separate volume and pan controls. As many of the metallophones are played as a detuned pair, for convenience we have grouped them this way, including KSP scripting to humanise the velocity and timing for a natural response. More information and demos are available at the Discovery Sound site.The flagship set is composed of single and paired Kontakt versions of the Gamelan instruments (click on picture above). The library is available in ACID/WAV/REX2/KONTAKT/BATTERY/ MACHFIVE formats. Original voice is recorded as Sengak on this library. Version Kecak sung by a few people taken over in Sunda Islands. Kecak known as Indonesian Voice percussion is The biggest attraction is the rich sounds and the way of The Gendang is an Indonesian percussion instrument.įor this library, Makoto recorded a unique Gendang remodeled by the That both solo and ensemble are available. On this library, the music is offered as multi-samples so The music is very fast, loud, rhythmicĪnd precise.

Jegog plays very low tone, and the ensemble is Metallophones tuned to a four or five – note scale, various gongs,įlutes, drums and other percussion. The most well known Indonesian music, Gamelan is anĮnsemble of instruments indigenous to the islands of Bali or Java

World’s largest archipelago, between Indochina and Australia, and The Republic of Indonesia is located in the Malay Archipelago, the The library features exotic Indonesian sounds and samples, produced and supervised by Asian music master Makoto Kubota. Discovery Sound has released a new sample library, Indonesia – The Magic.

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