WELCOME TO THE KONTA K T 4-INSTRUMENT ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESS I ONAL & VO I CES produced by Marcel Barsotti the Pivana & Tenor Pivana flute (Corsica), the very INTRODUCTION meticulously recorded pan flute and human whistling. The category Metal Type Instruments ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES there is an all new large selection of Hi-End Crash, is by the renowned film composer Marcel Barsotti Splash, Ride & China Cymbals with Hits, Swells (Die Päpstin, Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen, and Loops, the Big Feng Gong and fine glistening Das Wunder von Bern). This composer has already Windchimes. The string instruments category has won several awards. He has composed music for been updated with a Bandura from the ukraine. more than 80 cinema, advertising and television ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES films and his musicians have been placed in the charts has tapped into a new dimension with Kontakt 4 several times. and outstanding programming. A new instrument ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES interface allows you via the new quick edit page contains more than 240 professionally recor- to directly access all the essential parameters and ded ethnic instruments and more than 18.000 thereby offers a more intuitive handling of ethno high quality samples in the following catego- world instruments. By integration of the convoluti- ries: Bowed Instruments, Stringed Instruments, on reverb the instruments sound more natural. The Woodwind & Brass, Key Instruments, Bell Type realtime automation has been greatly simplified. Instruments, Metal Type Instruments, World Furthermore elastic audio Time Machine II lets you Drums, World Percussion, Gongs & Bowls and the transpose any instrument phrase and playing style. new category of Voices & Choirs. Therefore, EW5 With sample start-shift you can determine when a PRO & VOICES with its 20 gigabytes of samples lick should begin. All drum- & percussion-loops is one of the most extensive ethnic library in the and every solo-loop can be synchronized by Beat- world. machine II to any tempo or by the host sequencer. ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES Also every loop is individually programmable. contains the entire library „Ethno World 4 Profes- For solo instruments there is the new legato mode. sional“ and an additional 10 GB with about 5.500 With the humanize mode every note has a slightly new samples. Thereby ETHNO WORLD 5 PRO- different tone. And micro-tuning allows any type FESSIONAL & VOICES with its 20 GB content of tuning and ethnic scales. and more than 800 patches is one of the largest eth- All ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & nic sample libraries in the world. VOICES instruments and voices are played by re- The latest addition to ETHNO WORLD 5 PRO- nowned musicians & singers under the direction of FESSIONAL & VOICES are 25 professionally re- Andreas Hofner and Marcel Barsotti. corded solo-voices from all over the world and an more info: www.bestservice.de. Ethnic Chamber Choir with over 3.800 new sam- Just listen to the Demo! ples and phrases. You will find voices from North America, Cameroon, Guinea, China, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, North Afrika and Peru. I hope users all over the world will find With the highly improved Legato-Mode in com- much enjoyment, plenty of inspiration and bination with several voice-articulations you now have the possibility to record realistic vocal lines. musical creativity in the musical transfor- Another highlight for all film composers are the new mation of ethnic and other styles. Taiko Drums and Big Ethnic Tom Drums, consis- Marcel Barsotti ting of individual samples (left and right hand) and hundreds of inspiring loops. In the category wood- winds you will find the famous Ney flute (Iran), INTRODUCT I ON 02 THE NEW INSTRUMENTS HOW TO USE THE & VOICES FROM ETHNO INSTRUMENTS WORLD 5 The instruments can be used as they would be in a „normal“ orchestra. For this reason there are different groups such as bell type instruments, bowed instruments, cons- truction sets, gongs and bowls, key instruments, voices, construction sets, metal type instruments, stringed instruments, woodwinds and brass, world drums and world percussion. The instruments sound extremely dynamic and natural. You will hear the swish of vibrating strings and in addition Native American Phrases, Cameroon Voices & there is an effects bank that lets you combine the Phrases, Guinean Voices & Phrases, Chinese specifi c noises of an instrument with the basic in- Opera Voices & Phrases, Iranian Voices & Phra- strument sound. ses, Turkish Voices & Muezzin Phrases, Bulga- In the main program many instruments are equip- rian Voices & Phrases, Ukrainian Traditional ped with dimension keys. Via keys they let you Phrases, Peruvian Voices & Phrases sowie Eth- select the different playing styles of the instrument. nic European Vocals, Boy Solo Voices & Phra- Some of the instruments are programmed with up ses, Gregorian Phrases and an Ethnic Chamber to 14 dimension keys and playing styles. For a cer- Choir, Human Whistling, Taiko Drums, Big Eth- tain instrument, the dimension keys allow you to nic Tom Drums, Ney Flute (Iran), Pivana & Te- change the playing styles like piano/forte, marcato, nor Pivana Flute (Korsika), , Crash, Splash, Ride pizzicato, tremolo, glissandi, slides, mordent, trills & China Cymbals, Big Feng Gong, Windchimes, and many more. With precise programming, one Bandura (Ukraine). will no longer be able to differentiate between the Ethno World instruments and „real“ instruments. In addition, there are many different loops, licks and effects in all tempos. Ethno World 5 Profes- THE SOUND CONCEPT sional can be used within many different stylistic contexts. Almost all instruments were recorded in stereo with various tempos. For sound reasons, several fl utes were sampled in mono. Very often fl utes do sound smoother and richer in mono. All instruments have ABBREVIATIONS been recorded with the fi nest state-of-the-art tube technology and then mastered with professional ALT Alternating Samples high quality plug-ins. Great care has been exercis- BM Beatmachine ed to transmit the authenticity of the instruments. TM Timemachine This sometimes means that original melodies are TM SYNC Timemachine with tempo sampled with some unavoidable sounds and noises. synchronisation The reference tuning is set at 440 Hz. P Piano F Forte Gliss Glissando FX Effect TR Tremolo VIB Vibrato 03 NEW INSTRUMENTS & SOUND CONCEPT & HOW TO USE VEL Velocity Switch MOD Modulation Wheel XFD Crossfade 3XFD Crossfade mit 3 Layern KEY Keyswitch Instrument CC Midi Control Change (C0) Key-Switches start from C0 BELL & METAL TYPE Jews Harp INSTRUMENTS THE SARON The Saron is a Gamelan Glockenspiel from Lom- Here are some very unusual instruments from bok (1 octave). around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles and loops. Gamelan Crash Bells & Saron & Gamelan Glockenspiel & Gamelan Wood Cowbell Hugh Tracey Kalimba KALIMBAS The Kalimbas (African plucked instruments, here with 5 and 15 small metal rods) include program- mes in the original tuning and in the European half tone tuning. Kalimba Kibirizi Tuning Plates The MONGOLIAN JEWS HARP and the Hunga- rian Jews Harp played by Sandro Friedrich, with unique loops. Bass Kalimba & Gopichand & Tamborcito ABBREVIATIONS & BELL & METAL TYPE INSTRUMENTS 04 VEL Velocity Switch MORE BELL INSTRUMENTS MOD Modulation Wheel A selection of ethnic bell instruments is available XFD Crossfade as well as Tibetan singing bells, which are played 3XFD Crossfade mit 3 Layern with a rubber-coated stick. There are temple cym- KEY Keyswitch Instrument bals from China and Tibet and bells from Burma. CC Midi Control Change You will fi nd European instruments, such as a Me- (C0) Key-Switches start from C0 tallophone, a chromatic 2 octave Glockenspiel, and small tubular bells. These too have varying dynamics. A few more unusual instruments are the Shanghai baby piano (its little wooden clappers Jews Harp BELL & METAL TYPE fall on to longer metal rods), a bamboo vibraphone with synthetically produced tremolo. Tibetan Temple Cymbals INSTRUMENTS THE SARON The Saron is a Gamelan Glockenspiel from Lom- Here are some very unusual instruments from bok (1 octave). around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles and loops. Tibetan Singing Bells Shanghai Baby Piano (China) Also included are a Gamelan crashbell, where Gamelan Crash Bells & Saron & Gamelan four fi rmly fi xed cymbals are hit by two cymbals, Glockenspiel & Gamelan Wood Cowbell Hugh Tracey Kalimba and the Dreamcatchers, which are very much like KALIMBAS windchimes. The Kalimbas (African plucked instruments, here with 5 and 15 small metal rods) include program- mes in the original tuning and in the European half tone tuning. Kalimba Kibirizi Tuning Plates Gamelan Crash Bells (Lombok) The MONGOLIAN JEWS HARP and the Hunga- Here are some very unusual instruments from rian Jews Harp played by Sandro Friedrich, with around the world. They all have varying dynamics, Bass Kalimba & Gopichand & Tamborcito Metallophon (Germany) & Chromatic Glockenspiel (Germa- unique loops. playing styles, loops and pitch programmes. ny) & Small Bamboo Vibraphon (Synth. Tremolo). 05 BELL & METAL TYPE IINSTRUMNETSNSTRUMENTS CYMBALS Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The greater majority of cymbals are of indefi nite pitch and used in orchestras, percussi- on ensembles, jazz bands, heavy metal bands, and marching groups... Gong Besar 18“ There is also a large collection of Singing Bowls at your disposal: Big Rako Bowls, Big Tibetan Sin- ging Bowls from Tibet and Rin Bowls from Japan in different playing styles and sizes. From Indonesia is the Gong Besar with a deep curve at the back. Military Cymbals GONGS & BOWLS From the instrument family of the Gongs, there are instruments such as the Wuhan Tam Tam from TamTam Besar & Wuhan am Tam & Java Gong China, the Java Gong with a diameter of 80 Centi- meters (approx. 31 inches) and the Tam Tam Besar from Indonesia. New in Ethno World 4 is the Mon- golian Gong.