Welcome to the Kontakt4-Instrument Ethno World 5 Professional & Voices produced by Marcel Barsotti

INTRODUCTION
ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES is by the renowned film composer Marcel Barsotti (Die Ppstin, Deutschland. Ein Sommermrchen, Das Wunder von Bern). This composer has already won several awards. He has composed music for more than 80 cinema, advertising and television films and his musicians have been placed in the charts several times. ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES contains more than 240 professionally recorded ethnic instruments and more than 18.000 high quality samples in the following categories: Bowed Instruments, Stringed Instruments, Woodwind & Brass, Key Instruments, Bell Type Instruments, Metal Type Instruments, World Drums, World Percussion, Gongs & Bowls and the new category of Voices & Choirs. Therefore, EW5 PRO & VOICES with its 20 gigabytes of samples is one of the most extensive ethnic library in the world. ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES contains the entire library Ethno World 4 Professional and an additional 10 GB with about 5.500 new samples. Thereby ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES with its 20 GB content and more than 800 patches is one of the largest ethnic sample libraries in the world. The latest addition to ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES are 25 professionally recorded solo-voices from all over the world and an Ethnic Chamber Choir with over 3.800 new samples and phrases. You will find voices from North America, Cameroon, Guinea, China, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, North Afrika and Peru. With the highly improved Legato-Mode in combination with several voice-articulations you now have the possibility to record realistic vocal lines. Another highlight for all film composers are the new Taiko Drums and Big Ethnic Tom Drums, consisting of individual samples (left and right hand) and hundreds of inspiring loops. In the category woodwinds you will find the famous Ney flute (Iran), the Pivana & Tenor Pivana flute (Corsica), the very meticulously recorded pan flute and human whistling. The category Metal Type Instruments there is an all new large selection of Hi-End Crash, Splash, Ride & China Cymbals with Hits, Swells and Loops, the Big Feng Gong and fine glistening Windchimes. The string instruments category has been updated with a Bandura from the ukraine. ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES has tapped into a new dimension with Kontakt 4 and outstanding programming. A new instrument interface allows you via the new quick edit page to directly access all the essential parameters and thereby offers a more intuitive handling of ethno world instruments. By integration of the convolution reverb the instruments sound more natural. The realtime automation has been greatly simplified. Furthermore elastic audio Time Machine II lets you transpose any instrument phrase and playing style. With sample start-shift you can determine when a lick should begin. All drum- & percussion-loops and every solo-loop can be synchronized by Beatmachine II to any tempo or by the host sequencer. Also every loop is individually programmable. For solo instruments there is the new legato mode. With the humanize mode every note has a slightly different tone. And micro-tuning allows any type of tuning and ethnic scales. All ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES instruments and voices are played by renowned musicians & singers under the direction of Andreas Hofner and Marcel Barsotti. more info: www.bestservice.de. Just listen to the Demo! I hope users all over the world will find much enjoyment, plenty of inspiration and musical creativity in the musical transformation of ethnic and other styles. Marcel Barsotti

Introduction

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THe NeW INSTRUMeNTS & VOICeS FROM eTHNO WORLD 5

HOW TO USe THe INSTRUMeNTS

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, construction 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 there is an effects bank that lets you combine the specific noises of an instrument with the basic instrument sound. In the main program many instruments are equipped with dimension keys. Via keys they let you select the different playing styles of the instrument. Some of the instruments are programmed with up to 14 dimension keys and playing styles. For a certain instrument, the dimension keys allow you to change the playing styles like piano/forte, marcato, pizzicato, tremolo, glissandi, slides, mordent, trills and many more. With precise programming, one 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 Professional can be used within many different stylistic contexts.

Native American Phrases, Cameroon Voices & Phrases, Guinean Voices & Phrases, Chinese Opera Voices & Phrases, Iranian Voices & Phrases, Turkish Voices & Muezzin Phrases, Bulgarian Voices & Phrases, Ukrainian Traditional Phrases, Peruvian Voices & Phrases sowie Ethnic European Vocals, Boy Solo Voices & Phrases, Gregorian Phrases and an Ethnic Chamber Choir, Human Whistling, Taiko Drums, Big Ethnic Tom Drums, Ney Flute (Iran), Pivana & Tenor Pivana Flute (Korsika), , Crash, Splash, Ride & China Cymbals, Big Feng Gong, Windchimes, Bandura (Ukraine).

THe SOUND CONCepT

Almost all instruments were recorded in stereo with various tempos. For sound reasons, several flutes were sampled in mono. Very often flutes do sound smoother and richer in mono. All instruments have been recorded with the finest state-of-the-art tube technology and then mastered with professional high quality plug-ins. Great care has been exercised to transmit the authenticity of the instruments. This sometimes means that original melodies are sampled with some unavoidable sounds and noises. The reference tuning is set at 440 Hz.

ABBReVIATIONS
ALT BM TM TM SYNC P F Gliss FX TR VIB Alternating Samples Beatmachine Timemachine Timemachine with tempo synchronisation Piano Forte Glissando Effect Tremolo Vibrato

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neW InstruMents & sound concePt & hoW to use

VEL MOD XFD 3XFD KEY CC (C0)

Velocity Switch Modulation Wheel Crossfade Crossfade mit 3 Layern Keyswitch Instrument Midi Control Change Key-Switches start from C0

BeLL & MeTAL Type INSTRUMeNTS

Here are some very unusual instruments from around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles and loops.

Jews Harp

the saron
The Saron is a Gamelan Glockenspiel from Lombok (1 octave).

Hugh Tracey Kalimba

Gamelan Crash Bells & Saron & Gamelan Glockenspiel & Gamelan Wood Cowbell

KalImBas
The Kalimbas (African plucked instruments, here with 5 and 15 small metal rods) include programmes in the original tuning and in the European half tone tuning.

Kalimba Kibirizi Tuning Plates The MONGOLIAN JEWS HARP and the Hungarian Jews Harp played by Sandro Friedrich, with unique loops.

Bass Kalimba & Gopichand & Tamborcito

aBBreVIatIons & Bell & Metal tyPe InstruMents

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more Bell Instruments

A selection of ethnic bell instruments is available as well as Tibetan singing bells, which are played with a rubber-coated stick. There are temple cymbals from China and Tibet and bells from Burma. You will find European instruments, such as a Metallophone, 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 fall on to longer metal rods), a bamboo vibraphone with synthetically produced tremolo.

Tibetan Temple Cymbals

Tibetan Singing Bells Shanghai Baby Piano (China) Also included are a Gamelan crashbell, where four firmly fixed cymbals are hit by two cymbals, and the Dreamcatchers, which are very much like windchimes.

Gamelan Crash Bells (Lombok) Here are some very unusual instruments from around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles, loops and pitch programmes. Metallophon (Germany) & Chromatic Glockenspiel (Germany) & Small Bamboo Vibraphon (Synth. Tremolo).

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Bell & Metal tyPe I InstruMnets nstruMents

cyMBals

Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The greater majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch and used in orchestras, percussion 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 Singing 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 China, the Java Gong with a diameter of 80 Centimeters (approx. 31 inches) and the Tam Tam Besar from Indonesia. New in Ethno World 4 is the Mongolian Gong. TamTam Besar & Wuhan am Tam & Java Gong

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Rin Bowls

Big Feng Gong

BOWeD INSTRUMeNTS
erhu

Big Tibetan Singing Bowls

Small Erhu Plectrum Violin & Erhu Plectrum Violin & Ceylon Guitar. In China the Erhu, Gaohu and Jinghu (Chinese opera violin) are traditional bowed instruments. The Erhu is a two-string violin tuned in fifths. It has no frets and no fingerboard and is being played with a fixed bow stick.

BigRako Singing Bowls,

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JInGhu oPera VIolIn

Ih khuur Bass

The little Jinghu is a Chinese soprano violin which is used in Beijing opera music.

MorIn khuur VIolIn

The bass morin khur is a bigger version of the morin khuur and plays in range and in sound like a traditional double bass.

dIlruBa

Dra-Ngen (left) & Morin Khuur (right) The morin khuur sounds like a violin, but it has a trapezoidal body, a fretless neck and is strung with two horsehair strings. It was already being played in imperial palaces in the 12th century. The instrument is played with the fingernails or fingertips. It sounds a bit like a viola or a cello, but it can also be played in the higher violin ranges. The dilruba is similar to the esraj, but has a larger resonance box, an angular body and is strung with 20 instead of 15 resonance strings. This gives it a louder and fuller sound. As with the esraj, the ground base tone is tuned in between C and D.

BoWed InstruMnets

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esraJ

Western FIddle
The Western Fiddle is a bowed instrument very similar to the Violin. The Fiddle differs from the classical Violin in the way that it is played and in the musical style in which it is played.

Gaohu

The Esraj (also known as israj or dilruba) is a string instrument found in two forms in India. Esraj and Dilruba have a very similar structure. Each has a sitar-like neck with 20 metal frets, and the neck holds a wooden rack with 12-15 sympathetic strings. The dilruba has more sympathetic strings and a differently shaped body than the esraj, but they both have four main strings which are bowed. All strings are metal, and the soundboard is a stretched piece of goatskin. The neck is played with a bow, with the other hand moving along the strings above the frets. The player may slide the note up or down to achieve the portamento, or meend, characteristic of Indian music.

Erhu & Gaohu The Gaohu is an Erhu which plays in a higher key.

STRINGeD INSTRUMeNTS

eGyPtIan FIddle

The Egyptian Fiddle does have a fingerboard and two strings but no frets. It has a high pitched sound and tends towards a hollow, nasal sound. Contra Guitar F-Bass

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JoochIn (dulcIMer)
The Joochin is a larger string instrument, similar to the European zither. It is played with different hammers, which gives it the typical choral sound.

BanJo & truxa MandolIn

sMall erhu PlectruM VIolIn & ceylonese GuItar

The Small Erhu plectrum violin and the Ceylonese guitar (2 strings with fingerboard) behave similarly, but they are more suited to an Arabian style.

Banjo Framus & Saz Seven Strings There is also a banjo and a Truxa mandolin, which can be used for East Asian, European and Arabian styles.

kantele

ZhenG harP

Kantele & Small-Kantele The Kantele (developed from the dulcimer) has 15 strings, and it has an F tuning. It is played by plucking or tapping with sticks (as is the small Kantele).

The Zheng Harp (Chinese curved base Zither) is similar to the Japanese Koto. It is a harp with a size of approximately 2 Meters and its 21 strings are tuned diatonically. The Zhengs particular vibrato is produced with the left hand close to the bridge.

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Bandura

thetic strings for harmonics. The Tampura, used as an accompaniment instrument for Raga singing or together with Sitar, consists of 5 strings without a fingerboard. It is played with a glissando chord and tuned to keynote and fifth (fourth).

BouZoukI
The Bouzouk from Greece is a guitar-like instrument with 4 double courses, which is well known for its use of tremolo-style in Greek folk music (Alexis Zorbas).

Bandura refers to a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of a box zither and lute.

Bouzouki & Zsoura

sItar & taMPura

dra-nGen

Sitar (left) & Tampura (right) The Sitar and the Tampura are the most famous stringed instruments from India. The standard Sitar has 7 main strings and 11 freely vibrating sympaThe Dra-Ngen is a 7 string kerb lute with matching half octave string originating from Bhutan.

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BalalaIka & doMra

The Balalaika and the Domra are both from Russia. The Balalaika is tuned in E-E-A and is mostly played with a tremolo. The accompaniment, the Domra, originally comes from Mongolia. It is a small plucked guitar tuned in fifths. It can be built in several different styles.

ukulele
The Ukulele from Hawaii is a small 4 string guitar tuned to A-D-F#-B (a soprano version is featured here).

Banjolin (upper) Ukulele (Lower) Timple & Domra

tIMPle
The Timple is the traditional 5 string guitar from Lanzarote. It is similar to the Ukulele.

BanJolIn
The Banjolin has existed since 1885 and is also known as the Banjo Mandolin. It is mandolin with 4 double courses tuned to G-D-A- E. It is played with a banjo corpus.

oud

santoor

Santoor Saberi The 72 string Santoor is a 4-voice zither from Persia which is played with two hammers over a tonal range of 3 octaves.

sIx-strInGed steel GuItar

There is a six-stringed steel guitar with slide notes and Effects The Oud originally comes from the geographical area of Persia and is a short-necked lute with up to 6 double courses. Due to its fretless fingerboard it can be played in micro-intervals.

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Vester acoustIcBass

cMBs

The Vester Acousticbass is an acoustic 4-string bass guitar which is tuned to E-A-D-G.

contInental resonator GuItar

The Cmbs is a Turkish long-neck lute with a circular metal bowl resonator covered with a screwtensioned hide sound table. It resembles a Banjo, only with a deeper bowl resonator and a wider unfretted neck; its sound is deeper. It has six double courses (pairs) of metal strings attached to metal machine tuning heads. It is tuned (and played) with a quill or a plectrum, like the oud.

tanBur

Tanbur & Oud This resonator guitar made by Continental from Germany is a tin guitar which is brought to resonance with the resonator cone. Its sound is slightly tinny and aggressive. The instrument often is played with the slide technique. The Tanbur, a long-neck lute from the Middle East, is played with a pick (plectrum) just like a Mandolin.

Zsoura
The Zsoura is a small three voice Bouzouki which is very well suited as a solo instrument because of its higher pitch.

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cora

the Contexts of relaxation and wellness, birth preparation, in kindergartens and in schools. The 50 strings running over two well rounded frets found their way from the cembalo to this instrument; they guarantee a very warm, pleasant and deep sound with rich harmonics.

WOODWIND AND BRASS

The Cora, a harp-like stringed instrument from West Africa, features 8 to 16 strings that can be tuned over a bridge. The strings are fixed without a fingerboard, and are plucked with several fingers.

saZ

Top to bottom: Bamboo Flute. Irish Low Whistle. Recorder Alto F. Dagoba Flute. Susato Tin Whistle The Saz or Baglama is a Turkish long-neck lute with seven strings and frets. Despite its shape which is similar to the Greek Bouzouki, it is different in construction, size and sound. The Saz is the most popular string instrument in Turkey. The word Saz originates in the Persian language and simply means musical instrument. It is the traditional accompanying instrument of the bards who are called Asik in Anatolia and the Caucasian regionand is played in an open tuning. Slaps is a further playing style available here.

the PIVana

Grand Monochord
The pivana is a fipple flute made from the horn of a moufflon sheep or goat. It originates in Corsica where it is played in traditional music. It is related to the better known gemshorn, a medieval instrument.

The sound bench on this recording is being used in

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the tenor PIVana

IrIsh traVerse Flute

The tenor pivana is a larger version of the pivana. It is made from a large goat horn instead of the relatively small moufflon sheep horn.

FuJara

A keyless Irish flute with an ebony body and a silver head with an ebonite lip plate, made in County Clare. This style of flute has become popular in Ireland in the last 50 years, but was originally based on the German reform flute. Its rich sound has become an unmistakeable part of traditional Irish music.

the ney

The Slovakian Fujara - like many flutes an instrument of the cattle drovers - is made from elder. After removing the soft pulp, the two elder tubes (one up to 170 cm/67 inches long, the other significantly shorter) are attached to each other. The long tube is fitted with a labium and three gripholes, the shorter tube gets a mouthpiece which is used to blow the flute.

The ney is an end-blown flute which is widely used in Turkish, Persian and Arabic music. Its origins reach back as far as 3000 BC. The ney consists of a piece of hollow cane or reed with five or six finger holes and one thumb hole.

PInkIllo

dVoJacka
The dvojacka is a double flute / overtone flute from Slovakia. It has a quarter of the length of the fujara and therefore these instruments can be played together. The musical possibilities include doubleflute-melodies and overtone flute techniques similar to the ones used on the fujara.

The pinkillo is a fipple flute from the South American Andes. It is typically 30 - 40cm in length and made from bamboo or reed. The range is usually two octaves.

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ocarInas

shakuhachI

Ocarinas are fipple flutes made from clay with a non-cylindrical hollow which enables various fingering techniques. They originate in Italy, where traditional instrument makers construct them in many different sizes. The range is usually one octave and three tones.

The shakuhachi is a Japanese end notch flute, usually made from bamboo. The open notch makes it more difficult to play but more versatile in sound variations. It was originally used by the members of a sect of Zen Buddhism as a part of their meditation. The range is two octaves and three tones.

duduk

dIdGerIdoo
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument from the Australian Aborigines. By slightly changing the position of the mouth, the player can influence the overtone spectrum of the sound. The instrument is mostly played with circular breathing, a technique which enables continuous sound.

hotchIku

The duduk is a double-reed instrument from Armenia. Its huge reed which gives the instrument its voice-like, mournful sound, is made from an indigenous reed. The body of the instrument is usually made from aged apricot wood. The range is one octave. This is the big brother of the shakuhachi. It requires the same playing techniques and has similar sound characteristics as the shakuhachi, but it is about 2.3 feet in length and therefore lower in pitch.

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cIaraMella

cruMhorn

The ciaramella is a shawm from the Abbruzze mountains of Italy. It is a double- reed instrument of about 1 foot of length with an unmistakable loud nasal sound and a range of one octave. Traditionally it is played around Christmas time together with the Italian zampogna (bagpipes).

The Crumhorn with its rather duck-like sound quality is a double-reed instrument from the European Renaissance, where such instruments were often played in groups of different sizes. The doublereed itself is hidden in a closed cap.

launeddas

tIn WhIstle

The Sardinian launeddas consist of three single pipes made of reed: two five-holed chanters and a drone. They are played with circular breathing and are still used for religious ceremonies and dances. The range is one octave.

The tin whistle is an Irish fipple flute made of metal which usually has a range of two octaves and four tones. The particular decoration techniques and slurs make its sound unmistakeable.

Mancosedda
Like the launeddas, its origins lie in Sardinia. It is a single-reed instrument with similar sound characteristics, but unlike the launeddas it has up to seven holes which makes it more useful for complex melodies and gives it an extended range of one octave.

loW WhIstle
The low whistle might be encountered a bit less often than the tin whistle in traditional Irish music, but it has a richer sound. It is often used in slow airs.

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BaWu

shenG

The Bawu is a smooth and mellow sounding Chinese bamboo flute with 5 holes. Its sound is produced by a copper reed.

The Sheng also known as mouth organ, comes from China as well, and its sound is similar to a blow organ. The sound is produced by 30 bamboo tubes with valves. The Sheng covers a tonal range of approx. 3 octaves.

hulusI

Quena & Moceno Flute

The Chinese Hulusi (pic2 Chinese Hulusi) is a 6 hole double tube flute with a bamboo body in the shape of a pumpkin. Its sound is warm and clear. The Quena and the Moceno Flute both are South American end notch flutes from Bolivia. Their characteristically powerful and airy sound is a bit similar to the Shakuhachi.

PeruVIan ocarInas

shIVa Flute
The Shiva Flute is played by Indian preachers. This brass flute has a very transparent and high pitch sound.

euroPean tenor recorder

The European Tenor Recorder starts at C minor and belongs to the instrument family of recorders. The Peruvian Ocarinas are made from clay and are, as their name implies, from Peru.

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raG dun horn

haWaIIan shellhorn
The Hawaiian Shellhorn is a shell-like horn flute from Hawaii.

IndIan shenaI
The Rag Dun Horn is often played at ceremonies. It comes from the Himalayas and shows similarities with the European Alphorn, but it sounds much louder and more metallic than its European counterpart. There are Rag Dun Horn versions of up to 3 Meters (approx. 9 ft.) length. The Indian Shenai is a double reed flute and it is very similar to the Schalmei from Morocco. It starts at G# and sounds very loud and harsh.

uIlleann PIPes

dunG dkar conch truMPet

Uilleann Pipes Irish & Overton Whistles The Dung Dkar Conch Trumpet from the Himalayas is a shell-like trumpet with rich ornamentation. Uilleann Pipes is the name for the Irish bagpipe. Uilleann is the gaelic word for elbow. The name came from the fact that the Uillean Pipes get supplied with air not with the mouth, but by a bellow which is compressed with the elbow.

Zukra BaGPIPe

Pan Flute

The Zukra Bagpipe, a Tunisian bagpipe, is a double reed flute with a kid-leather body. By powerfully blowing into the instrument it works like a bagpipe.

Canira Panflute

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WORLD DRUMS
All drums have two or more dynamics on each key and all loops are in beatmachine-mode. Many programs contain single samples in addition to the loops to imitate a phrase realistically.

The Pan Flute - named after Pan, god of the sheperds. The sound of this instrument originates from an airstream which is directed to a sharp edge that cuts this airstream (on its cutting edge). All over the world Pan Flutes developed in different cultures more than 6000 years ago. Today the very airy sounding Pan Flutes from South America are famous, especially the ones from the Andes with their tubes aligned in one row. There are 2 different Panflutes in this Library

oVerton IrIsh WhIstles

Overton Whistles are handmade Irish aluminium whistles. Three whistles are combined to one instrument to achieve a greater range.

Derbuka & Small Derbuka & Iran Bongos

VarIous WoodWInds
All the woodwind instruments have tapered notes, some with and some without vibrato. The following instruments are included: an Indian and a Ceylonese snake charmer and a double neck recorder made from a pumpkin, which always plays two notes at once like a bagpipe. There is, however, a programme that lets you play on just one recorder neck at a time. With its loop version you can imitate Irish pipes. There is a big bamboo flute from Indonesia for warm sounds and for a strong ethnic flute character, a Mexican piccolo, a clay ocarina from Peru, a Dagoba (temple) flute from Sri Lanka and an alto recorder in F. In addition, there is a good selection of flute phrases and effects for the musical regions of East Asia and South America. Talking Drum & Dolek & Fujara Flute

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taIko druMs

MonGolIan FraMedruM

Japanese Taiko Drums are stick instruments and used in both Japanese folk and classical musical traditions. They have heads on both sides of the drum body, and a sealed resonating cavity. Taiko are also characterized by a high amount of tension on the drums heads, with a correspondingly high pitch relative to body size.

These traditional drums stem from the classic instrument collections of Mongolian folk groups. The Mongolian Hengereg Drum, often sparkling with colour, is a bass drum played with wooden drumsticks.

Madal druM
The Madal drum originally comes from Nepal. It has different sized drum skins on each side and can be tuned with wooden keys on interlaced skins.

MonGolIan henGereG druM

BIG ethnIc toM druMs

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World druMs

aFrIcan donn donn

The African Donn Donn is a tin drum with a cow hide skin and is especially recommended for African and Indian grooves.

Water druMs
Water Drums are made of pumpkins with some amount of water to create a unique sound.

IranIan BonGos
Iranian bongos are very small and made from solid wood. Their sound is loud and high pitched and they are played with sticks. Big African Donn Donn Drum & Madal Drum & Ceremony Drum

Metal daraBuka / daraBuka

For typical ethnic grooves there is a metal Darabuka from Turkey, not to be mistaken for Derbukas, which are from Morocco and have a clay body (generally higher pitched).

Gran MIlItary cassa

tunIs cereMony druM & tunIs taMBurIn

Also from Tunisia are the Tunis Ceremony Drum and the Tunis Tamburin.

sMall cassa
The Small Cassa has a very low and mighty sound, well suited to produce big drum grooves of all styles. There is also the big hand drum for all playing styles, a tambourine drum and a headless tambourine with rolls and crescendi, brass tablas from India, low pitched timbales and grooves, etc.

Tunis Ceremony Drum & Tunis Tamburin & Bendir

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Bass caJon & yaMBu

kanJIra

Bass Cajon The Bass Cajon and the Yambu are two large drums from Peru and Cuba which both have a wooden head. They were used to urge slaves to work.

Kanjira - a simple South Indian frame drum which is hit only with the right hand. Nevertheless it provides an astounding variety of sounds. By keeping the skin moist one gets a remarkable bass sound.

BendIr
The Bendir from Tunisia is similar to the Irish Bodhran. Its characteristic sound is produced by two cords inside the drum.

dJeMBe

surdo

This big Samba drum from Brazil is played with heavy sticks. It provides the basic rhythm for the Samba and is constructed from a large aluminium kettle, strung with two plastic skins. Moroccon Conga & Djembe & Cuica The Djembe is a drum originating from Moroccon Guinea and Mali. It has a batter head made from goat skin and it offers a rich sound palette.

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WORLD peRCUSSION
Here are some very unusual instruments such as the Angklung from Indonesia. Varying woods in diatonic tuning are shaken to achieve a kind of tremolo sound. This instrument can sound quite East Asian, but can also be used as a kind of Russian balalaika.

BalaFon & aFrIcan xyloPhone

The Balafon and the African Xylophone both are from Senegal, they are the counterpart to the European Xylophone. The Balafon exists in versions of different size. The resonance of the sound boards is transmitted over pumpkins cut in half.

Rainmakers, Chicken Eggs, Afuche Cabasa, Various Maracas Furthermore there is the wide selection of playing techniques and loops of shaker-like percussion instruments such as the African rice shaker (a rice filled rectangular bamboo board), an Afuche Cabasa with metal chains, South American rainmakers in varying sizes, chicken eggs and maracas from Africa and America, Jews Harps and many more.

Baobab Shaker & Cola Shaker & Rattle Shakers & Eggs & Wood Shaker & Small Maracas & Metal Guiro Shaker

GoPIchand

MonGolIan Bones shaker

The Gopichand is a plucked drum from Bengal. It is made of two longitudinal wooden sticks and a body which changes its pitch whenever an internal string is being compressed.

chI GonG Balls

Chi Gong balls from China, which are traditionally used for hand meditation, a Gamelan wooden bell, two hand cymbals from Europe and many other percussion instruments from around the world.

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Key INSTRUMeNTS
scale chanGer harMonIuM

hohner MelodIca

The Hohner Melodica is a keyboard-like reed instrument from Germany and features a scale of 2 octaves.

VOICeS & CHOIRS

The Scale Changer Harmonium was first introduced to India by the missionaries. It is brought to resonance with a stream of air. The whole keyboard can be shifted, and thereby the key note is adjustable from G# to E. An organ sound can also be added. Besides the Khoomii overtone singing, Ethno World also includes various male and female solo voices from Mongolia and a Mongolian Choir.

dallaPe accordIon

Members of Egschiglen

khooMII oVertone sInGInG

Khoomii singing is the typical Mongolian overtone singing. This unique, ethnic sounding way of singing is created by combining abdominal, diaphragm and chest breathing. By varying the resonance of the mouth cavity and with stronger air compression it is possible to create melodies. The three basic Khoomii techniques are chest khoomii, throat khoomii and kharkhira khoomii. The Dallape Accordion from Italy is a 3 octave wide accordion with keys.

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Ponchi & Gregorian Chants

Manfred Bogner

Native American Voices:

Native Amercan Solo Songs
Ambros Gller

Turkish Male Voices

Seref Dalyanoglu

Bulgarian Female Voices

Gergana Kushewa

Grandma - (Northern Cheyenne)

Elva Stands in Timber

Peruvian Male Voices

Yerar Gerardo Chvez

Old Man - (Lakota)

Sonny Richards

Boys Voices
Ben Schdlich

War Chants - (Lakota)

Chris Ravenshead and Friends

Cameroon Male Voices

Antoine Noah

Solo Chants - (Lakota-Cheyenne)

Jack Miller

Chinese Voices
LiLi + Xizhi Nie

Guinean Male Voices

Mori Dioubate

Ukrainian Traditional Songs

Valentyna Starenka

The Ethnic Chamber Choir:

Women
Melanie Kuchling (SOPRAN) Tarja Kultalahti (SOPRAN) Steffi Albrecht (ALT) Judith Frhlich (ALT)

Neda Iranian & Arabic Voices

Neda Homayoon

Fouxie European EthnicVoices

Fouxie

Men

Paulo European Ethnic Voices

Paulo Alves

Nicolai Kleinbauter (TENOR) Andreas Gnyp (TENOR) Wolfgang Hansen (BASS) Jakob Felchnerowski (BASS)

Wolfgang European Ethnic Voices

Wolfgang Kotsowilis

Nanina European Ethnic Voices

Nanina Ghelfi

European Ethnic Choir Human whistling

Lipa European Ethnic Voices

Lipa Majstrovic

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Marcel BarsottI the Producer

Besides his film composing activities, he published his first library for ethnic instruments, Ethno World, in 2000. Together with Ethno World Volume 4, this has become one of the most successful ethnic DVD Libraries in the world. In 2010 Barsotti wins the German Record Critic Award, The Park City Filmmusic Award 2010 and was nominated for the German Film Critic Award and the Score of the Year 2009. . MARCEL BARSOTTI Filmmusic Composer BAM Music Publishing - Germany barsotti@t-online.de www.marcelbarsotti.com

andreas hoFner
Marcel Barsotti has been one of the most successful film composers in Germany for over 10 years. Many of his by now more than 60 film compositions have become popular cinema music hits Pope Joan (Die Ppstin) Das Wunder von Bern, Deutschland. Ein Sommermarchen, Rennschwein Rudi Russel, Der Seewolf Der Bibelcode 2, Kebab Connection, Wo ist Fred?, Grne Wste and Dolphins. On the international scene, he composed music for the award-winning film productions Sirga the Lioness and The Poet. Barsotti has worked together with Luc Besson Production, Carl Schenkel, Caroline Link, Snke Wortmann, Gunter Rohrbach, Josee Dayan, Paul Hills, Hark Bohm, Gus Trikonis and Harold Faltermeyer, among others. Marcel Barsotti is also responsible for many advertising tunes and world wide corporate signature tunes, such as RTL2, SOS Childrens Villages and Concorde Film Distribution. Michael Barsotti holds film music workshops in Europe, and he is a member of the German composers association, the Composer Club, and a member of the German Film Academy jury. He gained two nominations for the German Television Awards in 2004, and in 2005 the Designer Award for best advertising music. In 2005, he founded the film music label THE SCORE Record Company.

Andreas Hofner has been working as an independent composer and music producer in Munich for more than 20 years. After having piano, guitar and saxophone lessons, he acquired his own music and studio know how. He has written several radio jingles, music for many commercial films and advertising spots, and also title music and scores for several television productions. In the pop sphere he has worked successfully with THE LES HUMPHRIES SINGERS, JURGEN DREWS and PETER SCHILLING, participating successfully in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest. ARTMAN MUSIC Andreas Hofner www.artman-music.de

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Marcel BarsottI
Stringed instruments, drums & percussion, flutes and key instruments

saranGel tsereVsaMBa

andreas hoFner
Stringed instruments, drums & percussion, flutes and key instruments

sandro FrIedrIch
Various Ocarinas, Tin & Low Whistle Licks, Shakuhachi, Pinkillo, Mancosedda, Launeddas, Crumhorn, Hotchiku, Fujara Overtone Flute, Irish Traverse Flute, Dvojacka, Double Flute, Duduk, Didgeridoo, Ciaramella, Ney Flute, Pivana, Tenor Pivana, Human Whistling (from the Egschiglen Ensemble) Joochin (Dulzimer), Vocals

enrIQue uGarte

sandro hussel
Esray, Dilruba

tuMenBayar MIGdorJ
(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) Morin Khuur, Vocals

tuMursaIhan yanlaV
(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) Morin Khuur, Vocals

uuGanBaatar tsend-ochIr
(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) Ih Khuur Bass

Accordion, Shenai

raoul alVarellos

aMartuWshIn BaasandorJ
(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) Khoomii Vocals, Morin Khuur

Shiva flute, Tenor Recorder

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daVId JunIor

PePe rochas
Kena, Mocno Bassflute

andreas Zoellner
Rag Dun horns, Hawaiian Shell horn

WolFGanG lohMeIer
Drums, Percussion, Monochord

andreas WeIdInGer
Various Bamboo- and European Flutes

toM hake
Overtone Whistles and Uilleann Pipes World percussion and drums

claus Gstatter
Western Fiddle

FaBIan roeMer

Bernhard Zeller
Additional Didgeridoo

catalIn tIrcolea
Thank you to Catalin Tircolea, the Pan Flute Player, well known all over the world with his samples at EW 5.

sandro hussel

Moorin Khur Effects, Egyptian violin

recordInG sessIon

Enrico Coromines (Additional Recording), Andreas Hofner and members of Egschiglen

As a musician, producer and luthier, Sandro Hussel has always had a special interest in string and percussion instruments from the Far East, Africa and Eastern Europe. It is these instruments which serve him as a source of inspiration, and meet his requirements for authenticity, originality and intensity. Sandro Hussels main workshop is Woodstage

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Studio in Zurich, an insider-tip for creative sound production, which brings natural sound resources and digital technology together in perfect harmony. Aside from his own projects, he also works with artists such as Lee Scratch Perry and Betty Legler, and is also available for commercial and filmmusic projects. Woodstage sound studio Sandro Hussel Baslerstrasse 51 - 8048 Zrich Mobile 0041 (0)78 912 45 79 0049 44 731 11 18 - 0049 44 492 95 19 Email . Woodstage@bluewin.ch

lines, the power of his rhythmic grooves and his ability to competently and flexibly support diverse musical atmospheres. His technical knowledge also enables recording jobs via internet in addition to traditional studio work. Please visit him at www. powerflute.ch for further information. Im Bueeli 6 - 8864 Reichenburg Switzerland Tel. & Fax: 0041 / 55 - 444 30 43 info@powerflute.ch www.powerflute.ch

sandro FrIedrIch

eGschIGlen enseMBle

Sandro Friedrich started his education with early music. For over 20 years he has been working with instruments and music of many cultures. His skills have grown to include an astonishing spectrum of over 120 different wind instruments. His musical styles vary from world music, rock, folk, and pop, to techno/trance, from chill-out to film music. For over 10 years he performed with his own band ACANTO (3CDs, awards, concerts, festivals, radio and TV appearances). As a studio musician he has recorded with well-known Swiss musicians such as Andreas Vollenweider and Dodo Hug. He has recorded film music with composers such as Enjott Schneider (Die Flucht), Andre Matthias (The Drummer), Sebastian Pille, Andreas Weidinger (Rosamunde Pilcher: Wiedersehen am Shannon River) and others. A wide spectrum of studio jobs on over 20 international CDs, and recording sessions with Rue du Soleil (Caf del Mar) and Uffe Savery from Safri Duo complete his studio experience. He also performs live in various bands and combinations. As musician and composer his strength lies in the originality of his melodic

Contemporary and traditional music and dance from Mongolia. The ensemble EGSCHIGLEN (beautiful melody) was founded in 1991 in Mongolia by master-class students at the Ulan Bator Conservatory. The core of the ensemble still consists of four of its founder members. From the outset these artists have placed their countrys contemporary music at the forefront and have systematically explored the sound dimensions of this repertoire with traditional instruments from Mongolia and with Central Asian song techniques. The name EGSCHIGLEN means good sound or beautiful melody. Tume (Tumenbayar Migdorj) and Tumru (Tumursaihan Yanlav) sing and play the horse head violin, the morin khuur, a string instrument with two horse hair strings which is played like a cello. Uugan (Uuganbaatar TsendOchir) bows and plucks the bass. Solo singer Amra (Amartuwshin Baasandorj) sings in the khoomii style and plays the swan neck lute, the tobshuur. Khoomii is a specific kind of overtone singing, where lower tones and overtones are simultaneously modulated into a melody. Sara (Sarangel Tserevsamba) plays virtuoso dulcimer and is the female voice in the en-

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semble. EGSCHIGLENs music impresses with its variety and delicacy of expression. Khoomii singing, especially, is unbelievably amazing. Do these low and high notes really come from the throat at the same time? (indeed, they do!). The EGSCHIGLEN musicians transport us far away into the fascinating culture of their remote homeland, and at the same time into the common centre of human existence beyond all cultural differences. Ariunaa Tserendavaa: Tanz Taivan Chimeddoo: Moderation

WolFGanG kotsoWIlIs

Egschiglen Ensemble Management: Birgit Ellinghaus

Heaven and Earth - Label & Publishing Zwirnerstr. 26 D - 50678 Cologne
fon:0049.221.813211 faX:

(Big Ethno Drums, Military Snare and Voices) Born in Munich, Wolfgang took his first guitar lessons at the age of 7 and violin lessons at the age of 10. After his 13th year of life he was a steady participant at Joe Vieras jazz class in Burghausen (founder of the int. Jazzwoche Burghausen), extending his knowledge in jazz dance, aural training, interplay, improvisation, voice, drums and percussion. Higher education entrance qualification was achieved at the Gymnasium Burghausen (violin, piano, drums). Since then, numerous bands and projects covering jazz, pop, funk, soul, rockn roll, rock follwed. 1999 contribution to Ethno World 1. 2003 CD recording for the German motion picture Das Wunder von Bern. Concert tours in Germany and Europe since 2004. 2009 CD recording for the German motion picture Die Ppstin. wolfgangkotsowilis@yahoo.com www.wolfgangkotsowilis.com

0049.221.811053

emaIl:label@albakultur.de

birgit@albakultur.de www.albakultur.de

chrIstoPh Manhart

(Taiko Drums)

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THe VOICeS FROM eTHNOWORLD

FouxI
Fouxi is a Munich based actress, singer and songwriter. Her first album with french pop-chansons was released in 2009 called Les fleurs de Fouxi. One of her songs was not only covered by Franoise Hardy but gave also the name of her new album. Contact: contact@fouxi.com www.fouxi.com

ManFred BoGner

lIPa MaJstroVIc

For over 30 years singing has been his muse. wether its classic, jazz, pop or rock, every genre is covered by his musicality and open spirit. Auto-didactical learning with professional takes have given his talent its extraordinary matureness over the years. Contact: bogner-holland@t-online.de, phone: ++49(0)801676, ++49(0)162/2997125

MorI dIouBat
Lipa Majstrovic was born in Paris and grew up in Spain and Croatia. She works as a studio singer, vocal coach and live performer in Germany. Education: Kim Nazarian (New York Voices), Sheila Jordan. Current projects: www.cantarela.net , www.thedilorettes.de Contact: 0049(0)89/60013893 / ++49(0)173/3536392 mail@lipamusic.de www.lipamusic.de

GerGana kusheWa
Mori Dioubat is a professional musician born 1959 in Conakry, West Africa, as Griot (traditional musicians and story tellers). He started his career as solo balafonist in the Ballet national de guine, the ensemble coteba d`abdjan, and the Orchestre de la RTI, and worked with Mori Kante, Miriam Makeba and Mamady Keita later on. Since several years he is living in Munich, where he started the band Jobarteh-Kunda (CDs Ali Heya &Abaraka), and played f. ex. with Hannes Beckmann, and Klaus Kreuzeder. He worked as Gastdozent

Bulgarian Female Voices

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(lecturer) for African vocals at the Akademie fr gesprochenes Wort (Staatliche Musikhochschule Stuttgart) from 1996 to 1999 and is now starting two projects of cross cultural music, one in Vienna (Afro Mandeng) and one in Stuttgart together with the classical pianist Stefan Charisius (TASUMA). Instruments: vocals, balafon, djembe, guitar, percussion, (congas, ngongoma) Contact: communication@beitinger.com Website: mori-dioubate.de ++49(0)171 3871678 / ++49(0)89 608 55 683

nanIna GhelFI

sereF dalyanoGlu
Nanina Ghelfi, born in 1971 (CH) , singer, Naked Voice teacher, vocal therapist, Off-Speaker (TV). She has released 3 CDs and has performed internationally (CH,D, UK). She intensively studies Ethnosinging, chants and mantras from all over the world. Her latest album from 2009 Powerchant can be heard at www.klangfeld.ch. her Album Powerchant was recorded partly with Ethno World Software. Contact: Nanina Ghelfi, Ringwilerstrasse 21, Turkish Male Voices, Saz, Oud, Cmbs & Tanbur Seref Dalyanoglu born in Turkey has lived in germany since he was 8. He has played in several international groups, orchestras and formations. Specialized in UD and old oriental sing-styles. He is also a soloist and has been performing for many years with his group Scirocco-Oriental. Contact: seref.dalyanoglu@gmx.de, www.scirocco-music.de 8620 Wetzikon, Schweiz (CH) Hm. 0041 (0)44- 930 14 74, Mob. ++41 (0)79- 505 69 39 nghelfi@bluewin.ch Website: www.klangfeld.ch

antoIne noah

Paulo alVes
Paulo European Ethnic Voices

neda hoMayoon
Iranian and Arabic Voices neda.homayoon@googlemail.com Cameroon Male Voices Contact: ++49 (0)260-99573852 ++49 (0)8205-777820

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Ben schdlIch

lI lI

Boys Voices Born on the 16th may 1996 in Starnberg and a gifted pupil of the Pestalozzi Gymnasium Munich. Boy soprano in the ViVaVocina choir Munich. Loves to play the piano, sing and dance. Contact: benschaedlich@gmx.de

Chinese Female Voices

xIZhI nIe

Valentyna starenka

Erhu, Gaohu, Jinghu, Bawu, Sheng, Hulusi, Melodica NIE, Xizhi was born in 1953 in the Shandong province of China. 1977 he went to peking to study musicology at the central music-academy. In the years of his teaching activity Mr. Nie published several technical and exercise book as well as some essays about chinese music and chinese instruments. He also became a member of the national association for chinese traditional music. 1989 he joined the Chinese music association peking that consisted of musicologists and musicians. Since 1995 hes toured internationally and recorded several CDs with the music ensemble Embryo from munich. As a musician he performance with various instruments such as the chinese string instrument Erhu or the mouth organ Sheng

Ukrainian Traditional Songs

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yerar Gerardo chVeZ

Ambros Gller comes from near Bamberg. In 1999 in the BLACK HILLS of South Dakota he met the northern Cheyenne flute player Joseph Fire Crow who became his teacher, mentor and brother. 2002 Ambros released the album Through my dreams. His music can be heard in several indian radio-stations. On Stage he doesnt only play solo but also opens for the Slide-Visions of Dirk Rohrbach and Peter Hinz-Rosin. With his flutes Ambros brought back the fundamental Sound and a lot of good energy in SIO Steinbergs ERDE & MENSCH project against violence.

sonny rIchards

The Peruvian Male Voices Born: 11.11.1974 - Peru, Contact: D-82166 Grfelfing - Pasingerstr, 15 Music Producer, Singer, Musician, Composer of Shavez & La banda Fantastica mail: yerar@web.de - www.shavez.com Old Man - (Lakota)

aMBros Gller

Jack MIller

Native American Solo Songs

Solo Chants - (Lakota-Cheyenne)

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elVa stands In tIMBer

CReDITS
Produced by

Marcel BarsottI andreas hoFner

Recorded and mastered at

BaM MusIc & artMan MusIc

Additional Recording

enrIco coroMInes
Design & graphic realisation by

Marcel BarsottI rIchard aIcher

Photos by

Marcel BarsottI andreas hoFner rIchard aIcher

Grandma - (Northern Cheyenne) Photo Native American (Title left) by lecaro | dreaMstIMe.coM NI Kontakt Script programming by

chrIs raVenshead and FrIends

War Chants - (Lakota)

the ethnIc chaMBer choIr

MelanIe kuchlInG Sopran tarJa kultalahtI Sopran steFFI alBrecht Alt JudIth FrhlIch Alt nIcolaI kleInBauter Tenor andreas GnyP Tenor WolFGanG hansen Bass JakoB FelchneroWskI Bass

klaus BaetZ klaus@coldsteelmusic.de www.coldsteelmusic.de

GUI Developement and graphics

InGo herMes Eigelstein 72 50668 Kln 0176-67477444 ingo@thebadroom.de

SIpS Legato Script
orIGInally By

BIG BoB

Panute Canira

catalIn rasVan
The Pan Flute Canira Istrument is from the Essence of Panflute album made by Canira Music International from Romania, in the original conception of the musician Catalin Rasvan licenced by

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the essence oF PanFlute collectIon, Produced By s.c canIra MusIc InternatIonal s.r.l

sPecIal thanks to: klaus kandler, GundI, reGIna, alex, roland, rIchard, the MusIc shoP creW, andI, chrIstoF, JoseF, FelI, FranZ, InGo, klaus BaetZ and all the Great MusIcIans.

LICeNSe AGReeMeNT
The samples and software contained in this library are licensed to you for use in music, multimedia and film productions only. Only the purchaser of this CD is authorized to use the sounds. Unauthorized copying, reproduction (including conversion and reproduction in other data formats) hire, rental, public performance, broadcasting and distribution is expressly prohibited. best service constantly monitors other soundware releases to check for copyright infringements, and will prosecute all piracy and copyright violations to the fullest extent of the law. All rights by best service. 2003 2010 best service. All rights reserved

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QUICK START MANUAL:

Operation:
In order to load a new instrument simply doubleklick the .nki file in the Kontakt-Browser or drag it to the right with the mouse. If you drag on to an existing instrument then this one will be overwritten. The instrument interface of EW5 always boots with the quick Edit Page. For most applications this page is sufficient. To changing the value of the faders at a finer resolution simply hold the shift-key. With Cmd-Click (MAC) or Strg (PC) you can reset every fader to its default setting. The value-window above the tune-fader has two arrows to transpose in semi-tone steps. By doubleclicking the window you can manually enter the number. To get a description of the fader functions just activate the INFO button in the top bar. This displays helpful information in the bottom bar during mouse-over. Also it is recommended to activate the keyboardview in Kontakt in order to see where the sample keys (grey) and the key switches (pink) are located. Newly loaded instruments are not displayed immediately. First you must click the interface to select it. You can change to a smaller view of the instruments by clicking the Ethno World 5 Icon (red circle). If thats not small enough click the minus-symbol at the top right of the instrument.

BM: The Beat-machine-patches have the advantage that the loops automaticly sync to the tempo but the samples are sliced, meaning they are cut into fragments. The Speed-fader displays the BM-Sound lengths in quarters. If you divide these, for example the loop doubles in speed. The Normal-patches without prefix mostly use the DFD-Mode (HD Streaming) and load very fast and use up the least resources. KEY-Patches: With the lower keys of your master-keyboard (usually E0) you can select variations of the instrument. The particular description of the variation is displayed on the Quick Edit Page in active Key-group. With instruments that contain Licks or Loops, every note is assigned to its individual Group, so that every phrase can be edited in Group-Edit and Sample Start Parameters.

BELL TYPE + METAL TYPE + GONGS & BOWLS:

Since metal instruments sound especially interesting when tuned down, there are patches where the samples cover a wide range called LOW or WIDE RANGE..

VOICES AND CHOIR, BOWED INSTRUMENTS:

Also there are many TM and TM SYNC Sounds, but also Pad- and Solo Sounds. In order to play Solo Sounds authentically you should activate the new Legato Function (Performance Legato - Start-offset) and also with the sustain pedal the Glide-Effect. The Legato-Function enables very real note transitions, because it skips the attackphase of the following samples in order to elegantly lead into the next Note. With many VOICES there are Pad-Sounds or Playback Tracks in the lower range of the keyboard in order to put the sung phrases in context..

The Instruments:
There are various types of instruments which becomes apparent in the layout of the Quick Edit Page: TM SYNC: musical phrases and licks are synced to the tempo automaticly. Be mindful that extreme deviation from the original file leads to distortion of the audio signal. The more overtones and polyphony a signal has, the sooner the distortion occurs. TM: The TM-Patches also have Time-machine, but all samples play in original tempo and tuning. However you can edit every note separately.

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World druMs and World PercussIon

In World Drums and World Percussion most of the patches are a mix of loops, rolls, flams and single hits. Whereby most of the loops where programmed as Beat-machine Sounds (sliced). Many rolls and flams however are Time-machine-Sounds identifiable by the 100 (middle setting) of the Speed-Fader. With this you can easily sync turnarounds and breaks to your song-tempo or integrate these sounds into your loops. With single hits the Speed-Fader is useless.

tune:
Sets the tuning in semitones. For exact settings and fine-tuning use the data-entry field. Just doubleclick and enter your data or use the mouse (high resolution with shift).

saMPle start:
Sets the point where the sample begins to play. With the Sample Start Range, you can adjust a wider range of this slider.

saMPle start ranGe:

Here you can adjust a wider range of the Sample Start slider.
actIVe

Tipp: Try playing several loops at once, but vary them in panorama, Tuning and filter settings. By doing this you can create very interesting and individual rhythms.

keyGrouP:

THe eTHNO WORLD 5 INSTRUMeNT INTeRFACe:

shows the selected keygroup-articulation. You can switch the keygroups in most KEY-instruments with the lower keys, starting on E0.

VoluMe:
Sets the volume of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

Pan:

QUICK eDIT pAGe:

This page gives you easy access to the most important parameters of your instrument.

Sets the panning of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

attack:
Sets the attack time of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

release:
Sets the release time of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

VelocItIy:
Adjusts the amount that the velocity changes the volume of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

sPeed:
Controls the speed in Timemachine-Mode (TM) or Beatmachine-Mode (BM).

PItch B. ranGe:
Sets the pitch bend range in semitones of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

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loWPass / hIPass on/oFF sWItch

Enables Low Pass or HiPass Filter.

leGato on/oFF sWItch:

Enables the the Legato effect. Yon can find more Legato-Controls in the Performance Section.

loW Pass slIder:

Sets the Low Pass Filter Frequency of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

eFFeCTS:
This is the section where you can enable and adjust effects for the whole instrument. The effects are Convolution, Reverb, Delay, Phaser, Equalizer, Compressor and Saturation.

hIGh Pass slIder:

Sets the High Pass Filter Frequency of the selected group or the entire instrument, depending on the EDIT ALL button status.

conVolutIon on/oFF sWItch

Enables the Convolution effect. The Convolution Reverb requires a lot of CPU-power, so depending on the power of Your computer switch it off when you hear distortion in the audio path.

conVolutIon Pre delay:

Sets the Pre Delay Time of the Convolution Effect. This effect concerns the whole instrument.

conVolutIon sIZe:
Sets the impulse response file size of the Convolution Effect. This effect concerns the whole instrument.

coMP. / satur.
The compressor reduces the dynamic range of your instrument. Reducing volume-peaks gives you the possibility to raise the overall volume of the instrument. This can help you to bring out an instrument in the mix. Saturation makes the sound thicker.

conVolutIon outPut:
Sets the output level of the Convolution Effect. This effect concerns the whole instrument.

QUICK eDIT pAGe (FOR Key-INSTRUMeNTS):

eQualIZer
The EQ enables you to change the sound of your instrument subtly or drastically.

delay
In conjunction with reverb, the delay can produce nice echoes or very realistic sounding room effects.

Phaser/chorus
actIVe

keyGrouP:

shows the selected keygroup-articulation. You can switch the keygroups in most KEY-instruments with the lower keys, starting on E0.

Here you can add a Phaser or Chorus to your instrument.

reVerB
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CPU power as the Convolution, a high quality effect using impulse response recordings.

Velo> att.
Sets the amount of the Velocity to Attack Time modulation.

GROUp eDIT:
In this section you can adjust volume, tuning, filter and envelopes for each group or playing style. You can find everything to manipulate the tone and response of your instrument.

lFo on/oFF Button

Enables the Low Frequency Oscillator.

lFo droP doWn

Here you can select the Volume LFO waveform.

lFo IntensIty
Sets the intensity of the Volume LFO effect.

VoluMe:

lFo FreQuence
Sets the frequency of the Volume LFO effect .

pITCH LFO:

VoluMe
Sets the volume of the selected group or the entire instrument.

VelocItIy
Adjusts the amount that the velocity changes the volume.

attack
Determines how fast the Attack effect reaches its maximum volume after you hit the key.

lFo on/oFF Button

Enables the Low Frequency Oscillator.

decay
Determines how fast the Attack effects volume drops to sustain level.

lFo droP doWn

Here you can select the Pitch LFO waveform.

lFo IntensIty
Sets the intensity of the Pitch LFO effect.

sustaIn
Adjusts the volume level the sample should reach after the decay phase.

lFo FreQuence
Sets the frequency of the Pitch-LFO, and therefore the speed of the pitch modulation.

release
Sets the time the Attack-sample continues to sound after you release the key.

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LOW pASS / (HI pASS)

By using the Low Pass / High Pass filter you can manipulate your instruments sound drastically. Low Pass cuts all the high frequencies, whereas High Pass cuts the low frequencies.

lFo on/oFF Button

Enables the Low Frequency Oscillator. In this section it is used to modulate the cutoff fre- quency.

lFo droP doWn

Here you can select the Filter-LFO waveform.

lFo IntensIty
Controls the intensity of the filter modulation.

lFo FreQuence
Sets the frequency of the LFO, and therefore the speed of the filter modulation.

MICROTUNING:
cutoFF
This knob sets the cutoff frequency. It determines the point from which either the high frequencies or the low frequencies get cut. This section enables to you to fine tune individual keys of an octave. You can find tunings from different epochs and can even create your own tunings.

resonance
Boosts the frequencies around the cutoff frequency.

attack
Determines how long it will take the filter to reach the cutoff frequency after you hit. You can draw the fine-tuning with your mouse.

decay
Sets the time the filter will take to drop to sustain level.

key
Select the root note of the scale.

sustaIn
Sets the level the filter reaches after the decay phase.

Preset
Select a microtuning preset.

release
Adjusts the time the filter takes to stop affecting the sound after you have released the key.

user
Save your own tuning. The saved user-tunings are not available in other instruments due to Kontakts scripting - architecture.

IntensIty
Determines how much the ADSR curve affects the Low/High Pass Filter.

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peRFORMANCe:
This section contains specific playing options that can alter your performance: Legato mode, Humanize and Harmonize. All these effects concern the whole instrument.

eQ aMount
Sets the amount of the EQ Humanizing. Each note gets a slightly altered 1-band EQ-setting, depending on the chosen Humanize Setting. This very subtile effect concerns the whole instrument.

huManIZe settInG droPdoWn

Select the EQ setting for the EQ Humanizing. This effect concerns the whole instrument.

harMonIZe add note

If pressed, one additional note is created. Adjust its tuning with the tune data-entry below. This effect concerns the whole instrument.

leGato:
Legato ON/OFF Switch Enables the Legato function. If Legato is on, the Harmonize function cant be used and the instrument is set to a monophonic Solo-Mode.

tune
Sets the tuning of the additional note. With the arrows on the right side of the field you can adjust the tuning in semitones.

start oFFset
Sets the Sample Start Offset of the legato played notes. This effect concerns the whole instrument. For Instruments in DFD mode (disk streaming) like drums and percussions, the offset is not working.

eDIT ALL BUTTON:

This button is as powerful as it is dangerous. Not for your life or your studio but for the settings of your instruments. If the Edit All button is enabled, all changes you make are applied to all groups, keyswitches or loops that are part of the instrument. That includes Time-and Beatmachine, filter, volume and tune settings. No matter what group you have been working on before, the settings are applied to all parts of the instrument. If the Edit All button is disabled, the changes are only applied to the currently selected group, loop or phrase. In KEY-Instruments, this is the active Keygroup, in the other instruments, the selected group is the last played note or sound. Effects from the effects- and the performance section are always affecting the whole instrument and are not affected by the Edit All button. And if you really get stuck, you can always reload your instrument.

leGato x-Fade
Sets the Crossfade Time of the legato played notes. This has no effect when you play with the Legato Glide Effect while pressing the sustain pedal (CC64). This effect concerns the whole instrument.

GlIde tIMe
Sets the Legato Glide Time of the legato played notes. Press the sustain pedal (CC64) to hear the effect. This effect concerns the whole instrument.

huManIZe:
tunInG
Randomly detunes each note. If set to 100%, the maximum detune value is 100 cents in both directions. This effect concerns the whole instrument.

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Instrument List
Bell Type Instruments
Instrument EW-Vol. Bamboo Vibraphone 1 Belltree 3 Bhutan Bells 2 China Finger Cymbals 1 Dream Catcher 1 Gamelan Crash Bells 1 Glockenspiel 1 Iran Fingercymbals 3 Metallophon 1 Mini Bells 2 Saron Gamelan 1 Shanghai Baby Piano 1 Small Burma Bells 1 Small Tubular Bells 1 Tibetan Cymbals 1 Tibetan Singing Bells 1 Vietnam Bells 2 Windbells 3 Windchimes Ethno World 5

China Set 120 3 China Set 140 3 Mid East Set 100 3 Mid East Set 120 3 Mid East Set 140 3 Mid East Set 80 3

GONGS & BOWLS

Instrument EW-Vol. Big FengGong 5 Big Rako Bowls 2 Big Tibetan Singing Bowls 2 Gong Besar 18 1 Java Gong 2 Mongolian Gong 4 Rin Singing Bowls 2 Tam Tam Besar 2 Thai Gong 14 1 Wuhan Tam Tam 2

KEY INSTRUMENT BOWED INSTRUMENTS

Dilruba 4 Egyptian Fiddle 2 Erhu 2 Esraj 4 Gaohu 2 Ih Khuur Bass 4 Jinghu Operaviolin 2 Morin Khuur Strings Ensemble 4 Morin Khuur Violin 4 Small Morin Khuur 2 Western Fiddle Licks 3 Instrument EW-Vol. Dallape Accordion 2 Melodica 2 Scale Changer Harmonium India 2

METAL TYPE INSTRUMENTS

Instrument EW-Vol. Bass Kalimba 2 Cymbals 5 Hand Cymbals 1 Jews Harp 4 Kalimba Kibirizi 15 tuning Plates 1 Kalimba Kibirizi 5 tuning Plates 1 Kalimba Hugh Tracey 3 Metal Squares 1 Military Cymbals 2 Mongolian Jews Harp 4

CONSTRUCTION SETS
Instrument EW-Vol. China Set 100 3

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STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
Instrument EW-Vol. Acoustic Bass Vester 2 Balalaika 2 Bandura 5 Banjo Framus 1 Banjolin 2 Big Erhu Plectrum Violin 1 Bouzouki Sakis 2 Ceylon Guitar 1 Contra Guitar F - Bass 1 Cora 2 Cmbs 3 Domra 2 Dra-Ngen 2 Grand Monochord 3 Joochin Dulcimer 4 Kantele 1 Mandolin Truxa 1 Oud 2 Oud Licks 3 Resonator Guitar 2 Santoor Saberi 2 Saz Licks 3 Sitar 2 Small Erhu Plectrum Violin 1 Small Kantele 1 Steel String Guitar Falcon 1 Tampura 2 Tanbur 3 Timple 2 Turke Saz 1 Ukulele 2 Zheng Harp 2 Zsoura Sakis 2

Ethnic Chamber Choir 5 European Ethnic Choir 5 Fouxi European Ethnic Voices 5 Gregorian Chants 5 Guinean Male Voices 5 Human Whistling 5 Lipa European Ethnic Voices 5 Mongolian Female Solo Vocals 4 Mongolian Male Khoomii Overtone Vocals 4 Mongolian Male Solo Vocals 4 Mongolian Male Subtone Vocals 4 Mongolian Vocal Ensemble 4 Nanina European Ethnic Voices 5 Native American Original Chants 5 Native American Style Chants 5 Neda Iranian & Arabian Voices 5 Paulo European Ethnic Voices 5 Peruvian Male Voices 5 Ponchi European Ethnic Voices 5 Turkish Male Voices 5 Ukrainian Traditional Songs 5 Wolfgang European Ethnic Voices 5

WOODWINDS & BRASS

Instrument EW-Vol. Bamboo Flute 1 Bawu 2 Ceylon Snake Charmer 1 Ciaramella 4 Dagoba Flute 1 Didgeridoo 4 Duduk 4 Dung Dkar Conch Trumpets 2 Dvojacka Doubletone Flute 4 Flute Phrases 1 Fujara Flute 3 Fujara Overtone Flute 4 Hawaiian Shellhorn 2 Hotchiku 4 Hulusi 2 Indian Snake Charmer 1 Irish Low Whistle 1 Irish Traverse Flute 4

VOICES & Choirs

Instrument EW-Vol. Boys Voices 5 Bulgarian Female Voices 5 Cameroon Male Voices 5 Chinese Voices 5

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Kena 2 Krumhorn 4 Launeddas 4 Low Whistle Licks 4 Mancosedda 4 Mexican Piccolo Flute 1 Moceno Bassflute 2 Ney Flute 5 Ocarina 1 Overton Irish Whistle 3 Overton Irish Whistle Licks 3 Panflute 3 Panflute Canira 5 Peruvian Double Ocarina 2 Peruvian Ocarina 2 Pinkillo Flute 4 Pivana Flute 5 Rag Dun Horns 2 Recorder 1 Shakuhachi 4 Shenai 2 Sheng 2 Shiva Flute 2 Susato Whistle 1 Tenor Pivana Flute 5 Tenor Recorder 2 Tin Whistle LIcks 4 Uilleann Pipes 3 Various Ocarinas 4 Zukra Bagpipe 2

Dolek 3 Flat Udu 3 Gon Bops Cuica Drum 2 Gran Military Cassa 2 Indian Tablas 1 Iran Bongos 1 Kanjira 3 Madal Drum 1 Military Snaredrum 1 Mongolian Framedrum 4 Mongolian Hengereg Drum 4 Moroccon Conga 2 Oceandrum 3 Piccolo Military Snaredrum 1 Pitched Timbales 1 Small Cassa 1 Small Derbuka 1 Surdo 3 Taiko Drums 5 Talking Drum 3 Tambourine Drum 1 Traditional Bongos 1 Tunis Ceremony Drum 2 Waterdrums 3 Yambu 2

WORLD PERCUSSION
Instrument EW-Vol. African Rice Shaker 1 African Xylophone 2 Afuche Cabasa 1 American Woodblocks 1 Angklung Gamelan 1 Balafon 2 Bamboo Windchimes 1 Baobab Shaker 3 Castanets 1 Chi Gong Balls 1 Chicken Eggs 1 Cola Shaker 3 Drum Pots 1 Gamelan Wooden Cowbell 1 Gon Bops Cuica 2

WORLD DRUMS
Instrument EW-Vol. African Donn Donn Drum 1 Bass Cajon 2 Bass Skin Udu 2 Bendir Framedrum 2 Big Ethnic Tom Drums 5 Big hand Drum 1 Ceremony Drum 1 Darabuka 1 Derbuka 1 Djembe 2

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Gopichand 2 Headless Tambourine 1 Log drum 2 Metal Guiro Shaker 3 Mixed Wood Percussion 3 Mongolian Bones Shaker 4 Nut Shaker 3 Rainmakers 1 Rattle Shaker 3 Schellenkranz 2 Shaker Sets 3 Shell Shekere 2 Small Chickeneggs 3 Small Maracas 3 Spring Drums 3 Tamborcito 2 Tambourine Drum 1 Traditional Cowbells 1 Tunis Tambourine 2 Various Maracas 1 Wood Shaker 3 Wooden Bells 2 Wrist Jingles 2

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