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WORLD TRAVELER DESCRIPTION |
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Playable Multisampled Instruments from Around the World! Having instruments from all over the world available in one place is powerful for use in many different styles of music. Sonic Reality's World Traveler contains mostly playable multisampled instruments as opposed to riffs and phrases. This gives you a tremendous amount of flexibility to make your music with the ethnic flavor of a diverse group of stringed, wind and percussion instruments. Sonic Reality World Traveler Sample Collection at a Glance:
Remarkable Selection of Strings, Winds, and Percussion The World Traveler collection features a great selection of stringed, wind and percussion instruments. The Spanish Nylon is an absolute blast to play "Flamenco Style" runs on. Sonic Reality recorded a guitarist on an expensive custom nylon guitar. The Bouzouki is another favorite that was recorded in LA by multi-instrumentalist Gene Siegel. The Greek Bouzouki is like a large baritone mandolin. Tremolo Instruments and Antique Zithers Some of the multi-struck tremolo instruments in World Traveler are quite fun to play such as the Ukulele, Mandolin and Hammered Dulcimers. If you get good at the programs that switch velocity layers between a straight tone and the tremolo you can convince most people into thinking it's the real deal. Also, adding in the elements of harmonics and/or drones with the Sitar+Tambura and several other programs can be quite enjoyable. The Zither is an antique built in the 1800's and is made of rosewood. The Finnish Kantele is another beautiful instrument. The one sampled for this library was borrowed from guitarist, Lyle Workman. You'll love the slightly out-of-tune velocity-switched pitch bends on the attacks. Essential Reed Keyboards The reed keyboards in World Traveler are an ethnic music staple and there is a nice cross section of them here in this library. You'll find an Italian Accordion, Squeeze Box, Indian Harmonium, Bandoneon and a full-sized Noble Harmonium to choose from. The flutes and recorders are another particular favorite. Associate producer, Klaus-Peter Rausch from Germany recorded some of the recorders and flutes. He is also responsible for sampling the very cool Alp Horn from Switzerland. This is the giant-sized horn seen in those Swiss mountain-set cough drop commercials. You may notice that some instruments are familiar to you just by their sound even if you've never seen one in person. Try playing "Stairway to Heaven" on the GS Recorder for a smile. The Duduk is a double reed instrument from Armenia and you'll find its breathy part flute/part oboe quality makes it an expressive, powerful instrument. The Australian Didgeridoo is quite a trip. There are plenty of drone variations to choose from at long natural durations. African, Indian, and Latin Percussion The percussion section can be used to build up some serious rhythms. The two sections of African percussion can keep one busy playing for hours in a trance. Try just banging on multiple keys at once in a chosen rhythm and it can easily sound like an ensemble of tribal percussionists! Some of the instruments such as the Djembe and Shika are deep and expressive which will lend a nice dynamic to musical styles ranging from world music to rock to dance to soundtracks and more. The Indian percussion section gives you the definitive sounds of Tablas and Clay Pots. Combine that with a Sitar performance and you'll sound like you are in the heart of Bombay. The Latin percussion section is filled with standard percussion instruments used in many styles of music. Congas, Bongos, Shakers, Cow bell, Timbales, Guiro, Cuica, Triangle and more are mapped to the GM standard with multiple velocity layers to give you an easy to use yet expressive selection. Overdub some Mariachi Bass, Spanish Guitars, Spanish-style Trumpets and you can get most people to dance immediately! Sonic Reality World Traveler Sample Collection Features:
Sonic Reality World Traveler gives you hundreds of new sound options for your tracks!
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