Balinese Gamelan II For Kontakt

BALINESE GAMELAN II

THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

BALINESE GAMELAN II

THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

Over 30 Instruments
2 gamelan ensembles
34GB Library
Kontakt Player NKS

Soniccouture Balinese Gamelan II is revered among composers. Featuring two full ensembles, it is by far the most authentic and complete sampling of gamelan available.

Play individual instruments or the whole ensemble at once - complete control over the gamelan for experts & newcomers alike.

Over 30 different instruments were recorded in great depth to capture the living, breathing sound & dynamics of gamelan:

Semaradana Gamelan Ensemble (LSO, London)
Gamelan Batel Ramayana (Toronto)

"Brilliant and totally authentic, this is a tremendous resource and a beautiful, colourful, complex set of sounds."

Sound On Sound Magazine

"Brilliant and totally authentic, this is a tremendous resource and a beautiful, colourful, complex set of sounds." - Sound On Sound Magazine

CINEMATIC RESONANCE

The pulsing, resonant tones of Balinese Gamelan II can bring unsettling moods to unexpected places.

One of our favourite examples of this is in S4 E3 of Breaking Bad. Composer Dave Porter is a long time user of our instrument.

Walter White contemplates his secret lab as the gamelan gongs and jegogs throb forbodingly in the background.

THE KONTAKT INSTRUMENTS

GAMELAN SEMARADANA

METALLOPHONES

KANTILAN PAIR
PEMADE PAIR
UGAL
PENYACAH PAIR
CALUNG PAIR
JEGOG PAIR

GAMELAN SEMARADANA

GONGS + PERCUSSION

GONGS: WADON, LANANG, KEMPUR, KLENTONG
KENDANG SKIN DRUMS
CENG CENG
KEMPLI
KAJAR
GENTORAK

GAMELAN SEMARADANA

KETTLE GONGS

TROMPONG
REYONG

GAMELAN BATEL

GONGS + PERCUSSION

GONG KEMPUR
KENDANG DRUMS
KLENONG
KAJAR
TAWA TAWA

GAMELAN BATEL

METALLOPHONES

KANTILAN PAIR
PEMADE PAIR
PANGUL RATTLE

GENERATIVE TOOLS: JAMMER

GENERATIVE ARPEGGIATOR
SCALE FILTER
AUTOMATION READY PRESET DIAL

The latest evolution of our generative arpeggiator - Hold a chord, and let it evolve - or loop a section and jam between 12 sequences.

GENERATIVE TOOLS: WEAVER

RHYTHMIC TRAIL GENERATOR
UP TO 8 LANES
CREATE YOUR OWN PRESETS

Create unique rhythmic patterns for each note you play. A bit like a delay effect but evolves differently according to what you play - strands of sound weave in and out of each other.

EFFECTS PANEL

R3 USER CONFIGURABLE INSERT FX
4 BAND EQUALISER
SPACE MODULE WITH CUSTOM REVERBS

Balinese Gamelan II features a comprehensive effects page, with a configurable insert chain featuring Replika, Phasis and other cutting-edge NI effects. The Space Reverb module features Soniccouture's custom impulse library built up over many years and recording sessions.

GAMELAN CULTURE

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 INSTRUMENTS

Metallophones

JEGOG
CALUNG
UGAL
KANTILAN
PEMADÉ
PANYACAH

The metallophones are generally divided into two sections, the core melody instruments, and the “gangsa” decorative instruments. All except the Ugal are generally played in pairs. Pairs of instruments are detuned, so you have a higher and lower pitched version of each.

Metallophones

GAMELAN BATEL: PEMADÉ PAIR

There are four melodic instruments in the Batel ensemble, two Kantilan and two Pemadé. These have a similar range of notes, the Kantilan pitched an octave above the Pemade.

Small Percussion

KAJAR
BEBENDÉ
GENTORAK
KEMPLI
CENG CENG

These smaller percussive instruments are variously used as time-keepers (Kempli), accents (Gentorak) and general rhythmic reinforcement for the main piece - the Ceng Ceng, for instance, has a function similar to a high-hat cymbal, enhancing syncopation of the main rhythm.

Kettle Gongs

TROMPONG
REYONG

The kettle gongs are not paired instruments, but solo melodic and decorative instruments. The Reyong is commonly used within Gong Kebyar styles and Trompong in older styles.

Gongs

GONG WADON
KEMPUR
GONG LANANG
KLENTONG

In a large ensemble Gong Wadon, the largest gong, is the main gong of the cycle, marking the beginning or end of a structural section. The other gongs mark divisions within the cycle. In Gamelan Batel a smaller Kempur gong is used to mark the gong cycle and Klenong structural points within the cycle.

Kendang

KENDANG (SEMARADANA)
KENDANG (BATEL)

Kendang are two-headed skin drums, played with hands or sticks. Batel kendang are smaller and played with the hands.

Balinese Gamelan II In Detail
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 35GB (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.
DOWNLOAD USER GUIDE PDF

KONTAKT PLAYER 7 COMPATIBLE

This is a Kontakt Player instrument. This means that you do not need to own the full version of NI Kontakt to use it. It will run as a plug-in instrument in any VST/AU/RTAS/AAX/WASAPI,compatible host program or DAW eg: Cubase, Logic, Ableton Live, DP, Reaper, Pro-Tools. No extra purchase necessary.

System Requirements:

Windows 7 or higher (latest Service Pack, 32/64 Bit), Intel Core Duo or AMD AthlonTM 64 X2, 4 GB RAM (6 GB RAM recommended)

Mac: OS X 10.9 or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM

Requires KONTAKT 7 or KONTAKT 5 PLAYER version 7.9 or later

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