Thanks everyone for your nice comments.
@Lode_Runner considering its content BALKAN is veeeeeeeery affordable. $329 Intro Price ($399 RRP). Try and find another collection featuring choir, percussion, band, folk instruments all sampled with different mic positions, true polyphonic legato with those instruments out there. We did some research before we started to work on this beast of a project and couldn't find any.
BALKAN is designed to be a all in one solution for Eastern European (Balkan region) instruments and playing techniques. Here's a rough overview of the instruments. Almost all of those instruments have true legato, phrases, ornamented and regular shorts and longs and are designed to be inspirational and playable out of the box. No extensive keyswitching needed. It was very important for us to capture the soul of these incredible soloists rather than sample normal straight, lifeless articulations, which need lots of scripting or programming to make them shine in your music.
In addition to that BALKAN also features every major under the hood technique we've developed over the years, Syllabuilder Version 3, Distort Guitar Engine and X3M Percussion layout and to make it as affordable as possible for everyone of you we decided to go down the Kontakt Player and NKS route. It's also a great entry library into our world of creating virtual instruments which feel as lively as possible.
Once again here's a rough overview of what's included:
CATEGORY: ETHNIC CHOIR
Fully compatible with Freyja/Wotan/Arva/Rhodope! Unique recordings of a vocal quartet that feature the same content as Rhodope 2
Quartet: Eh Polyphonic True Legato
Quartet: Ah Polyphonic True Legato
Quartet: Syllabuilder Patch (Sustains & Staccatos)
CATEGORY: ETHNIC
Gadulka Ensemble
Solo Gadulka
Duduk Alto
Duduk Bass
Duduk Tenor
Bulgarian Duduk High
Bulgarian Duduk Low
Gaida (Traditional bagpipe)
Gypsy Clarinet
Gypsy Romantic Violin
Gypsy Violin
Kaval 1
Kaval 2
Tamboura
Zourna
Macedonian Kemane
CATEGORY: BALKAN BAND
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Tuba
Euphonium
Trumpet
Flugelhorn
Gypsy Trumpet
Gypsy Guitar
Gypsy Bayan
Double Basse
CATEGORY: PADS
Fantasy pad soundscapes
Futuristic pad soundscapes
CATEGORY: PERCUSSION
Solo Tupan
- Beater
- Beater (dampened)
- Beater (rimshot)
- Clack
- Stick
- Stick (hit)
- Stick (dampened)
Single Chans (cowbells)
- 11 different types of "chans"
Multiple Chans (cowbells)
- 9 different combinations of chans
Klepalo (monastery wooden block)
- Klepalo - Big - Edge
- Klepalo - Big - Flat
- Klepalo - Big - played with "kiak" - wooden stick
- Klepalo - Small - Edge
- Klepalo - Small - Flat
- Klepalo - Small - played with "kiak" - wooden stick
Tarambuka (darbuka)
- Brass (Low)
- Brass (High)
- Brass (Side)
- Brass (Flam)
- Brass (Triplet)
- Clay (Low)
- Clay (High)
- Clay (Side)
- Clay (Flam)
- Clay (Triplet)
- Gypsy (Low)
- Gypsy (High)
- Gypsy (Side)
- Gypsy (Stick)
- Gypsy (Stick dampened)
- Gypsy (Flam)
- Gypsy (Triplet)
Balkan Band
- Bass Drum (muted)
- Bass Drum (open)
- Hihat Muted (
by tradition these are actually performed like piatti)
- Hihat Open (
by tradition these are actually performed like piatti)
- Hihat Stick
- Snare Single hit
- Snare Double hit
- Whistling
- Shouts "Hey"
- Shouts 'Oy"