Over 70 musicians and singers from all over the world were involved in the recording process, conducted by music-producer Andreas Hofner. The recordings took place in different local studios with the use of first-class gear such as microphones by Neumann and Brauner, SPL preamplifiers and converters by RME.
With its selection of instruments and voices, ETHNO WORLD 6 Complete is the perfect library for film- and television productions that demand authentic sounds from specific regions of the world. Naturally, these instruments and voices will work in music productions of diverse genres that embrace these specific sonic elements - from pop to ambient to dance.
Thanks to the integrated convolution reverb, all instruments and voices sound exceptionally realistic and natural. Solo instruments additionally offer a high-quality legato mode. Plus, the humanize mode will play each new note with a slightly changed timbre. The micro-tuning allows the use of multiple ethnical tunings and scales. By using top-quality filters, LFOs, tune, automation, harmonizer and further effects, all instruments and voices can be efficiently edited and manipulated if needed, allowing to create new sonic worlds equally suited for modern music genres and film productions.
Ethno World 6 is the latest update to the Ethno World libraries. Developer Marcel Barsotti has been cultivating the collection of ethnic world instrument for nearly 16 years now. With the latest release, the developer has added 13 GB of new material including 80 new instruments and voices. As you might guess, Marcel is an avid collector of ethnic instruments and also of recording performances by skilled world musicians. For the vocal additions to Ethno World, Marcel has recorded a wide range of solo singers and choirs from varying cultures from around the globe.
Micro tuning allows the user to tune each note in small increments as well as select/load/save presets for micro-tonal settings. This is incredibly powerful for world instruments and is sure to add to the depth and realism of sound when working on tracks that need that extra push for a more genuine vibe.
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Singers from all over world were involved in the recording process, conducted by music-producer Andreas Hofner. The recordings took place in different local studios with the use of first-class gear such as microphones by Neumann and Brauner, SPL preamplifiers and converters by RME.
ETHNO WORLD 6 Voices comprises an incredible spectrum of voices from the most diverse regions of the world. Here, you will find the fitting voice-recordings for folkloric, ethnic as well as for modern music. The library offers extensive solo-voices, phrases and choirs from Cameroon, Guinea, China, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Northern Africa, Spain and Ukraine. The voices and choirs have been expanded by new contributions from Africa, Arabia, Jamaica and India. For example, the Houari Algerian rai singer is not only perfect for creating authentic atmospheres but also for EDM and Hip-Hop.
Ethno is based on peer-to-peer workshops where participants from around the world teach each other traditional folk music from their own cultures. Musicians are asked to prepare a song in advance. All teaching and learning is done by ear, and participants are divided into workshop groups in sections (for example, rhythm, melody, wind, vocal, etc.). Ethno artistic mentors are present before and during workshops to guide the groups and prepare for the final performances on large stages and audio-video recordings.
Ethno Instrument Version 2 delivers expressive ethnic instrument sounds combined with authentic world music loops and phrases in one window. This massive 21GB library delivers all the exotic textures you need to take your recordings to the four corners of the globe.
Create entire songs with unlimited parts and mix them in Ethno or your host software via multiple outputs. Run Ethno stand-alone to turn your computer into a world instrument powerhouse with disk streaming and multiple outputs. Or load it as a plug-in that saves all settings with your host software sessions for instant recall.
Musical instruments in the museum in Szydłowiec are part of the richness of Polish musical tradition, which shows the originality of artistic concept of folk masters and theirs evolution in construction, form and ornamentation. It is a fragment of bygone world that Chopin once experienced.
Award-winning film composer Marcel Barsotti (e. g. Pope Joan, The Miracle of Bern) gathered a gigantic selection of instruments from all over the world. He additionally recorded a wide range of solo voices and choirs from widely varying cultures.
"Ethno World 6 Complete comes with a huge and diverse collection great sounding ethnic voices and instruments. Despite the lack of true legato and a few inconsistencies, the combination of playable multi-sampled instruments with loops/phrases for each makes this easy to use library, a complete toolkit for bringing world music to life."
For the recordings that have been carried out under the direction of producer Andreas Hofner, over 70 musicians and singers from all over the world were involved. Recordings took place in different local studios with the use of first-class gear such as microphones by Neumann and Brauner, SPL preamplifiers and converters by RME.
Instrument categories include bell, bowed, gongs, keyboard, metallic, stringed instruments, woodwind and bass, world drums/percussion, and even construction kits for China and the Mideast. Voices come from literally from all over the world, and the recording quality cant be faulted.
This article focuses on the concept of identity by juxtaposing New Age philosophy and nationalism in the Israeli context. Based on my qualitative research, I deconstruct the Israeli New Age discourse on ethno-national identity and expose two approaches within this discourse. The more common one is the belief held by most Israelis, according to which ethno-national identity is a fundamental component of one's self. A second and much less prevalent view resembles New Age ideology outside Israel and conceives of ethno-national identities as a false social concept that separate people rather than unite them. My findings highlight the limits of New Age ideology as an alternative to the hegemonic culture in Israel. The difficulty that Israeli New Agers find in divorcing hegemonic conceptualizations demonstrates the centrality and power of ethno-national identity in Israel.
Post-imperial ethnic identities and divides are often constructed and construed through direct and indirect references to imperial legacies. In this study, we use nationally representative survey data to examine proficiency, use, and valuation of the Russian language - a major such legacy of the Soviet empire - in Kyrgyzstan, a multiethnic Central Asian nation with a long and complex history of ethnic and regional cleavages. The multivariable analyses produce instructive net variations in Russian proficiency and use across regional subgroups of ethnic Kyrgyz, the titular ethnicity, and between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, a marginalized ethnic minority. The analyses also show that the command and use of Russian increase with community ethnic heterogeneity. Yet, no variations along these axes are found in the perceived importance of Russian language knowledge for success in the domestic labour market. These findings are situated within the interconnected contexts of historical ethnolinguistic legacies, dynamics of nation-building, and geopolitics.
The contents of introductory World Music courses are dictated by the cultures and recorded musical examples of the chosen textbook. The non-ethno specialist is well-advised to rely on the text's bibliography, filmography, and discography, for other supplementary materials may not be either authentic or traditional.
Textbooks in world musics have different emphases on musical analyses, historical facts and trends, organology, performance, and socio-cultural influences. Each of these has appropriate methods of research and presentation.
The lecture method, once thought to be the most efficient method of conveying information, is considered by many to be the least effective. To appreciate the occupation of the musicologist, ethnomusicologist, etc., one must experience the occupation. (This is sometimes referred to as "social reconstructionism".)
The interest in musical analysis of both Western Art music and the many other musics of the world is waning. This approach, long hailed as the epitome of rational, scientific study of music, is now considered "bean counting." Yet it is still the only way to discover rhythmic and melodic relationships.
Non-Western musics sometimes are part of cultures that may have histories extending millennia before the Western historical era. The gathering of information regarding contemporary music is the common problem. Oral histories, the backbone of many ethnomusicological studies, are being embraced by Western historians of newer musics.
Organology, whether of the Medieval Western or the ethnomusicological variety, often borrows techniques from Archaeology: locating, excavating, measuring, photographing, and recording the object or a modern copy. Physical analyses of the materials of construction are appropriate for both disciplines.
The approach of learning-by-doing is common to performance teachers, some musicologists, and virtually all ethnomusicologists. Musicology papers on popular musics often venture into the bimusical arena, and ethnomusicologists strive for polymusicality.
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