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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

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.

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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.

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

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.

Hugh Tracey Kalimba

Jews Harp

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

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.

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Metallophon (Germany) & Chromatic Glockenspiel (Germany) & Small Bamboo Vibraphon (Synth. Tremolo).

Bell & Metal tyPe IInstruMnets

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

Bell & Metal tyPe InstruMents - GonGs & BoWls

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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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GonGs & BoWls - BoWed InstruMnets

JInGhu oPera VIolIn

The little Jinghu is a Chinese soprano violin which

is used in Beijing opera music.

MorIn khuur VIolIn

Ih khuur Bass

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.

BoWed InstruMnets

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.

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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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BoWed InstruMnets - strInGed InstruMents

JoochIn (dulcIMer)

BanJo & truxa MandolIn

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.

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.

kantele

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.

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).

strInGed InstruMents

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.

sItar & taMPura

Bouzouki & Zsoura

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 sympa-

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The Dra-Ngen is a 7 string kerb lute with matching

half octave string originating from Bhutan.

strInGed InstruMents

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.

oud

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.

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.

strInGed InstruMents

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Vester acoustIcBass

The Vester Acousticbass is an acoustic 4-string

bass guitar which is tuned to E-A-D-G.

contInental
resonator GuItar

cMBs

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.

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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.

strInGed InstruMents

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

strInGed InstruMents - WoodWInd & Brass

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the tenor PIVana

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

IrIsh traVerse Flute

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.

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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.

WoodWInd & Brass

ocarInas

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.

duduk

shakuhachI

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.

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.

WoodWInd & Brass

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cIaraMella

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).

launeddas

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.

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.

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cruMhorn

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.

tIn WhIstle

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.

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.

WoodWInd & Brass

BaWu

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

shenG

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.

WoodWInd & Brass

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.

Zukra BaGPIPe

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.

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.

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Canira Panflute

WoodWInd & Brass

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

WoodWInd & Brass - World druMs

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taIko druMs

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.

MonGolIan henGereG druM

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MonGolIan FraMedruM

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.

BIG ethnIc toM druMs

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

Gran MIlItary cassa

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).

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.

World druMs

Tunis Ceremony Drum & Tunis Tamburin & Bendir

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Bass caJon & yaMBu

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.

dJeMBe

kanJIra

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.

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

BalaFon & aFrIcan xyloPhone

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.

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.

GoPIchand

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

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.

World PercussIon

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Key INSTRUMeNTS

hohner MelodIca

scale chanGer harMonIuM

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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key InstruMents - VoIces & choIrs

Ponchi & Gregorian Chants

Manfred Bogner

Turkish Male Voices

Seref Dalyanoglu

Bulgarian Female Voices

Gergana Kushewa

Peruvian Male Voices

Yerar Gerardo Chvez

Boys Voices
Ben Schdlich

Cameroon Male Voices

Antoine Noah

Native American Voices:

Native Amercan Solo Songs
Ambros Gller

Grandma - (Northern Cheyenne)

Elva Stands in Timber

Old Man - (Lakota)

Sonny Richards

War Chants - (Lakota)

Chris Ravenshead and Friends

Solo Chants - (Lakota-Cheyenne)

Jack Miller

Chinese Voices
LiLi + Xizhi Nie

Guinean Male Voices

Mori Dioubate

Ukrainian Traditional Songs

Valentyna Starenka

Neda Iranian & Arabic Voices

Neda Homayoon

Fouxie European EthnicVoices

Fouxie

Paulo European Ethnic Voices

Paulo Alves

Wolfgang European Ethnic Voices

Wolfgang Kotsowilis

Nanina European Ethnic Voices

Nanina Ghelfi

Lipa European Ethnic Voices

The Ethnic
Chamber Choir:
Women
Melanie Kuchling (SOPRAN)
Tarja Kultalahti (SOPRAN)
Steffi Albrecht (ALT)
Judith Frhlich (ALT)

Men

Nicolai Kleinbauter (TENOR)

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

European Ethnic Choir

Human whistling

Lipa Majstrovic

Voices & Choirs

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BIOGRApHIeS
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.

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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

BIoGraPhIes

THe MUSICIANS
FROM eTHNO WORLD

saranGel tsereVsaMBa

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

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

Accordion, Shenai

(from the Egschiglen Ensemble)

raoul alVarellos

Ih Khuur Bass

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

FaBIan roeMer

claus Gstatter
Western Fiddle

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

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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

sandro FrIedrIch

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

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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

eGschIGlen enseMBle

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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WolFGanG kotsoWIlIs

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

Egschiglen Ensemble Management: Birgit Ellinghaus

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

0049.221.811053

emaIl:label@albakultur.de

birgit@albakultur.de
www.albakultur.de

chrIstoPh Manhart

(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

(Taiko Drums)

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THe VOICeS FROM

eTHNOWORLD

ManFred BoGner

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

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

Bulgarian Female Voices

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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

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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)

nanIna GhelFI

Contact: communication@beitinger.com
Website: mori-dioubate.de
++49(0)171 3871678 / ++49(0)89 608 55 683

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,

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

www.scirocco-music.de

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

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.

lI lI

Chinese Female Voices

xIZhI nIe

Contact: benschaedlich@gmx.de

Valentyna starenka

Erhu, Gaohu, Jinghu, Bawu, Sheng, Hulusi, Melodica

Ukrainian Traditional Songs

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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

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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

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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)

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

Photo Native American (Title left) by

lecaro | dreaMstIMe.coM
NI Kontakt Script programming by

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

the VoIces FroM ethno World - credIts

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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.

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.

Quickstart manual

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..

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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.

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.

THe eTHNO WORLD 5

INSTRUMeNT INTeRFACe:

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

keyGrouP:

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).

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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.

loW Pass slIder:

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

hIGh Pass slIder:

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

leGato on/oFF sWItch:

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

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.

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.

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

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(FOR Key-INSTRUMeNTS):

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.

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.

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

reVerB
The Reverb is agorithmic and doesnt need as much

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

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.

VoluMe:

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

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.

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.

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

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

release

lFo on/oFF Button

Enables the Low Frequency Oscillator.

lFo droP doWn

Here you can select the Pitch LFO waveform.

lFo IntensIty
Sets the intensity of the Pitch LFO effect.

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

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.

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

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

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

IntensIty

You can draw the fine-tuning with your mouse.

key
Select the root note of the scale.

Preset
Select a microtuning preset.

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

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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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

CONSTRUCTION SETS
Instrument
EW-Vol.
China Set 100 3

Instrument List

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

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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

VOICES & Choirs

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

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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

Instrument List

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

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

Instrument List

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

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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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