from Ethno World 5 professional
WELCOME TO THE VOICES & CHOIRS FROM ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL & VOICES produced by Marcel Barsotti

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VOICES & CHOIRS from ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL 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. VOICES & CHOIRS from ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL with its 7 GB content and about 4.000 samples and 200 patches is one of the largest ethnic vocal sample libraries in the world. There are 25 professionally recorded solo-voices from all over the world and an Ethnic Chamber Choir. You will find voices from North America, Europe, Cameroon, Guinea, China, Mongolia, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, North Afrika and Peru and a detailed recorded Human Whistling. With the highly improved Legato-Mode in combination with several voice-articulations you now have the possibility to record realistic vocal lines. VOICES & CHOIRS from ETHNO WORLD 5 PROFESSIONAL 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 intuitive handling of VOICES & CHOIRS instruments. By integration of the convolution reverb the voices sound more natural. The realtime automation has been greatly simplified. Furthermore elastic audio Time Machine II lets you transpose any vocal phrase. With sample start-shift you can determine when a phrase should begin. With the humanize mode every note has a slightly different tone and micro-tuning allows any type of tuning and ethnic scales. All VOICES & CHOIRS are performed by renowned singers & musicians 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
the VoiCes & Choirs 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.

the soUNd CoNCePt

All voices have been recorded with the finest stateof-the-art tube technology and then mastered with professional high quality plug-ins. Great care has been exercised to transmit the authenticity of the singers. The reference tuning is set at 440 Hz.
introduction - tHe voices & cHoirs froM etHno World 5

ABBreViAtioNs

TM Timemachine TM SYNC Timemachine with tempo synchronisation P Piano F Forte FX Effect VEL Velocity Switch MOD Modulation Wheel XFD Crossfade KEY Keyswitch Instrument
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

VoiCes & Choirs
Besides the Khoomii overtone singing, Ethno World also includes various male and female solo voices from Mongolia and a Mongolian Choir.

caMeroon Male voices

Antoine Noah

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 Members of Egschiglen
paulo european etHnic voices

Paulo Alves

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.

Wolfgang european etHnic voices

Wolfgang Kotsowilis

nanina european etHnic voices

Nanina Ghelfi

lipa european etHnic voices

Lipa Majstrovic

aBBreviations - tHe voices & cHoirs

native aMerican voices:

native aMercan solo songs

Ambros Gller

the siNGers from ethNo WorLd

tuMenBayar MigdorJ

Mongolian Voices
grandMa - (nortHern cHeyenne)

Elva Stands in Timber

old Man - (laKota)

Sonny Richards

tuMursaiHan yanlav

War cHants - (laKota)

Chris Ravenshead and Friends

aMartuWsHin BaasandorJ

Khoomii Voices
solo cHants - (laKota-cHeyenne)

Jack Miller

sarangel tserevsaMBa
tHe etHnic cHaMBer cHoir:
melanie Kuchling (SOPRAN) tarja Kultalahti (SOPRAN) Stef Albrecht (ALT) Judith frhlich (ALT)

sandro friedricH

Nicolai Kleinbauter (TENOR) Andreas Gnyp (TENOR) Wolfgang hansen (BASS) Jakob felchnerowski (BASS)
european etHnic cHoir HuMan WHistling
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 spec-
tHe voices & cHoirs - tHe singers
trum 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 lines, the power of his rhythmic grooves and his ability to competently and exibly support diverse musical atmospheres. His technical knowledge also enables recording jobs via internet in addition to traditional studio work. Please visit him at www. powerute.ch for further information. Im Bueeli 6 - 8864 Reichenburg Switzerland Tel. & Fax: 0041 / 55 - 43 info@powerute.ch www.powerute.ch
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 ensemble. 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

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 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.
Bell & Metal type instruMnets tHe singers

Wolfgang KotsoWilis

seref dalyanoglu
Turkish Male Voices, Saz, Oud, Cmbs & Tanbur (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 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, www.scirocco-music.de

lipa MaJstrovic

gergana KusHeWa
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

paulo alves

Bulgarian Female Voices Paulo European Ethnic Voices
tHe singers froM etHnoWorld 5 professional & voices
(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) Contact: communication@beitinger.com Website: mori-dioubate.de ++49(0)/ ++49(0)55 683
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

neda HoMayoon

Iranian and Arabic Voices neda.homayoon@googlemail.com

nanina gHelfi

Mori diouBat
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
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, 8620 Wetzikon, Schweiz (CH) Hm. 0041 (0)44- 74, Mob. ++41 (0)79- 39 nghelfi@bluewin.ch Website: www.klangfeld.ch

antoine noaH

Cameroon Male Voices Contact: ++49 (0)260-99573852 ++49 (0)8205-777820 Chinese Female Voices
Fouxi is a Munich based actress, singer and songwriter. Her first album with french pop-chansons was released in 2009 called Les eurs 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

XizHi nie

Ben scHdlicH
Erhu, Gaohu, Jinghu, Bawu, Sheng, Hulusi, Melodica 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
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. Contact: benschaedlich@gmx.de

valentyna starenKa

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 utes Ambros brought back the fundamental Sound and a lot of good energy in SIO Steinbergs ERDE & MENSCH project against violence.

yerar gerardo cHvez

Ukrainian Traditional Songs

aMBros gller

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 mail: yerar@web.de - www.shavez.com
Native American Solo Songs Ambros Gller comes from near Bamberg. In 1999 in the BLACK HILLS of South Dakota he met the northern Cheyenne ute player Joseph Fire Crow who became his teacher, mentor and brother.

JacK Miller

Solo Chants - (Lakota-Cheyenne)
elva stands in tiMBer cHris ravensHead and friends
War Chants - (Lakota) Grandma - (Northern Cheyenne)

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

sonny ricHards

Old Man - (Lakota)

Credits

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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. best service. All rights reserved
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
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 Kln 0176-67477444 ingo@thebadroom.de

SIPS Legato Script

originally by

Big Bob

The Singers from EthnoWorld 5 professional & voices
QUICK START MANUAL for EW5 Professional & EW5 Voices & Choirs:

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.

TM: The TM-Patches also have Time-machine, but all samples play in original tempo and tuning. However you can edit every note separately. 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.

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.

Quickstart Manual

World druMs and World percussion
In World Drums and World Percussion most of the patches are a mix of loops, rolls, ams and single hits. Whereby most of the loops where programmed as Beat-machine Sounds (sliced). Many rolls and ams 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.

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:
the ethNo WorLd 5 iNstrUmeNt iNterfACe:
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.

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).

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.

QuicKstart Manual

loWpass / Hipass on/off sWitcH
Enables Low Pass or HiPass Filter.

legato on/off sWitcH:

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

loW pass slider:

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

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.

HigH pass slider:

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

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.

convolution output:

Sets the output level of the Convolution Effect. This effect concerns the whole instrument.
QUiCK edit PAGe (for KeY-iNstrUmeNts):

eQualizer

The EQ enables you to change the sound of your instrument subtly or drastically.
In conjunction with reverb, the delay can produce nice echoes or very realistic sounding room effects.

pHaser/cHorus

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

reverB

The Reverb is agorithmic and doesnt need as much CPU power as the Convolution, a high quality effect using impulse response recordings.

release

Sets the time the Attack-sample continues to sound after you release the key.

velo> att.

Sets the amount of the Velocity to Attack Time modulation.

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.

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.
Determines how fast the Attack effects volume drops to sustain level.
Here you can select the Pitch LFO waveform.

sustain

Adjusts the volume level the sample should reach after the decay phase.
Sets the intensity of the Pitch LFO effect.
Sets the frequency of the Pitch-LFO, and therefore the speed of the pitch modulation.

intensity

Determines how much the ADSR curve affects the Low/High Pass Filter.

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.

Enables the Low Frequency Oscillator. In this section it is used to modulate the cutoff fre- quency.
Here you can select the Filter-LFO waveform.
Controls the intensity of the filter modulation.
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.
Determines how long it will take the filter to reach the cutoff frequency after you hit. You can draw the fine-tuning with your mouse.
Sets the time the filter will take to drop to sustain level.
Select the root note of the scale.
Sets the level the filter reaches after the decay phase.

preset

Select a microtuning preset.
Adjusts the time the filter takes to stop affecting the sound after you have released the key.
Save your own tuning. The saved user-tunings are not available in other instruments due to Kontakts scripting - architecture.

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.
Sets the tuning of the additional note. With the arrows on the right side of the field you can adjust the tuning in semitones.

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.

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.

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.

Instrument List

VOICES & Choirs from EW5
Boys Voices Bulgarian Female Voices Cameroon Male Voices Chinese Voices Ethnic Chamber Choir European Ethnic Choir Fouxi European Ethnic Voices Gregorian Chants Guinean Male Voices Human Whistling Lipa European Ethnic Voices Mongolian Female Solo Vocals Mongolian Male Khoomii Overtone Vocals Mongolian Male Solo Vocals Mongolian Male Subtone Vocals Mongolian Vocal Ensemble Nanina European Ethnic Voices Native American Original Chants Native American Style Chants Neda Iranian & Arabian Voices Paulo European Ethnic Voices Peruvian Male Voices Ponchi European Ethnic Voices Turkish Male Voices Ukrainian Traditional Songs Wolfgang European Ethnic Voices EW-Vol. 5 5

Welcome to the Kontakt-Instrument Ethno World 4 Professional produced by Marcel Barsotti

INTRODUCTION

ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL has been produced by award-winning film composer Marcel Barsotti (Das Wunder von Bern, Deutschland. Ein Sommermrchen, Rennschwein Rudi Rssel 2, Kebab Connection, Wo ist Fred?, Grne Wste, Dolphins, Sirga the Lioness and The Poet). He has composed music for more than 80 cinema movies, television films and advertisements, and his musicians have been placed in the charts several times. ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL contains more than 200 professionally recorded ethnic instruments and more than 14.000 high quality samples in the following categories: Bowed instruments, stringed instruments, woodwinds and brass, key instruments, bell type instruments, metal type instruments, , world percussion, gongs and bowls, and the new category of voices. Therefore, ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL with its 9.5 giga-bytes of samples is one of the most extensive ethnic library in the world. New in ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL is Kantele, Irish Flutes, Military Cassa, Angklung, Egyptian Fiddle, Erhu, Gaohu, Scale Changer Harmonium, Bouzouki, Santoor, Hulusi, Dung Dkar Horns, Cajon, Balafon, Western Fiddle, Monochord, Irish Flutes and the new Duduk, Dvojacka, Hotchiku, Shakuhachi, Fujara, Ciaramella, Mankosedda, Jews Harp and Launeddas. Also included are the well known Indian string Instruments Dilruba and Esraj. Unique and for the first time for EW4 are a Mongolian choir, Overtone Singing, and individual female and male voices. Altogether, there are 1400 licks and loops of outstanding quality and playability. All ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL instruments and voices are played by renowned musicians under the direction of Andreas Hofner and Marcel Barsotti - Egschiglen Ensemble, Sandro Friedrich, Sandro Hussel, Enrique Ugarte, Raoul Alvarellos, Seref Dalyanoglu, Fabian Roemer, Tom Hake and many more. ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL, along with the new Kontakt 2 Player, are entering a new dimension with their progressive programming: with EW4 it is now possible for the first time to transpose all instrument licks and playing styles into any chosen key using the Elastic Audio Engine Time Machine II. All drum and percussion loops can be played in all tempi with the beat machine II and each individual loop is completely free to be programmed in all parameters. Using the sample start offset it is possible to select the point when a lick starts playing. A Legato Modus is now available for solo instruments - very effective for instance with woodwind. With the Humanize Modus each new note can be given a slightly altered timbre. makes the greatest diversity of ethnic tunings and scales possible. With ETHNO WORLD 4 PROFESSIONAL it is now possible to program in an entire orchestra. 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
for for example a complete Morin Khuur string ensemble (Mongolia). It is now possible to create a whole string arrangement with up to 9 key switches, similar to large orchestra libraries. Many instruments from all continents can be played, for example Saron, Tibetan Bells, Saz,

Introduction

The new Instruments from Ethno World 4

Bowed Instruments:

Morin Khuur Violin, Morin Khuur Strings Ensemble, Ih Khuur Bass, Esray, Dilruba.

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.

Stringed Instruments:

Joochin (Dulzimer)

Woodwinds & Brass:

Various Ocarinas, Tin Whistle and Low Whistle Licks, Shakuhachi, Pinkillo, Mancosedda, Launeddas, Crumhorn, Hotchiku, Fujara Overtone Flute, Irish Traverse Flute, Dvojacka Double Flute, Duduk, Didgeridoo, Ciaramella.
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.

Voices

Mongolian Vocal Ensemble, Male Subtone Vocals, Male Solo Vocals, Male Khoomii Overtone Vocals, Female Solo Vocals.

World Percussion:

Mongolian Jews Harp, Mongolian Gong, Mongolian Framedrum, Hengereg Drum, Mongolian Bones Shaker, Jews Harp.
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 4 Professional can be used within many different stylistic contexts.
New Instruments & Sound Concept & How to Use

ABBREVIATIONS

BM TM CH DT ESP F FG FX GL LK LP NV ORIG P PL PLF PLP PS PT PZ S SD SL SP STAC STF STK STP SU TR TRL VIB VEL MOD Beatmachine Timemachine Chords Double Tone Espressivo Forte Fingerstyle Effect Glissando Lick Looped Programs Non Vibrato Original Tune Piano played with Plectrum Plectrum Forte Plectrum Piano Playing Styles Pitched Version Pizzicato Solo Slide Down Slides Slaps Staccato Staccato Forte played with Sticks Staccato Piano Slide up Tremolo Trill Vibrato Velocity Switch Modulation Wheel

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

Kalimba Kibirizi Tuning Plates New in Ethno World 4: The MONGOLIAN JEWS HARP and the Hungarian Jews Harp played by Sandro Friedrich, with unique loops.

The Saron

The Saron is a Gamelan Glockenspiel from Lombok (1 octave).
Abbreviations & Bell & Metal Type Instruments
Gamelan Crash Bells (Lombok) & Saron (Gamelan Glockenspiel (Lombok) & Gamelan Wood Cowbell (Indonesia)
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.

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.
Gamelan Crash Bells (Lombok) Kalimba & Tamborc & Gopichand Here are some very unusual instruments from around the world. They all have varying dynamics, playing styles, loops and pitch programmes.

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

Bell && Metal ype Instruments Bell Metal T Type instrumnets

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.

Tibetan Singing Bells

TamTam Besar & Wuhan am Tam & Java Gong

Military Cymbals

Metallophon (Germany) & Chromatic Glockenspiel (Germany) & Small Bamboo Vibraphon (Synth. Tremolo.
Gong Besar 18 There is also a large collection of Singing Bowls at your disposal: Big Rako Bowls, Big Tibetan Sin-

Gongs & Bowls

ging 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.

BOWED INSTRUMENTS

Rin 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.

15 strings, and it has an F tuning. It is played by plucking or tapping with sticks (as is the small Kantele).

Chinese Erhu

Banjo & Truxa Mandolin
Chinese Erhu & Gaohu The Chinese Erhu violin (2 strings) was played with a plectrum and is played in two different ways: on the left half of the keyboard (E1 to C3) you can hear the first string with varying dynamics and the drone can be played from C1 to D1; on the right half of the keyboard (D3 to A4) you can play the melody line on the second string.
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.
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.

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).

Kantele

Bouzouki & Zsoura Kantele & Small-Kantele The Kantele (developed from the dulcimer) has

Stringed Instruments

Zheng Harp

Sitar & Tampura

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.
Six-stringed steel guitar
There is a six-stringed steel guitar with slide notes and Effects
Sitar (left) & Taboura (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 sympathetic 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).

Zsoura

The Zsoura is a small three voice Bouzouki which is very well suited as a solo instrument because of its higher pitch.

11Stringed Instruments

Dra-Ngen
The Dra-Ngen is a 7 string kerb lute with matching half octave string originating from Bhutan.

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.

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.

Ukulele

The Ukulele from Hawaii is a small 4 string guitar tuned to A-D-F#-B (a soprano version is featured here).

Timple & Domra

Timple
The Timple is the traditional 5 string guitar from Lanzarote. It is similar to the Ukulele. Banjolin (upper) Ukulele (Lower)

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.

Vester Acousticbass

Santoor
The Vester Acousticbass is an acoustic 4-string bass guitar which is tuned to E-A-D-G. 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.
Continental Resonator Guitar
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. 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.
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.
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.

Tanbur

Grand Monochord

Tanbour & Oud The Tanbur, a long-neck lute from the Middle East, is played with a pick (plectrum) just like a Mandolin.
The sound bench on this recording is being used in 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

Irish Traverse Flute
Top to bottom: Bamboo Flute. Irish Low Whistle. Recorder Alto F. Dagoba Flute. Susato Tin Whistle

Fujara

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.

Pinkillo

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 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.

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.

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.

Woodwind & Brass

Ocarinas

Shakuhachi

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.

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.

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.

Ciaramella

Crumhorn
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).
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.

Launeddas

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

Shiva Flute

The Shiva Flute is played by Indian preachers. This brass flute has a very transparent and high pitch sound. 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.

European Tenor Recorder

The European Tenor Recorder starts at C minor and belongs to the instrument family of recorders.

Hawaiian Shellhorn

The Hawaiian Shellhorn is a shell-like horn flute from Hawaii.

Peruvian Ocarinas

Indian Shenai
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.

Zukra Bagpipe

The Peruvian Ocarinas are made from clay and are, as their name implies, from Peru.

Rag Dun Horn

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. 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.

Uilleann Pipes

Dung Dkar Conch Trumpet
Uilleann Pipes Irish & Overton Whistles 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.
The Dung Dkar Conch Trumpet from the Himalayas is a shell-like trumpet with rich ornamentation.

Pan Flute

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.

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
Mongolian Hengereg Drum and Mongolian Framedrum
Big African Donn Donn Drum & Madal Drum & Ceremony Drum

Madal Drum

Mongolian Hengereg 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.

Gran Military Cassa

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.

Bali Ceremonial Drum

This ceremonial drum comes from Bali

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.

World Drums

Bodhran. Its characteristic sound is produced by two cords inside the drum.

Bass Cajon & Yambu

Water Drums

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. 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.

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).

Djembe

Tunis Ceremony Drum & Tunis Tamburin
Also from Tunisia are the Tunis Ceremony Drum and the Tunis Tamburin.
Tunis Ceremony Drum & Tunis Tamburin & Bendir

Bendir

The Bendir from Tunisia is similar to the Irish
Moroccon Conga & Djembe & TDrum 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.

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 PERCUSSION

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.

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.
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. 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.
World Drums & World Percussion

Mongolian Bones Shaker

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

Gopichand

New in Ethno World 4.
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.

KEY INSTRUMENTS

Scale Changer Harmonium
Balafon & African Xylophone
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.
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.
World Percussion & Key Instruments

Dallape Accordion

VOICES
Besides the Khoomii overtone singing, Ethno World 4 also includes various male and female solo voices from Mongolia and a Mongolian Choir.

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.

Hohner Melodica

The Hohner Melodica is a keyboard-like reed instrument from Germany and features a scale of 2 octaves.
Key Instruments & Voices

Biographies

Marcel Barsotti The Producer
World, in 2000. Together with Ethno World Volume 4, this has become one of the most successful ethnic DVD Libraries in the world. MARCEL BARSOTTI Filmmusic Composer THE SCORE Record Company BAM Music Publishing Germany barsotti@t-online.de www.marcelbarsotti.com

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 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 Reichenburg Switzerland Tel. & Fax: 0041 / 55 - 43 info@powerflute.ch www.powerflute.ch

Egschiglen Ensemble

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 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 ensemble. 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

Credits

Produced by
Marcel Barsotti Andreas Hofner

Photos by

BAM Music & Richard Aicher

Recorded and mastered at

BAM Music & Artman Music
NI Kontakt Script programming by

Josef Natterer

Additional Recording

Enrico Coromines

Design & graphic realisation by
Marcel Barsotti & Richard Aicher
Biographies & Credits
THE MUSICIANS FROM ETHNO WORLD

Marcel Barsotti

Stringed instruments, drums & percussion, flutes and key instruments

Sarangel Tserevsamba

(www.powerflute.ch) Various Ocarinas, Tin & Low Whistle Licks, Shakuhachi, Pinkillo, Mancosedda, Launeddas, Crumhorn, Hotchiku, Fujara Overtone Flute, Irish Traverse Flute, Dvojacka, Double Flute, Duduk, Didgeridoo, Ciaramella

ESRAJ, DILRUBA

(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) joochin (Dulzimer), Vocals

Tumenbayar Migdorj

(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) morin khuur, Vocals

Xizhi Nie

Tumursaihan Yanlav

Uuganbaatar Tsend-Ochir

(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) ih khuur bass

Amartuwshin Baasandorj

(from the Egschiglen Ensemble) khoomii Vocals, morin khuur Erhu, Gaohu, Jinghu, Bawu, Sheng, Hulusi, Melodica
The Musicians from Ethno World

Enrique Ugarte

Fabian Roemer
Moorin Khur Effects, Egyptian violin Accordion, Shenai

Recording Session

Raoul Alvarellos
Shiva flute, Tenor Recorder

David Junior

Enrico Coromines (Additional Recording), Andreas Hofner and members of Egschiglen

Pepe Rochas

Kena, Mocno Bassflute

Andreas Zoellner

Rag Dun horns, Hawaiian Shell horn

Wolfgang Lohmeier

Drums, Percussion, Monochord

Andreas Weidinger

World percussion and drums Various Bamboo- and European Flutes

Tom Hake

Overtone Whistles and Uilleann Pipes

Seref Dalyanoglu

Saz, Oud, Cmbs & Tanbur

Claus Gstatter

Wolfgang Kotzowilis

Military Drums

Bernhard Zeller

Additional Didgeridoo

Special thanks to: Klaus Kandler, Gundi, Regina, Alex, Roland, Richard, the Music Shop crew, Andi, Christof, Josef, Feli, Franz and all the great musicians!

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