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BUILT FROM THE DEFINITIVE BALINESE GAMELAN LIBRARY

Sampling the unique, magical sound of a Balinese Gamelan is no small undertaking. The 25 instruments that make up The LSO's Semara Dana Gamelan Ensemble had to be recorded in great detail, as if each were to be a sample library in its own right. Any compromise in the number of velocity layers or the round robin alternate samples could result in the whole living, breathing sound losing realism and dynamic expression.

WHICH INSTRUMENTS ARE INCLUDED?

How do you condense such a massive collection as a gamelan into an easy-to-use, downloadable sampled instrument? We scratched our heads over this one for a while, and decided to condense the essential gamelan sound into 3 plug-and-play sets.

This means that you get all the tuned instruments ( reduced versions ) - the big gongs, the wonderful paired metallophones and the kettle gongs, combined and arranged across a chromatic keyboard, ready to play. 

What you DON'T get is the percussion - the kendang drums, cengceng, kempli, kajar, bebende, gentorak.

This set still weighs in at 2 GB, and is ideal for anyone that wants the essence of gamelan, the magical flavour - without breaking the bank or the hard drive.

Instruments Included in Balinese Gamelan Compact :

• 1. Core Instruments ( Combination of Gongs, Jegog, Calung, Penyacah )
• 2. Gangsa ( Combination of Ugal, Pemade, Kantilan )
• 3. Kettle Gongs ( Combination of Trompong and Reyong )