The Buchla Drums consist of 32 immaculate percussive sounds of the Buchla music Easel housed in a Drum Rack along with individual marcos to easily produce a multitude of signature electronic textures that will add an enormous amount of depth to any musical composition. Using the same circuits, mechanical design and graphic theme that made the original an ergonomic dream to grab hold of and create organic electronic music from the soul. The new incarnation of the 1973 Buchla Music Easel is a portable, performance-oriented instrument as close as possible to the original.
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The featured musicians that helped to capture the essence of the instruments are Giovanni Kremer Kiyingi (Endere, Adungu), Moses Ochieng (the Ohangla Drums) and Msafiri Zawose (Zeze).įree download link below behr – buchla drums These instruments were recorded in September 2015 in Nairobi Kenya for Santuri Safari by Emile Hoogenhout. The Ohangla drums, which consists of more than eight drums hit by a stick and a cylindrical shoulder slung drum played normally to the accompaniment of flute, Nyatiti or kinanda. The Endere is a flute of the Baganda people, the Omukuri of the Banyankore and the Bakiga people, the Akalere of the Basoga Iteso people. The Zeze is a stringed instrument from Sub-Saharan Africa, also known by the names Tzetze and Dzendze, and in Madagascar is called Lokanga Voatavo or Lokango Voatavo. It is very similar to the tumi harp of the neighbouring Kebu people. The Adungu is a nine-string arched (bow) harp of the Alur people of northwestern Uganda. This Ableton Instruments Pack consists of four East African instruments
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These instruments are available free of charge, however a small donation would be greatly appreciated to assist in the creation of future instrument racks. Aiming to redefine the relationship between acoustic timbre and electronic manipulation. These authentic African instruments were designed to stretch the boundaries of what is sonically capable in an purely acoustic environment. I was approached by Esa Williams (Aunty Flo) and David Tinning (Santuri) and with great enthusiasm and support from Ableton. For years it has been a big dream of mine to be able to travel around Africa and build Ableton racks from indigenous traditional instruments. Which is a project that focusses on concepts of innovation, collaboration and creativity within the East African music scene. In Sep 2015 I was invited to spend two weeks meeting up with various traditional East African musicians through Santuri Safari. Inflict was inspired by the Cloud-Chamber Bowls which is an instrument invented by Harry Parch in 1950, that consists of a set of 12-US-gallon (45 L), 16-inch diameter Pyrex bowls cut from carboys, suspended in a frame.Īdditional audio and MIDI effect macros have been assigned for each instrument to generate an extremely wide variety of both electronic and organic sonic possibilities for composers to be inspired by.įree download link below behr – Santuri Safari – Instruments Pack Sixteen macros are available to manipulate a multitude of audio and MIDI effects to dial in a unending variety of electronic and acoustic sounds. Inflict is a percussive harmonic instrument with a range of velocity sensitive tonal variables, created by water filled glass struck with mallets. Ranging from ever evolving sustained tones to staccato percussive sequences voiced by the use of friction from damp fingertips on numerous water filled crystal glasses.Ĭeaseless was inspired by the Glass Armonica, which is an instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761, that consists of spinning glass bowls graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction.
These velocity sensitive multi-sample instruments were meticulously crafted with the sounds of water filled glassware, voiced by friction and mallets.Ĭeaseless is an instrument that generates harmonically rich sounds that produce a cacophony of interesting overtones for creating harmonic textures. Polyphonic glass instruments namely Ceaseless and Infliction. Behr – Glass Ableton Instruments Pack The behr – Glass Ableton Live Pack consists of two highly versatile