Native Instruments Balinese Gamelan Operation Manual
USER’S MANUAL
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Manual written by Dan Powell and James Thompson
Document Version: 1.0 (09/2009)
Product Version: 1.0 (09/2009)
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Balinese Gamelan – IV
Table Of Content
1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................5
1.1 The Core Instruments ..............................................................................................5
1.2 The Gangsa .............................................................................................................6
1.3 The Kettle Gongs .....................................................................................................6
2 The Kontakt Front Panels...................................................................................................7
2.1 Simple Instruments .................................................................................................7
2.2 Synth Instruments ...................................................................................................8
2.2.1 Tweak Page ...................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 Jammer Page ................................................................................... 8
2.2.3 Gamelan Pairs Page .........................................................................10
2.2.4 Tweak Control Page ..........................................................................10
2.2.5 Jammer Control Page .......................................................................11
3 More about the Gamelan Instruments ............................................................................... 12
3.1 The Core Instruments ........................................................................................... 12
3.1.1 Gongs ............................................................................................12
3.1.2 Calung, Panyacah and Jegog .............................................................13
3.2 The Gangsa ........................................................................................................... 14
3.2.1 Ugal .............................................................................................. 14
3.2.2 Kantilan and Pemadé .......................................................................15
3.3 The Kettle Gongs ................................................................................................... 16
4 Kontakt KSP “Gamelan Retune” Script ............................................................................. 17
5 Credits ...........................................................................................................................18
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1 Introduction
Welcome to Soniccouture’s Balinese Gamelan!
For this edition of Balinese Gamelan, we provide three instruments that represent the three
main structural elements of Balinese Gamelan music.
For each of these we provide Original Pitch and Concert Pitch versions, (designated by OP
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want your music to sound like real gamelan, the Original Pitch is preferable. However, if you
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easier to work with.
For each Instrument we provide both a simple and a “synth” version.
1.1 The Core Instruments
These are the instruments that lay out the basic structure and melody, including the Gongs,
the Jegog, the Calung, and the Penyacah. In tradtional gamelan, the largest Gong will mark
the end of each cycle, and the Calung will play a simple version of the “core melody”.
The Jegog will double every other note of the Calung melody an octave below.
Generally, in Balinese music, the lower the pitch the slower the instrument plays.
The Jegog, Calung, and Penyacah are doubled in detuned pairs. This produces a constant
beating effect, typcial of Balinese gamelan.
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1.2 The Gangsa
The Gangsa include the Ugal, Pemadé, and Kantilan. This are the busy elaborate instruments
that decorate the melody with fast interlocking patterns.
The upper Gangsa instruments are also in detuned pairs, again providing a shimmering
quality to the orchestra.
1.3 The Kettle Gongs
The Kettle Gongs include the Trompong and the Reyong. These instruments have various
functions depending on the type of gamelan in which they’re used. Sometimes they are used
for melodic decoration or solo passages, other times they can be used for very quick elaborate
parts, similar to the gangsa. The Kettle Gongs are not in detuned pairs.
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