bjornpdx Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I've had the Native Instruments India Discovery Series instruments for a while and decided to play around with it. I came up with this. Thanks for listening. Native Instruments India Discovery Series Bansuri, Sitar, Santur, Tabla, Tanpura also uHe Diva Heavyocity Vocalise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Symmetry Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Very nice, enjoyed it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnbee58 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Shades of George Harrison & Ravi Shankar!! Those are some cool samples. It's amazing what can come out of experimenting with new sample libraries. Especially impressed with the voice thing. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Very nice Bjørn. How to come up with such a composition when you are not Indian? I could never do that... wouldn't know where to start. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaltieribrothers Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hi Bjorn, Great tune, very relaxing and I am inspired by your musical skills in this completely different genre. Thanks for sharing. Good Job! regards paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Better respond to the comments now. Songs are rapidly descending down the page. Hidden Sym Thanks for the comment. John I listened to Ravi Shankar's daughter playing the sitar on youtube to get some ideas. She is amazing. The voice is from Heavyocity Vocalise, a Kontakt instrument. Gary Indian music isn't exactly in my heritage, but I've always liked it. IMO I did okay with the Kontakt instruments here except I couldn't get the sitar to sound like I wanted. Paul Thanks for the comment. Appreciate it as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I think you did a grand job mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 The reality and quality of the instruments and vocals were Incredible! That was a great and great sounding composition. I've been playing with tablas a lot lately , I love the busy but relaxing sound they bring. Enjoyed it .. mark pm time? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiller Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Very exotic and mysterious...’loved it.? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Definitely a little Shankar/Harrison vibe. Probably because that’s the influence we know. Must agree the “voice” is especially well integrated. All the samples are especially good. Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I also thought of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar - I really enjoyed the listen. You have a talent for composing - very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 mark Thanks, Appreciate the comment. Not sure what pm time means? amiller tom Douglas Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 You did everything right, really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bush Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Well done , loved the tamblas ? and the whole feel...... didnt want it to stop , so that`s a good thing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Hard not to like. I'm a sucker for world stuff. I'd say tablas could come in a biu earlier (they are great) and the sitar has a bit of a piercing resonance up top. Not quite icepick, but close. You might look at the eq curves in realtime on that sitar, do you have a big spike above zero around 5kHz when that Sitar is a wailin' ? You do want a sitar to have a bitey treble component. I'm talking around :58 . . . All of those samples sound really great and you have mixed them with full respect to the hypnotic manthric chantiness they are supposed to have. You've got it from Madras, Oregon to Madras, India. cheers, -Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 David and Paul Thanks so much for listening and commenting Tom I checked out the sitar and yes indeed it does spike over zero around 5K. I guess I didn't find it objectionable though. I really wanted a better performance from it but will have to keep trying. Adding notes by way of the PRV isn't ideal for this instrument. Madras, Oregon and Madras, India. They're worlds apart - geographically of course, but mainly cultural. Madras, Oregon and Portland, Oregon. Worlds apart politically. ------------------------------ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synkrotron Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 As Tom said, it is difficult not to like... Great use of your sample collection and everything fit together nicely. Nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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