Sacred Sounds from the Amazon
The first chapter of a musical library never captured before!
Recorded straight in the depths of the Amazon rainforest and on a studio located in the city of Manaus, upon months of deep research, The Amazonic selected the main instruments that are part of the culture, religion and traditions of those who lives in the Amazon.
With special attention to details, The Amazonic captured every sound emitted by 100+ instruments, guaranteeing the creation of a powerful tool for composers and producers looking for a professional, emotional and spiritual sound to add to their music.
Experience the sounds from the Amazon jungle at the tip of your fingers and delight yourself with all the story and concept behind The Amazonic.
Unique instruments. Unique Sounds
AMA 1 is a unique library that provides a collection of instruments never seen before.
The inspiration for creating these instruments is the most varied: mimic an animal sound, replicate a specific sound of nature’s depths or evoke the native ancestor’s sound of the Amazonian rainforest.
With a huge variety and diversity of Amazonian instruments, this is the definitive tool not only to create Amazonian music but also adds a special element to your epic or dramatic songs.
Check out some of these beautiful musical instruments in the media player above, crafted by great indigenous masters!
With a clean interface, you will have easy and quick access to everything you need during your composing process.
You also can choose between 3 to 5 microphones and travels from a further, ambient and soothing sound to a closer microphone for that extra detail and definition. Or blend it all and mix at your preference.
From the Amazon to the World
- Never Sampled Before: After extensive research and in order to bring you a complete tool to achieve the real sound of the depths of the Amazon rainforest. The Amazonic carefully selected 100+ instruments uniquely created by the natives, that will suit all needs and tastes.
- The Chosen Ones: From the creators of the instruments to professional musicians, The Amazonic chose their team based not on musical skill and technique but also on their intimacy and connection with their instrument. The result speaks for itself.
- A Spiritual Bond: For every note played or every beat made there is a deep meaning behind it. Get ready to compare your next song with instruments loaded with history and spirituality.
Instruments
Woodwinds Low
- Buzina de Bambu: A typical wind instrument used during the rituals by Dessana tribe from the Amazon.
- Buzina de Motor: An instrument that imitates the sound of the horns from the boats that travels down the Black River in the Amazon.
- Buzina Tariano: A woodwind created by a Train native, Caribaia. This instrument is used to invite other tribes in times of festivity.
- Cancão: Created by Celdo Braga using a gourd and a small balloon piece. This instrument was created to mimic the sound of a bird's call in the rainforest.
Woodwind High
- Flauta com Cariço: Also called Tarúzupá, which means"A flute that plays any time of day'. This is an instrument used widely whether there are festivities or not.
- Flauta Cotia: A female flute made of Paxiúba wood. Made by a native Tarian called Caribaia. It is used to initialize de Dance of Cotia, in the rituals in the Alto Rio Negro.
- Flauta de Jupati: A similar system found on Vuvuzela and has its rod made from the wood of the Jupati tree.
- Flauta Dupla: Flauta Dupla is adapted by the natives from the Greek flute named Aulus. It consists of two flutes played at the same time.
- Flauta Indígena: A traditional flute played by different natives across the Amazon.
- Mawako Bambu: Made from bamboo and boil by the Tarian native Iavy. It's used in dances (Malocas).
- Mawako Femea I, II, III: Instruments played by women from Dessana tribe. Its main purpose is hunting rites.
- Mawako Infantil: Instruments made for children only from Dessana tribe
- Mawako Macho I: Instruments played by men from Dessana tribe. Its main purpose is hunting rites.
- Mawako Tariano: At the end of their celebrations, the native step on these instruments, breaking them so new ones can be made for future celebrations.
- Yapurutu: This is an adapted instrument with a PVC tube, electrical tape and durepox. Yapurutu is an instrument used for dancing festivities. Yapurutus have no holes along its body and it is played by varying the intensity of the musician's breath.
- Yapurutu Pachiuba: An instrument is made of Pachiúba rod, banana straw and beeswax. The legend tells that the Uirapuru bird lived inside this instrument, which would play on its own. Once the bird leaves the instrument, it needed to be played by men.
Features
- 1GB of Woodwind samples
- 12 Unique Instruments recorded with 3 to 5 Microphones
- 30% goes back to the Amazon
System Requirements
- OSX 10.10 or later, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Windows 7, 8 or 10. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64
- Full Retail Version Kontakt 6 (or later) Required
- Pulse installer is required for installation
Important note: The full version of Kontakt (version 6 or higher) is required to use this instrument. The free Kontakt player will NOT work and will run in demo mode.
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