R.A.W. Presents: The Bretonic Bombarde

[Herman Witkam]

R.A.W. Presents:
The Bretonic Bombarde
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A double reed wooden shawm.

http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/

Listen to an mp3 demo:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/audio/around_the_fire.mp3

[FredProgGH]

Man, this is another nice sample, very different!! Where do you find the time!!!

[Herman Witkam]

According to ChickenSys Giga to Kontakt conversion is very accurate:
http://www.chickensys.com/support/software/translator/kontakt/giga.html
It's only available for PC though...

[Ben H]

Thanks Herman,

Forgot to ask if you actually play these instruments or you just recorded / programmed them.

Ben H

[Herman Witkam]

I played the Bombarde, the Percussion FX, and the overblow update for the Tarka myself. The Bombarde took me a few days of practise, before I recorded it.

[Hardy Heern]

R.A.W. Presents:
The Bretonic Bombarde
----------------------
A double reed wooden shawm.

http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/

Listen to an mp3 demo:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/audio/around_the_fire.mp3

Thanks a lot Herman for the offer of these super samples. What other instruments are you using on this interesting little piece? I particularly like the plucked or struck instrument used in the intro.....is it just a guitar....it's very percussive...but very nice!:)

When I get around to it I shall be visiting your site to download....and of course will be making a donation (Hey it's the least we can do!):)

Frank

[Herman Witkam]

It's called a Bouzouki. It originates from Greece, and found its way into western-european folk music. It's on Ethno World 2. I'm also using the R.A.W. Percussion, Tin Whistle and just 1 Tarka overblown effect in it. The other two are Egyptian violin and Mongolian cello (from EW2).
Feel free to post your feedback once you've tried the sounds.

[PeterRoos]

R.A.W. Presents:
The Bretonic Bombarde
----------------------
A double reed wooden shawm.

http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/

Listen to an mp3 demo:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/audio/around_the_fire.mp3
VET!!! :) :)

[thesoundsmith]

Herman, thanks again, this is just lovely.

[Herman Witkam]

I'm starting my next session right now ;-)

[Hardy Heern]

It's called a Bouzouki. It originates from Greece, and found its way into western-european folk music. It's on Ethno World 2. I'm also using the R.A.W. Percussion, Tin Whistle and just 1 Tarka overblown effect in it. The other two are Egyptian violin and Mongolian cello (from EW2).
Feel free to post your feedback once you've tried the sounds.

Thanks Herman. I know the bouzouki well enough but, obviously, not enough to recognise it.:) I was wondering if it was a zither/ dulcimer. Thanks for letting me know the source.

Cheers

Frank

[Herman Witkam]

A dulcimer is on the sampling list. A friend of mine owns one, and he lets me borrow it.

[P de Caumette]

Herman, you are one busy, productive guy!


Thanks!
(you took the Celtic band into the 21st century in the ending of your demo ;) )

[Herman Witkam]

hehe exactly. they're kind of losing their concentration.

update 1.01:
For people having issues with the GS2.5 version: It should be fixed now.

[Herman Witkam]

A little teaser from the next patch:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/files/AvG_7.wav

[Per K]

great samples!

i experimented with adding some of the tarka phrases togheter:

http://www.perkihlborg.com/mp3/per_kihlborg_raw_tarka_bretonic.mp3


0.29 - some duduk phrases
at 0.43 - the bretonic bombarde jumps in...

[Herman Witkam]

Great demo Per!
Do you want me to feature it on the R.A.W. page?

[Per K]

sure

[Hardy Heern]

Great demo Per!
Do you want me to feature it on the R.A.W. page?

Agreed! Interesting cross breed between Celtic and African.

Frank

[Herman Witkam]

Per, I've added your demo to the page. The link:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/user_demos/perkihlborg_tarka-bombarde.mp3

Btw folks, I'm currently editing a wooden whistle from India.

[Przemek K.]

Per, I've added your demo to the page. The link:
http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/user_demos/perkihlborg_tarka-bombarde.mp3

Btw folks, I'm currently editing a wooden whistle from India.


You sure are restless :) I look forward to the whistle from India.

[Herman Witkam]

I expect it to be finished soon. I'm beta-testing a commercial sample library right now, so that takes some of my time as well. I'll keep you guys posted on the Indian Whistle

[Herman Witkam]

R.A.W. Bombarde update
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There's now a Kontakt version available for the R.A.W.Bombarde, programmed by Paul Waring. The wave files can be extracted from the gigastudio file. See the "readme" file for details.

http://www.herman-witkam.com/raw/

[Didou]

Hi Herman,

Again thanks for your great job. I haven't used your samples libraries for now, but I think I will...Special "price" for the bombarde, very realistic and well playabled (I'm living in a medieval town and often hearing this kind of instrument...)

Did.

[Herman Witkam]

I just blew my lungs out playing that bombarde. ;-)
Living in a medieval town? Sounds cool.
If there are any instrument builders there, let me know.