Yemenite! Yemenite!male!voice!performances! 2011!

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2 Yemenite Yemenitemalevoiceperformances 2011 Fromthecradlesofmusicculture

3 Built For Kontakt Player and compatible with Komplete Kontrol and NKS

4 Yemenite WiththislibrarySonokineticisbackwhereitallbegan.Atthecradleofculturalhistorywe foundanotherintriguingandmysticalvocalartform.mr.abrahamacharakblesseduswith adivinelystunningperformanceandshowedusmusic struemeaninginmultipleinspiring recordingsessions. Theprovenconceptofvocalperformancesbasedoncopyrightfreesongs,improvisations,in allkeysandmultiplespeedscombinedwithcinematicvocalfxlikepoems,shouts,whispers andmuchmore,isnowcrammedintojustoneinstrumentpatch. Overthelastfewyearswefoundthathavingmultipleperformancesandfxavailableinone comprehensiveinstrumentmakesworkasacomposermucheasierandmorestructured. Thereforewe veinvestedinthefirst builtinone ethnicvocallibrary. Weareproudtoreleasethisuniqueandauthenticcollectionandprovideyouwithan imaginativeextensiontoyoursoundpallet.withthisadditiontoyourinstrumenttoolbox you llhaveaccesstoatrulyoneofakindvocalperformancevirtualinstrument. Sonokineticspecializesincinematicsoundscapesfilledwithrichculturaldiversityandwith muchrespectforhistoricmusicalheritage.assuch, Yemenite willhappilystandalongside itspeers Tigris&Euphrates,DesertVoice,VoicesOfIsrael,HakaandMaasai. Yemenite hasmainlybeenbuiltaroundtraditionalyemenitejewishmusictradition. Thiscollectionconsistsofhundredsofuniqueandauthenticmelodicphrases,improvisations andspokenwords.asfarastraditiongoes,sonokinetickeepsitstraditionalivebyproviding youwithwordbywordtranslations,withlotsofancienttextstranslatedtoenglishforthe firsttime. Soagainwefeelweprovethesignificanceofawellperformedmusicalidiom,highend technicalrecording,craftsmanshipoftheui,samplelibrarywithanallnewshinyproduct like Yemenite Weareproudtoputourbadgeonthisandhopeyou llenjoyanothervocalperformancein thetopnotchethnicsamplelinebysonokinetic Wewishyouthebestinspirationandcreativity. Withwarmregards, TheSonokineticYemeniteProductionTeam

5 Contents Monolithpatchspanning: o 4MaincategoriesintraditionalYemenitestyle: TraditionalSongs Improvisations Poems Effects Fullkeyrange.Variesfrom2to5songsperkey* Temposyncedbytimemachine TimesignatureselectorandautomaticBPMgroupselecting(HOSTslave) 10copyrightfreetraditionalsongs Improvisationsspanning2to3octaves Voicefx:whispers,shouts,cries,softspeech,mumbling,praying Kontakt4.2.4&5patches+aifaccessiblepool Kontakt5withTimemachineProsettings(64Bit) 2400+samples.(1,45Bsamplecontent) AllsongsandpoemsinJewishandEnglishtranslation(pdf). Royaltyandcopyrightfreecontentlicense. YemeniteReferencemanual(pdf). Artwork: Yemenite dvdcover.designedbypavelfuksa Videotutorial: WalkThrough hostedbyreubencornell Format:Allfilesin48kHz,24bitaifformat. ProgrammedforKontakt4.2.4.&Kontakt5(not%compatible%with%Kontakt%Player) *limitations*of*a*vocal*cord*limits*the*amount*of*song*options*in*keys*outside*the*cantors*range*

6 THEMAINUI ThemainYemeniteUIconsistsofaninstrumentgroupselectorontheleft,asample behaviorcontrolinthemiddle,andaperformancecontrolunitattheright. VocalperformanceSelector:isasectioninwhichyouselectaspecificvoice performancebyclickingthebutton.bydefaultwesavedtheinstrumentto loadthe Songs patch.itpurgesonlythesamplesthatareneededforthe partoftheinstrumentyouchoosetouse.songsarebasedontraditional Yemenitesongs,selectedfortheirtextcontentandcomplementary characterforcinematicuse.improvisationsaredelvedfromhoursof creativeinspiredchantingandfilledwithdecenniaofmusicalcultural heritageofthecantor.poemsandfxfillthiscollectionwithcreativevocal soundsandfxofspokenwordsandtypicalveryusablevoiceperformances likewhispering,hissing,shouting,callingandpraying. ForthesongswedesignedaSongSelector(picture%left)option.When aharmonickeyischosenbypressingthecorrespondingkeyswitch (Red:seekeyboardexplanation)theboxdisplaystheavailablesongs forthatparticularkeybydisplayingagroupofswitchesinthemaininstrument panel.theamountofsongsavailableineachkeydiffers,duetothelimitationofthe Cantorsvocalrangeandthesettingofthesongs.Theamountwillvarybetween2to 5availablesongsinanykey.Whenyouselectoneoftheseswitchesamessagewill appearintheactivitymonitorontheleftmostbottomcornerofkontakt,displaying thenameofthesonglinkedtothatswitchinthatkey,allowingyoutolookupthe translationsforthesong.translationsarefoundinthe 2.additionals/documents/translationsfolder.

7 HarmonickeyandTime The Yemenite collection spans the full harmonic range and supports all tempi. When a harmonickeyischosenbyakeyswitch(redonkeyboard)itdisplaysthisinthesectionatthe bottom left of the wave orb. At the right bottom the tempo, set by the host (DAW or KontaktStandalone)isdisplayed. WaveOrb TakenfromtheconceptweintroducedintheTigris &EuphratesIRspherewedevelopedanewwayto displaythelengthofaphrase.wefoundit particularlyintuitive,whencomposingtoseewhat lengthaphrasewouldbe.sincenotallphrasesare cutoutwithcomputerscienceinmind,theyare morefocusedonmusicalandartisticexpression, there salotofvarietyinlengthanddurationofa phrase.hencethe Waveorb thatshowsyouthe remaininglengthbysteadilyfollowingthephrase progression,fillingthespherewithatransparent hourglass likesubstance. Keyboardmapping: 1:Redkeysarekeyswitchestoselectaharmonickey(forSongsandImprovisations).They rangefromato#.thegreenkeydisplaystheactivatedkeyswitch. ForPoemstheredkeysletyouselectadifferentpoem.AndinFXittogglesbetween differenttypesofvocalsoundeffects. 2:Bluekeysmarktheavailableamountofphrasespersong,perharmonickey. 3:Thebluekeysattheendofthekeyboardwilltriggerphraseendings.(Thereareactually5 differentendingsforeachsong/improvisation,theyaremappedchromaticallyabovethe shownkey,andassuchfalloffthekontaktkeyboardviewwhenit ssetto+1octlikeinthe examplebelow,toshowallthekeyswitchesontheleft)

8 ReverbFunction: ThisinstrumentcomeswithabuiltinquickReverb. It smeanttoquicklypositionyourinstrumentinthe mixandassuchisnoneditable,apartfromwetness. Whenyouneeddeepercontrolwesuggestyouuse anexternalreverb,butweliketheideaofbeing abletoquicklyaddabitofroomwithoutdivulging fromyourworkfloworbeingdistractedbymany optionsinthecompositionstage.forthiseasy control,wecreatedaclickdragfunctiononthe middleglassorb.bydraggingitupanddownyou canadjusttheamountofreverbgloballyappliedto theinstrument,toturnitoff,whenyouusean externalreverb,justdialthecontrolalltheway down.theexactamountofreverbisdisplayedin thebottomleft,andthisandtheorbcontrolwill remaininviewuntilanynextaction. ITM:ITMstandsforIntelligentTempoMapping,andit safunctionwedevelopedinhouse tomaketheinstrumentadaptinanaturalwaytotempirangingfrom30bpmto300bpm. Becauseitdoesn tsoundnaturalwhenasampleisstretchedbeyondcertainlimits,wechose togotoahalftimefeelwhenthetempoissetaboveasetlimit,andtodoubletimefeel whenit ssetunderaparticularlimit.thiseffectivelymakestheinstrumentsoundgoodand perfectlyintimeeveninextremetempilike280bmpor40bpm,withouttheuserhavingto thinkaboutthat.itmhappensunderthehoodandourgoalisforyoutonotevennoticeitis there,yemenitewilljustsoundlikeyouwouldexpectinanytempo. Performancecontrol Forthisinstrumentweprovideyouwithadefaultsettingof Timemachine toonand Autoendings tooff. AutoEnding: A melodic phrase is different from a melody. Melodiesarebuiltfromphrases.Sotoperforma correctmusicalvocalmelodyitisessentialtohave an option to end a phrase with a proper and logical finish. This can be automated by pressing the Automatic Ending knob. It will trigger a random ending (samples found at the utmost rightofthekeyboardmarkedinblue). TimeMachine:Temposyncingmadepossibleby the intelligent new engine Time machine by Nativeinstrumentscreatedamassiveamountof options for the composer. In each key and tempo Yemenite provides you with a proper amountofmusicalmaterialtochoosefrom.we initially build this instrument on the Time machineprosettingsavailableinkontakt5and up.butwealsoprovidedkontakt4patches.

9 AbouttheArtist AbrahamAcharakwassinginginpraiseofodasaJewishYemeniteCantor,sinceearly childhood.hisstylepreservesthetrueyemeniteessencesofancestors.abrahamcontinues toglorifygodandtheyemeniteancienttraditiontothisday.

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