Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) Ethno World Virtual Instrument Soft Synth

World/ethnic instruments, loops and phrases in a unified window. The Ethno Instrument delivers expressive ethnic instrument sounds combined with authentic world music loops and phrases in one easy-to-use window. Fro Start with a massive 4GB library of instrument samples from all over the world, recorded with pristine audio fidelity and careful attention to detail. Place your recordings in real acoustic spaces, from primordial caves to towering forests to remote canyons, all faithfully reproduced with stunning re Supplied both as a stand-alone application and as a universally compatible plug-in (available in all major plug-in formats for Mac OS X and Windows XP MP3 Examples Employing a variety of musical styles from around the globe, these MP3 examples demonstrate the quality and authenticity of Ethno's samples, loops and Symphonic Presents Ethno - Composed entirely of Ethno sounds combined with Symphonic Instrument sounds Africa - Voices, percussion, electric bass and other instruments from the bush and shanty towns alike Africa-Balafon-Kora - The melodic kora combined with the percussive balafon Africa-Ngoni-Valiha - Two African plucked stringed instruments that sound like they could be from just about any continent Asia-Japanese Mood - Traditional Japanese instruments reflect a harmony with nature Asia-Chinese Mood - Traditional Chinese instruments spanning bygone eras Asia-Shamisen - Traditional Japanese stringed instrument performed in a natural setting and ambiance Australia - An invigorating arrangement of instruments from the outback and down under Celtic - Close your eyes, take a breath of fresh air and soak up the lovely Irish countryside Eastern Europe - The bouzouki, oud and accordion have never sounded so good India - A blend of traditional and modern musical influences from India that also demonstrates some of Ethno's included sound effects India-Tambura-Sitar - Electric sitar combined with perussive loops Indonesia-Gamelan - Mysterious and evocative, metallic and melodic Middle East-Mediterranean 1 - Male and female vocal phrases accompanied by a wide variety of Middle Eastern instrumentation Middle East-Mediterranean 2 - Synth pad, percussion, flute and violin Occidental - Accordion, banjo, fiddle, acoustic bass, honky tonk piano and a shot of whiskey from the old Wild West South America-Bossa - Smooth and sultry bossa nova Spanish-Gypsy - Flamenco guitar plus men and women's vocals with percussion West Indies - Sit back, relax and let this music take you on a brief Carribean hiatus World Synth - Pads, leads and accents suitable for a wide variety of ethnic musical styles Ethno Percussion - A sampler of world percussion instruments and styles features instruments, loops and phrases Jojo's World - A blend of ethnic musical styles with captivating childen's vocals Global-Human World - An intriguing modern treatment of Ethno's world-spanning sounds that demonstrates the versatility and releavance of world music All tracks composed & performed by Patrick Chartol (pchartol.free.fr), except for "Symphonic Presents Ethno" and "West Indies" composed & performed by Ethno Instrument Sounds The Ethno Instrument provides 4GB of world/ethnic instruments combined with another 4GB of loops and phrases. Ethno's instrument presets give you access to individual notes as usual, played from your MIDI controller. Ethno Instrument provides over 500 instrume Browsing by geographic region or by category Ethno's preset browser organizes instrument sounds by geographic region and by category to make it quick and easy for you to find the instrument you a Instrument presets If necessary, presets are organized into sub-menus with scroll bars to help you locate sounds quickly. Depending on the instrument, the number of pres Authentic tuning Utmost care was taken to capture - in the finest authentic detail - the unique character of each instrument. Many world instruments have truly unique tonality or tuning - much different than the Western 12-tone chromatic scale. Therefore, many of the Ethno In Ethno Instrument Loops In addition to 4GB of world/ethnic instruments, the Ethno Instrument provides over 6,000 loops and phrases. Ethno Instrument loops are typically several bars long and include one or more related instruments played in stylistically authentic fashion. Loops ar Browsing loops and phrases The number and variety of loops and phrases is, again, staggering. But Ethno's elegant browser makes it quick an easy to find the sound you are lookin Loop example Play the movie below to hear an example of a loop. In this example, the loop is being triggered via DP5's MIDI Keys window by holding down the 'a' key Sliced Loops Sometimes you want to play the entire loop, but other times you want access to each individual beat slice. Loops are different than phrases because they can be instantly divided into individual slices with a single click of the 'Map' button, allowing you to Phrases Phrases effectively convey the authenticity and unique character of an instrument or voice by capturing the playing technique or singing style of the By recording the performance characteristics, along with the instrument sound itself, it's as if you have the original musician at your fingertips. Ph Drag and Drop What if you want to do more with a loop or phrase? Ethno Instrument lets you drag and drop it into your host software. Even though the Ethno Instrument gives you a tremendous amount of control over the sound of each loop and phrase, you may encounter situations where y Dragging and dropping loops and phrases You can drag and drop from the plug-in version of Ethno or the stand-alone version. Loops and phrases drag and drop as standard audio clips (regions) Dragging and dropping sliced loops You can drag & drop sliced loops as MIDI data into MIDI tracks in your host software for unlimited reprogramming using the MIDI sequencing features of The example below is the same balafon audio loop as shown above, except that the "Map" button has been pressed (not shown). Now it will drag & drop as Tempo, Transports and Time Stretching A sophisticated playback engine drives the Ethno Instrument's advanced tempo, transport and time-stretching features. When loops and phrases play together, or play along with the tracks in your host software, there are many ways in which the loop can interact with oth When you get down to the business of crafting music with loops and phrases, all of these considerations quickly come into play. Fortunately, the Ethno A quality sound engine Even more importantly, it has to sound good. The Ethno Instrument employs a combination of beat slicing and very high-quality time-stretching technolo Ethno Instrument Feature Highlights Convolution reverb Convolution is a process where the characteristics of a real acoustic space are directly sampled, such as a cave, forest, canyon, theater, cathedral o Convolution reverb is the most realistic type of reverb ever developed because it faithfully reproduces the actual characteristics of real acoustic sp The Ethno Instrument provides a wide variety of convolution reverb spaces, plus 'fast' reverbs that work well on slower computers. Dynamic performance with Expert Mode Expert mode lets you dynamically add, remove and stack (layer) multiple instruments, loops and phrases as you play them from your MIDI controller. Bri Realistic expression with MIDI controllers Achieve incredibly realistic, dynamic performances from the Ethno Instrument using MIDI continuous controller data from your mod wheel, foot pedal, au Scroll Wheel Support For additional convenience and fast operation, the Ethno Instrument supports the scroll wheel on your mouse. Use it to quickly adjust settings or choo  more