Balinese Gamelan

• Spotlight Collection instrument capturing the Balinese gamelan with metallophones, gongs, and hand percussion.
• Six core instruments with two tuning options: traditional Balinese “Original” and Western “Concert”.
• Includes performance tools for authentic interlocking patterns and layered textures.
• “The Jammer” generative arpeggiator helps build evolving rhythmic parts.
• Runs in the free Kontakt Player.

Product Overview

Balinese Gamelan brings the shimmering metal timbres of Bali into Kontakt. Metallophones, kettle gongs, and large gongs are sampled in detail and presented with both traditional and concert‑pitch tunings, so the ensemble can stand on its own or blend with Western instruments.

Details

The library focuses on the essential families of the gamelan—paired metallophones, kettle gongs, and large gongs—captured with clear transient detail. Each instrument offers two tuning approaches: an ‘Original’ Balinese variant for the characteristic beating shimmer, and a ‘Concert’ tuning for straightforward layering with tempered material.

Performance pages provide pattern tools suited to interlocking parts, with snapshots that demonstrate canonical textures. The Jammer (a generative arpeggiator) can introduce rapid figurations and composite rhythms without step‑programming, helping you build layered parts that feel idiomatic.

A simple mixer and effects stage makes it easy to balance the ensemble and place it in space. Fully compatible with the free Kontakt Player.