Publisher: Fluffy Audio
Website: fluffyaudio.com/shop/echoes-of-the-earth
Format: KONTAKT 5.8
Size: 57.3 GB
A journey through human culture and tradition. Echoes of the Earth is a massive Kontakt library, bringing together a vast array of traditional instruments from cultures around the world. This 62 GB collection contains over 73,000 meticulously recorded samples, representing an authentic palette of global and rare instruments.
While “The Zen Garden” focused on ethereal, celestial sounds, Echoes of the Earth seeks to connect with the more earthly, primal roots of our planet, offering a raw and authentic sonic journey through human culture and tradition.
Bringing together instruments from pre-Columbian America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and beyond, Echoes of the Earth celebrates the rich diversity of human musical expression. It invites composers to explore, combine, and reimagine these sounds, creating new musical landscapes that transcend cultural and temporal boundaries.
Echoes of the Earth is more than just a sample library; it is a comprehensive tool for exploring global musical traditions. Whether you’re composing music for a documentary about ancient civilizations, creating tribal music, or simply expanding your compositional palette, Echoes of the Earth offers a world of authentic sounds in your DAW.
Instruments Featured:
WINDS
Algoza, Bansuri, Bass Recorder, Fujara, Fujara Effects, Indigenous Flute, Overtone Flute, Pan Flute, Persian Ney, Peruvian Quena, Shamanic Flute, Swedish Overtone Flute, Warhorns
STRINGS AND Plucked Instruments
Adungu, Bow Spring Effects, Bow Spring Sustain, Dutar, Komuz, Rawap, Rubab, Tianhu, Waliha, Halam
VOCALS
Arabic Chant A Legato, Arabic Chant Phrases (8 patches, 320 individual phrases), Arabic Chant Legato Lyrics, Asya Effects, Asya Legato, Asya Phrases (2 patches), Asya Sustain, Asya Word Sustain, Echo, Male Choir Effects, Female Choir Whisper Male Choir Whispers, Male Ensemble Shouts, Throat Vocals, Alternative Sustained Sounds, Throat Singing Phrases, Throat Singing Staccato, Throat Singing Vowels
BASS
Bolon, Gyumbri
IDIOPHONES
Angklung, Balafon, Crotales, Marimba, Musical Ceramic Tiles, Thalaparta
PADS AND SOUNDSCAPES
Arctic Strings, Badlands, Bird Calls, Valley of Wind Instruments, Desert Landscape, Distant Voices, Duduk Fragments, Earthquake, Isis Landscapes, Jungle Flutes, Lush Landscape, Night Creatures, Raisers, Shimmering Flutes, Stringace, Stringed Lands, Tandrone, Ice Cave, Throat Drone, Waterfall, Breath Wind, Wooden Monkeys
PERCUSSION
African Percussion, Arabic Percussion, Bullroarers, Celtic Percussion, Harmonicas, Persian Percussion, Shamanic Percussion, Talking Drum, Toys
Reed Instruments
Harmonium, Hulusi, Pungi, Shruti Box, Sipsi
• 59.7 GB compressed sample pool in .ncw format (120 GB uncompressed)
• 24-bit/48 kHz stereo
• Over 73,000 samples
• Near-, mid-, and far-field microphones
• 8 categories: brass, vocals, bass, idiophones, drums, strings, plucked instruments, pads, soundscapes, reed instruments
• Special AURA and VEIL microphones
• 92 patches
