SONUSCORE Origins Volume 4: Oud and Qanun is a Kontakt-powered plucked-string instrument library that consists of a lute-type oud from the Middle Eastern and North African regions, and a zither-like Arabian qanun. When combined in the Multi-Arpeggio Designer (MAD), the instruments produce melodramatic sounds, great for scoring middle-eastern colors and textures on the fly.
The instruments can be played as single notes or as rhythmical patterns generated by the Multi-Arpeggio Designer. Each instrument has its own independent fully controllable arpeggiating system that lets each react to the other with a human feel. The library comes with over 100 MAD arpeggio presets, which combine both instruments to help you quickly create harmonic patterns, interlocking rhythms, and ethnic soundscapes.
The Instruments
The Qanun, a renowned Arabian relative of the Zither, is famous for its unique, melodramatic sound. The Oud has been the key instrument across Middle Eastern and North African traditional and popular music for centuries, even millennia, in its region of origin. This forerunner of the European Lute impresses with its signature sound; the ethnic virtual instrument enjoys the spotlight in your mix and pairs splendidly with the Qanun.
Color Presets
For more possibilities to sculpt the tonal character of your sound, Origins Volume 4 comes with 12 Color presets, all radically different in character, and with settings ranging from synthetic leads to ambient sounds. MAD presets and Color presets can be combined, resulting in 1080 predefined combinations.