Heart of Asia from Spectrasonics and distributed by Ilio is a comprehensive collection of Asian instruments and vocal phrases. Digitally recorded throughout Asia and the Far East, this library includes over a 1GB of sample material.
Instruments are available with both traditional and Western tunings and all samples from this collection are completely authentic, 100% copyright clean, royalty free and record-ready for inclusion in a film score, album or remix project.
This library is formatted as a two-disc audio CD set.
Featured Samples
Angklung phrases and samples
Indian, Javanese and Thai percussion and ensemble grooves
Nepalese, Malaysian and Indonesian percussion ensembles
Complete Javanese Gamelan orchestra
Chinese, Malay, Nepalese and Indian flute phrases
Indian Tambouras
Tibetan wool bow
Chinese and Malay temple flutes
Indian bamboo bass flute phrases
Dragon drums
Tibetan parade band with horses
Chinese cymbals and gongs
Sitar phrases and samples
Veena, Pipa, Erhu, San Xuan, Luan and Yang Chin
Thai and Malay orchestra phrases and samples
Guzhen - Chinese koto instruments, glissandos and phrases
Tibetan children singing
Chinese and Thai opera divas - vocal phrases
Sanskrit, Hindi, Malay, Javanese, Thai and Mandarin vocal phrases, chants, poetry and speech
Three hundred Tibetan monks singing and drumming in a cave