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Origins Vol.8: Fado & Cavaquinho

Origins Vol.8: Fado & Cavaquinho

Sonuscore
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Sonuscore · Origins Vol. 8

Fado & Cavaquinho

Ethnic Strings, Played as a Duet

The cheerful strums of the cavaquinho make the perfect bed upon which lie the soulful melodies of the fado guitar.

2Instruments
80Rhythm presets
12Color settings
1000+Combinations
+And more

Fado Guitar●Cavaquinho●Arpeggios●Duets●Strums●Plucks●Slides●Samba●Choro●Soundscapes●& more

Multi-Arpeggio-DesignerTwo playable instrumentsDesigns copy across Origins

Two string instruments that form the basis of Portuguese and Latin American music — and a beautiful, compelling pair once the Multi-Arpeggio-Designer sets them against each other.

Use the instruments individually, or unlock the full glory of the duet by joining them together. Take a journey across the world and sail from Brazil to Hawaii, carving the exact sound you want.

At a Glance

  • Fado guitar the Portuguese guitar: twelve steel strings set in pairs
  • Cavaquinho the mother of a whole family of smaller strumming instruments
  • Multi-Arpeggio-Designer two fully customizable arpeggiators, interlocking
  • 80 rhythm presets or build your own arpeggio in as much detail as you like
  • 12 color settings radically different characters, effects and impulse responses
  • Portable designs copy an arpeggio design into any other Origins instrument

Content & Detail

01The Instruments2 playable▾
Fado GuitarTraditionally performed in the dark city squares of Coimbra and Lisbon, fado is always accompanied by the metallic plucks and graceful slides of this timeless lute guitar
What it isAlso known as the Portuguese guitar: twelve steel strings set in pairs, with roots in old medieval music, played by troubadours and wandering musicians before it reached theatres, taverns and South America
CavaquinhoThe mother of a whole family of smaller-sized strumming instruments — it brought the ukulele into the world
Where it livesThe primary bringer of joy and rhythm across Latin America, especially Brazil and Venezuela, and central to samba and choro
How it travelledIntroduced to Brazil by the Portuguese, and from there a treasure in island cultures from Cape Verde to Hawaii
02Multi-Arpeggio-Designerthe centerpiece▾
What it isThe centerpiece of every Origins instrument: two fully customizable arpeggiators creating interlocking patterns and broad soundscapes from two different timbres
Why it does not sound generatedThe engine is designed to convey a musically meaningful, human performance rather than a computer randomly aligning notes
Starting pointsLoad one of the rhythm presets, or build your own arpeggio in as much detail as you like
PortableCopy and paste an arpeggio design to use it on the fly in any other instrument of the Origins series
03Colors Menu12 presets▾
What a color isTwelve individual color presets, all radically different in character, each carrying its own effect settings and multiple impulse responses
Combining themEvery MAD preset has an assigned color, but everything can be combined at will — over a thousand predefined combinations
04Best Practicehow to play it▾
The duetThe MAD gives a wonderful duet performance when you play chords, melodies or progressions on the keyboard
RolesPlay accented, rhythmic sequences with the cavaquinho and add the light metallic chime of the fado guitar, letting both dance together
The range of the fado guitarFrom percussive timbres to melodious plucks and more, rounded up by the more empowering and rhythmic cavaquinho
Elsewhere in the catalogueAncient Duduk Phrases takes the same phrase-first approach to an Armenian reed

A duet is not two instruments playing at once. One of them keeps time and the other is allowed to be late — which is the whole reason the arpeggiator here is two engines and not one with a wider range.

Product Information

Supported Host Application
[Note: This product requires a FULL version of Native Instruments' KONTAKT. The free Kontakt player is not sufficient, as it only runs the instrument in DEMO mode.]
FULL VERSION of Native Instruments’ KONTAKT Version 6.6.1 or higher
Features
Two individually playable instruments
Innovative Multi-Arpeggio-Designer (MAD)
80 rhythm presets
12 unique color settings
Full customization of all controls