ILIO Andy Narell Steel Pans—The Ellie Mannette Collection Kontakt Library (Download)
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ILIO Andy Narell Steel Pans—The Ellie Mannette Collection Kontakt Library (Download) Overview
ILIO Andy Narell Steel Pans—The Ellie Mannette Collection is a flexible and wide-ranging steel-pan instrument library for the included Kontakt player. It features 21 steel pans designed by the father of the modern steel pan, Ellie Mannette, and expertly performed by steel-pan virtuoso, Andy Narell. There are five types of steel pans in the library: tenor, double second, triple guitar, tenor bass, and bass—with multiple instruments of each type included. The instruments are arranged into logical presets that let you explore the gamut of steel-pan performance, plus a bonus vintage early 1960s tenor pan.
Andy Narell Steel Pans—The Ellie Mannette Collection captures the sound of solo pans and premixed sections, as well as the broad, festive, even ethereal sound of the full steel orchestra. You get the entire tonal and dynamic range of the whole family of steel pans in one virtual instrument. That combination of beautiful pans tuned, played, recorded, and mixed with the utmost care, makes this steel-pan collection stand out from standard collections, opening up a myriad of possibilities for using steel pans in contemporary music.
- The steel pans in this virtual instrument are Andy’s from Ellie’s personal collections—the same instruments featured on Andy’s steel orchestra recordings.
- Andy played and recorded the pans himself, balanced the instruments one sample at a time, and created the virtual instrument with its unique GUI in collaboration with Tracy Collins.
- The library features multiple performance enhancements, rolls, harmony, and keyswitches, to quickly change settings.
- MIDI velocity control helps you access the full dynamic and tonal possibilities of the pans.
- A teenage Ellie Mannette was among the first to experiment with hammering distinct tones into the top of an oil barrel, and he was the first person to tune a pan that could play melodies.
- From the beginning, Ellie’s work was considered the standard of steel-pan tuning, and for the next 70 years, he developed his techniques, relentlessly searching for perfection and earning himself international recognition as the father of the modern steel pan. In 2003 he was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.
- In 1967 Ellie Mannette moved to New York and began a long and fruitful relationship with 12-year-old pan player Andy Narell, who has been playing Ellie’s pans ever since.
- Andy’s career as a recording artist and studio musician has spanned 50 years and thousands of recording sessions including film scores, commercials, pop, world music, jazz, and 20 albums as a leader.
- Andy Narell’s recordings have long been considered the standard in steel pan recording, and he has brought a lifetime of experience to this project, which took five years to realize.