Wizoo Darbuka Arabic Percussion Soft Synth (Macintosh and Windows)

The makers of Virtual Guitarist and two of the finest Arabic percussionists in the world team up to create the ultimate tool for awesome sounding, musically perfect Arabic and Middle Eastern percussion grooves.

At the press of a key, Darbuka unleashes a firework of burning percussion rhythms from North Africa and the Middle East. Darbuka uses no loops or samples -- these are real performances played by Suat Borazan and Mohamed Zaki who rank amongst the world's best-known Arabic percussionists.

The underlying Wizoo FlexGroove engine adds full real-time control over arrangement, performance, sound and integrated surround ambience. Take a seat in the producer's chair and virtually hire the best Arabic percussionists in the world.

Patterns, fills, solos, variations and mutes can be freely tweaked and played by MIDI keys. No boring loops -- only musical performances of the highest standard.

The professional sound quality of Darbuka can be tweaked to any kind of musical style: The integrated mixer allows EQ, punch and ambience adjustment for each instrument independently.

Instruments can be freely placed in a surround stage; the built-in surround ambience unit offers 15 adjustable rooms.

Darbuka's real, multi-track musical performances and its proprietary FlexGroove engine put it far ahead in terms of musicality, cultural credibility and sound quality.

Dabuka Play page -- style selection, main performance controls, instrument selection/mute/solo and global mixer functions

Dabuka Mix page -- surround stage with free instrument placement and mixer strip - parameters adjustable per instrument

Instrument Description page -- click on the Icon Area will open an information box with a picture and description of the instrument.

*This product includes a 30 day trial version of Latigo, the latin counterpart of Darbuka.

Features
Type: software instrument

Description: virtual percussionist -- Arabic/Middle Eastern featuring real recorded multitrack percussion grooves with complete tempo, timing, performance and mix control

Plattforms: AU Mac, VST Win/Mac, RTAS Mac

Styles: Ayoub/Zar, Baio, Chiftetelli, Churchuna, Dabkkah, Darig, Daza, Dishka, Fallahi, Fazani, Karachi, Jirk, Laz Havasi, Libi, Maghrebi, Maksum, Malfuf, Mambo Sudani, Masmoudy Kebir, Nubian Reggae, Nubian Samba, Rai, Roman Havasi, Rumba Khaligi, Rumba Masri, Saidi, Samai Thakil, Sufi, Sudasi, Tom Tom, Wahda, Wahrani, Wals, Zafa, Zorofat.

Regions: Algeria, Arabian Gulf, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nubia, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey.

Instruments: Darbuka, Douhola, Bendir, Riqq, Sagat, Tura, Bongos, Shaker.

Real-time performance controls: speed, variance, timing effects (tight/loose, quantize, swing), instrument groups, pattern complexity, mute/solo instruments

Mixer features: EQ and punch per instrument, master EQ, master dynamics

Surround stage with ambience: free placement of instruments, 15 rooms with adjustable time and mix

Pattern editor: freely configurable instrument combinations (patterns), 61 pattern memories

Content: 2 GB of silence-free high quality audio content (original performances)

Outputs: stereo/surround main plus 14 individual

Technical Info

This product requires an iLok USB Smart Key (not included).

Macintosh System Requirements
Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz (G4 or faster recommended)

256 MB RAM

1 GB free hard disc space

Mac OS X Version 10.3 or higher

VST 2.0, AU or RTAS compatible host software

MIDI Interface

DVD ROM drive for installation

Internet connection for software activation

Windows PC System Requirements
Pentium III 500 MHz or AMD7 (P III / Athlon 1 GHz or faster recommended)

256 MB RAM

1 GB free hard disc space

Windows XP

VST 2.0 compatible host software

MIDI Interface

DVD ROM drive for installation

Internet connection for software activation

Audio Samples