Forest Kingdom 3

The Sounds of Forests and Jungles

Mother Nature conducts what is probably the largest orchestra on our planet. The wind blowing through the leaves, the birds singing loudly - countless natural instruments are constantly writing new and unique music. Forest Kingdom 3 is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Best Service
Forest-Kingdom-Series that transfers the sounds of forests and jungles to computer-based
composition-studios.

The creator of Forest Kingdom 3 natural world of sounds is Eduardo Tarilonte, who is known for libraries like "NADA", "Dark ERA" and "Desert Winds". Due to his attention to detail, sampling master Eduardo manages to take musicians all over the world on a journey through deserts, forests and distant lands.

"Forest Kingdom 3 is a collection of exotic instruments inspired by the diversity of nature, the sounds of deep forests with colorful birds and the scents of lost jungles. Version 3 expands the extensive collection of instruments by adding, among others, 10 spiritual Native American flutes with excellent playability. I can say without any doubt that these are my best sampled flutes yet. Close your eyes and get ready to dive deep into nature and its uniqueness." Eduardo Tarilonte

Forest Kingdom 3 Key Features:

• 30 wind instruments (including 10 wonderful flutes made by Native Americans).

• 90 ethnic percussion-instruments

• Mythical creatures and voices of shamans

• 210 fascinating soundscapes

• 300 inspiring multitrack performance MIDI-Grooves

• Over 700 presets

• Over 20,000 individual samples

Registered owners of Forest Kingdom I or Forest Kingdom II can buy an upgrade:

Forest Kingdom 3 Upgrade

Forest Kingdom 3 is the perfect tool for composers and sound-designers who want to compose music and atmospheric sounds for movies, documentaries, video-games or new-age-music.

In addition to over 700 presets, 300 unique performance multi-track grooves and over 20,000 individual samples, Forest Kingdom 3 includes 17.6 GB of sounds comprising flutes, harps, percussion-instruments, mythical creatures, vocals and stunning soundscapes.

Included Sounds Overview:

• Percussion - 90 patches hosting numerous instruments from all over the world: Ambient Wind Chimes, Bata Drums (3), Berimbau, Claves, Culo e Puya Drums (3), Djembe, Frame Drum, Jawbone, Kalimba, Qraqueb, Quitipla, Shekere Set (3), Tibetan Bowl, Tribal Maracas I, Tribal Maracas II, Numerous Different Shakers, Chimes, Taiko, Duff, Cumacos, Slic Drum, Udu, Marimbola (a huge kalimba) and more!

• Plucked - Offers the sound of two magical harps (acoustic and electric)

• Wind - Forest Kingdom 3 contains an amazing collection of flutes. All of them feature the new Blow-Intensity-System that controls dynamics and expression and is connected to the Pitch-Bend-Wheel. In this category you will find among others: Aztec Clay Flute I, Aztec Clay Flute II, Didgeridoo, Moseño Flute, Raj Nplaim Flute, Konkovka, Wooden Overtone Flute, PVC Overtone (phrases), Bulgarian piccolo flute, Kiowa flute, African Fula Flute, Double Flute, Mayan Seashell Horn, Xiao as well as a full collection of pan flutes from the smallest to the largest.

• Voices - A beautiful ethereal solo voice with real legato and shaman phrases.

• Fantasy Creatures - A set of sounds of fantasy creatures and bird calls.

• Soundscapes - 210 inspiring and unique soundscapes by Eduardo Tarilonte.

• Performance Grooves - 300 inspiring and editable multitrack-performance-MIDI-grooves that will give you three and a half hours of pure musical inspiration.

Works with Engine Version 2.7.2.43 or higher

***** 5/5 Stars

OK, Forest Kingdom remains a niche library, but this is top-quality sound design from someone who has obvious passion and real expertise in his field. Whether it's the upgrade from an earlier version, or a new purchase, if Forest Kingdom 3 is in your musical ballpark, you will not be disappointed. Take your hat off to Eduardo Tarilonte: he has taken the best of the best and made it even better.

John Walden

Full Forest Kingdom 3 review at soundonsound.com

Fazit:

Wie bei allen Sample-Libraries muss man bei aller Klangqualität entscheiden, ob man diese Art Klangfarben für seine Arbeit benötigt. Erste Zielgruppe dürften die Produzenten von Film-, Fernseh- und Werbemusik sein. Forest Kingdom 3 stellt die nötigen Tools zur Verfügung, einen Score in der Dschungel-/Wald-/Fantasy-Thematik auf die Beine zu stellen. Aber auch diejenigen, die sich um Klanginstallationen aller Art kümmern, könnten sich durch diese Tarilonte-Library inspirieren lassen.

Die Auswahl ist riesig, die Klangqualität ist enorm und der Preis ist mit 259 Euro absolut angemessen. Nutzer der Vorversionen können für 99 Euro upgraden.

"Forest Kingdom 3 might just be the finest offering yet in Tarilonte’s mushrooming canon of excellence."

Full Review at MusicRadar.

Forest Kingdom 3 ist die erste Wahl, wenn ausdrucksstarke ethnische Instrumente sowie von der Natur inspirierte Klangwelten gefragt sind. Besonders die neuen Flöten lassen sich bemerkenswert ausdrucksvoll spielen. Aber auch die übrigen Instrumente wie die sehr dynamisch spielbaren Trommeln und Percussion-Instrumente überzeugen auf der ganzen Linie. Und die organischen Flächenklänge sind auch für Ambient, Downtempo, Chillout & Co. eine echte Bereicherung. Wer schnelle Inspiration sucht oder gar mit einer Deadline im Nacken komponiert, wird die 300 Multitrack-Performance-MIDI-Grooves schätzen.

"Eduardo Tarilonte has once again proven he is the master of cinematic sampling with Forest Kingdom 3. The library is huge, beautiful and is everything you need to create lush cinematic scores, ambient backdrops and meditative soundscapes. Highlights such as the new Native American flutes with plenty of articulations and playing styles, lead to much more realistic and human performances. The all new phrase-based and midi pattern content only offers more inspiration and creativity and every single instrument sounds like it belongs in the forest. If you are used to using any other Eduardo Tarilonte libraries, you know what to expect. If not, Forest Kingdom 3 is the perfect place to start. A must-have library for the modern composer."  Pete Checkley

Full review at Sample Library Review.