Bulbul tarang (Indian banjo), is a string instrument featuring two sets of strings, one set for drone, and one for melody.
Flute, the ‘bansuri’ is made of a single length of bamboo with six or seven open finger holes.
Mandolin, a musical instrument in the lute family (plucked, or strummed).
Sarangi, an important bowed string instrument of India’s Hindustani classical music tradition.
Sarod, the most popular and prominent instrument in Hindustani (north Indian) classical music, known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound.
Sitar, a plucked stringed instrument using sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and agourd resonating chamber to produce a very rich sound with complex harmonic resonance.
Shehnai, an aerophonic tube-like instrument which is thought to bring good luck.
Tumbi, a traditional North Indian high pitched, single string plucking instrument from the Punjab region.
Ravan-hattha, a royal string instrument made with horse hair and ghunghroos (small bells) tied to the rod.
Shankh, a conch shell that is blown to announce victory of good over evil.
NarSingha/RanaSingha (bonus instrument), a long horn of ancient Indian origin used in ceremonial and royal rituals.
Philtre Labs Bollywood Elements disc data
Each instrument has its own folder, containing a combination of licks, raga phrases, one-shots and FX.
The folder structure can be a little hard to navigate as each folder has different contents. One instrument only has a bunch of files in its folder, while the other has files three levels deep (i.e. Sarod -> Sarod Ragas -> Charukeshi -> Bandish). The licks folders are divided into BPM, and most files have the key in their names which is handy.
The sample library includes a total of over 1,000 unique performances, all recorded at 24bit/48KHz quality.
