The Instruments
The Tar’s steel strings are plugged with a plectrum, resulting in a very pure and definite sound. Marvelously reflecting the legendary Persian culture, where the Tar is present for hundreds of years.
The Chonguri with its tender silk strings, however, adds warmth, depth, and richness to their joint timbre. An ode to the enchanting Georgian landscapes, where the instrument originates from.
Played together they merge into a completely new and powerful instrument. Origins Vol. 7: Tar & Chonguri unite best of both worlds just at your fingertips. Taking your listeners on an exciting and manifold journey to the far east
Best Practice Tip
For this duo, the Multi-Arpeggio-Designer (MAD) gives a wonderful performance when playing chords, melodies or progressions on your keyboard.
Example: Play the accented, percussive sequences with the Tar, add the light warm touch of the Chonguri, let both instruments playfully mingle. Especially the Tar offers a wide variety of effects from percussive timbres to ambient pads and more! Round them up using the more "empowering" and melodious Chonguri.
Presets
This “Journey to the East” is instantly accessible via handcrafted, fully-customizable presets, in both the musical and tonal color category.
Customize
With a focus on user-friendliness, "Tar & Chonguri" gives you everything you need to take every listener to a journey to the far east. Dig deeper and tweak the instrument to your heart’s content.
Colors Menu
The 12 individual color-presets provide even more possibilities to sculpt your sound. All colors are radically different in character and incorporate various effect settings and multiple impulse responses. While each MAD-Preset has an assigned color preset, you can combine everything at will, resulting in over 1000 predefined combinations.
Multi-Arpeggio-Designer
The Multi-Arpeggio-Designer is the centerpiece of every „Origins“-instrument. Two fully customizable arpeggiators create interlocking patterns and broad soundscapes by combining the unique timbres of the two instruments. The engine is designed to convey a musically meaningful, human performance, instead of a computer randomly aligning notes.
Load up one of 80+ inspiring presets or create your own arpeggios in as much detail as you like. The MAD provides a variety of different features and controls to realize your musical vision.
Copy Arpeggio Designs Between Different Origins Instruments
You created your own ingenious arpeggio design and want to use it with another ORIGINS product? Simply copy and paste your design to use it on the fly in any other instrument of the ORIGINS series.
