Decent Samples has released a free instrument library featuring the sounds of a unique folk instrument that is common to Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine; the Domra.
The four string Domra Prima was invented in Russia in 1908. It is tuned just like a Mandolin, and has the same scale length, but because it only has one course of strings, it sounds quite different from that instrument. It is based on the three-string version of the instrument, which was reinvented by Vasily Andreyev in 1896. Andreyev’s instrument was a reworking on an obsolete folk instrument of the same name which had been played in the 16th and 17th century. This particular instrument was made in the 1980s in a factory in Odessa.
This particular sample library adds tempo-synced delay and reverb, both of which complement the sound of the Domra quite nicely.
Domra is free to download. It runs in the Decent Sampler player plugin, which is also free for Windows, Mac and Linux (VST/VST3, AU, AAX and standalone).
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