Prototype "Kendang Jaipong" Virtual Instrument as Music Creativity Tools

Abstract

Numerous organological discoveries in the form of virtual instruments have surfaced as a result of the impact of developing digital music technology. To conserve and promote music based on local culture, organological innovations in the form of virtual instruments, such as the kendang jaipong, must be implemented. The goal of this work is to describe the development of the kendang jaipong virtual instrument from organological investigations through the realization of a marketable prototype. By sampling from the Kendang Jaipong’s actual instrument and converting it into a virtual instrument based on the KONTAKT Library, the technique utilized is practice-led research, also known as practice-based research. Pre-production, production, and post-production are the three stages of the design process. This prototype makes use of 137 samples that are based on a variety of chosen kendang sounds. To enable each type of kendang sound to function as a virtual instrument in DAW and Digital Music Notation programs, the audio samples are organized in a placement system on the keyboard keys included in the KONTAKT feature. The Kendang Jaipong prototype has been successfully tested on several music productions using DAW-cast and video score. The usage of the multi-round robin's function to have a more diversified sample, as well as the addition of the midi files capability, are things that need to be developed on this prototype product so that it may be used as a machine learning by users.

Pengembangan Virtual Studio Technology Instrument (VSTi) Suling Sunda

“…Marcel Barsotti pada tahun 2017 mengembangkan sebuah virtual instrumen yang mengelompokan instrumen tradisional dari seluruh dunia termasuk Indonesia yang dinamakan dengan "Ethno Wolrd 6". (Gunawan, 2023). Dari beberapa penelitian tersebut disimpulkan bahwa banyak peneliti telah mengembangkan produk VSTi yang tepat guna dan telah digunakan oleh banyak komposer atau telah terjual.…”

Rancangan Instrumen Virtual Kendang Sunda Menggunakan Kontakt Sebagai Media Kreativitas Musik Digital

“…Sebelum proses ekspor audio, dilakukan editing terhadap kualitas bunyi serta posisi attack dan release dari setiap sampel audio. Merujuk pada analisis data instrumen kendang Jawa pada Ethno world 6 (Bodin, 2017;Gunawan, 2023), terdapat pengaturan penting pada parameter ADSR (attack, decay, sustain, release) dalam desain instrumen virtual. Oleh karena itu, posisi attack harus tepat berada di awal gelombang suara, sedangkan posisi release harus berada di akhir gelombang suara.…”