South American instruments
Produced in collaboration with composer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Harvey (The Lion King, Interstellar, The Da Vinci Code, Mulan), Andea offers a diverse array of instruments from South and Central America. The 61 instruments selected from Richard’s personal collection offer sought-after sounds featured in several successful soundtracks.
Andea features unique plucked-string, wind, and percussion instruments that instantly evoke distinctive landscapes and the authentic sounds of rich musical cultures.
The definitive collection of instruments and percussion from South and Central America.
Created with Richard Harvey
Richard Harvey is a prolific composer and multi-instrumentalist who has collaborated with artists such as Hans Zimmer, guitarist John Williams, and Paul McCartney. He’s conducted, composed, orchestrated, and played on numerous film and television soundtracks, including The Little Prince, The Da Vinci Code, The Lion King, Interstellar, Luther, Disney's live action Mulan, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Richard is an expert player and collector of unique musical instruments, with an unparalleled collection of more than 700 instruments—old and new—from around the world. His other collaborations with Orchestral Tools draw on his deep expertise in traditional and extraordinary instruments. Now through Andea, Richard is sharing his incredible instrument collection with the composer community.
”I’m pleased to present this collection of instruments from the rich musical cultures of South and Central America. Andea represents the culmination of 40 years of playing, studying, and recording these wonderful instruments alongside truly great musicians. I hope you agree it offers a palette of vibrant colors and textures with universal possibilities.”
— Richard Harvey
Highlights
11 plucked strings, 18 winds, and 32 percussion instruments
Multiple articulations for creating idiomatic parts
Authentic representations of all instruments in their natural ranges
Includes rarities such as Paraguayan harp and 8-string ukulele
Recorded dry with four mixable mic positions
Performed by Richard Harvey, Mauricio Venegas-Astorga, and Carlos Fuentes
Ronroco
A 10-string mandolin-like instrument with a deeper range than a charango. A favorite of composer Gustavo Santaolalla.
Charangolin
Four pairs of nylon strings produce a rounded, rich tone whether playing sustained notes, trills, or chords.
Paraguayan harp
The national instrument of Paraguay, perfect for traditional folk songs or delicate passages.
Bombo
An Argentinian military drum with an animal-skin head and playable wooden hoops that produces deep tones with dry timbres.
Berimbau
A bow-like Brazilian instrument with a taut wire, played with a stick while holding a shaker.
Panpipes
Instantly evoking Andean mountain culture, the siku family of panpipes is used in traditional and modern music from South America.
Moseño
A bamboo flute with Bolivian origins, offering warm, breathy timbres across a narrow pitch range.
Sun-Moon ocarina
One of several ocarinas: Clay wind instruments with a plaintive tone. Well-suited to evocative melodies, folk, or fantasy themes.
Shakers
Eight distinct shaker instruments—made from gourds, animal hooves, branches, baskets, sticks, and metals—that help propel music forward.
Authentic and intimate
Andea presents distinctive instruments meticulously recorded with expert players. All instruments are represented as faithfully as possible—with actual pitch ranges plus instrument-specific mapping and articulations—so you can build authentic parts. And for easy playability, you also get chromatic patches. With instruments captured through four mixable mic positions, Andea offers a dry, immediate, and intimate sound that you can shape and sculpt easily.
Included instruments
Plucked strings
The plucked-string collection features a rare Paraguayan harp, which lends an authentic yet mysterious and magical character to soundtracks. Andea also includes multiple guitars and lutes—from ronroco, charango, and 8-string ukulele to tres, tiple, and guitarrón—to give you a range of timbres for solo passages and ensemble playing. Add color to melodic lines with tremolos, trills, slides, and bends. Provide rhythmic accompaniment with chord and strumming articulations.
Wind instruments
Whether you’re invoking distant landscapes or creating a contemporary soundtrack for American adventures, Andea’s wind instruments provide a rich source of inspiration. Multiple flutes, siku panpipes, and ocarinas let you find the right tones and pitch ranges for contemplative passages and haunting melodies. Staccato notes, sustains, bends, and ornaments help you craft nuanced performances.
Percussion
With a drum collection that includes congas, bongos, bombos, snares, and a cajita coplera, Andea enables you to choose the perfect drum textures and create dramatic percussive accents. Layer in guiros and shakers to build syncopated patterns that add motion to sections. Use log drums for the foundation for natural soundscapes. And draw from specialized instruments, like the berimbau and kultrun, to support anything from popular music to ceremonial sounds.
Runs in SINE
Mic merging
Preserve your system resources: Fine-tune your mix using multiple mic positions, then merge into a single channel within the player.
Greater usability
SINE is designed to complement the compositional workflow. Create on the fly with auto keyswitch options, and easy remapping tools.
Download single instruments
Choose only the instruments and mic positions that you currently need—no need to download the entire collection at once.
Spectrum
Andea by Richard Harvey
South American instruments
SML Studio Surrey, London
Works with Orchestral Tools’ SINE Player—NOTE: Latest version required!
Size
SINEarc compressed: 24 GB / uncompressed 71 GB
24 bit / 48 KHz patches
SINE system requirements
Mac: macOS 10.13 or higher | Intel Core i5 or similar | Apple M1 chipset supported | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Windows: Windows 10 | Intel Core i5 or similar | At least 8 GB RAM (16 GB+ recommended)
Formats supported: Standalone, VST, VST3, AU, AAX