Things are looking up for New York City. A summer of post-vaccine fun is in full swing, people are returning to the city, it just got a brand new park, and now one of its most iconic cultural attractions has a brand new hall devoted to all things sparkly. Opening this weekend is the Mignone Hall of Gems and Minerals at the American Natural History Museum on the west side of Central Park. It gives a once outdated corner of the museum a much.
The American Museum of Natural History s Hall of Gems and Minerals is newly renovated and reopens with "Beautiful Creatures," an exhibit of stunning jewelry inspired by animals.
Earthmoments 5Elements
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Hosted by either the free player or the full version of NI’s Kontakt, 5Elements utilises almost 6GB of samples sourced from a selection of handmade Indian Instruments, but you won’t find any sitars, tamburas or tablas here. These unique instruments were designed and built by Aurelio C Hammer, musicologist and founder of Svaram, whose instruments incorporate different natural metals, woods and types of stone.
The 5Elements name relates to the five elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Space. I’ll get on to the instruments themselves in a moment but the essence of 5Elements, which comes with both chromatically tuned and original pitch versions of the recordings, is that two main instrument sound sources may be combined and then layered with player noises and ambient sounds, such as forest birds, sea, rain or workshop noises, with a further option to blend in one of several binaural beat drones don’t ask, unless you are