![]() The fifth articulation was tuned with strings in unison and in fifths, similar to the Pancham-Kharaj tuning popularized by Ravi Shankar. The unison articulation was tuned with strings in unison and in several octaves to give a very full sound. An onboard "Speed" knob (MIDI assignable and defaulted to the modwheel) allows you to sculpt the speed of the individual strum from very tight, fast strums to slower, plucky strums. Two main strumming tunings are included, a fifth and and octave/unison. Simply being small isn't bizarre by any means, but what is bizarre is how it can achieve such a lush, full-bodied sound while being so small.Īt the heart of our Bizarre Sitar library are the strumming patches. At just over 24" in length, however, this little beauty is barely half the size of a standard sitar. ![]() It has most of the elements found on any other sitar, with it's traditional gourd body, both main playable strings and sympathetic resonating strings, parda (adjustable curved frets), kunti (tuning pegs), dandi (neck), ghoraj (main bridge) all complete with orante hand-painted accents. The Bizarre Sitar may not seem so strange at first glance. As always there is a range of automatable LFO, EQ, filter, custom convolution and sound-shaping systems to expand on the creative possibilities that this library offers. We've also included 48 ambiences created from the source material allowing users to experiment with a wide range of soundscapes and FX. There are also 12 additional songs recorded live on busy city streets and 40 songs recorded in a bustling underground subway station. There are 1328 bass erhu, 2543 mid-range erhu and 341 treble erhu phrases recorded in a dry studio environment, plus 398 bowing and fingering sfx. This Street Erhu features 83 presets for Kontakt. This one-of-a-kind library combines the authenticity of an emotive street musician with granular deep sampling fully controllable through our powerful custom user interface. Weighing in at over 6 GB of content, this collection covers 8 different Erhu violins, ranging from bass to treble and in a variety of tunings. The Street Erhu is a truly unique live-performance phrase library featuring over 4600 high-quality traditional Chinese Erhu violin phrases. There is also a bank of 16 assignable key-switches for instant access to your favorite selection of chords. ![]() The number of strings is adjustable from 1 to 24 in Glissando mode and 1 to 6 in "guitar" Strum mode. You can choose from 26 different chords and 13 different scales. This powerful tool gives you deep control over a wide variety of chord and glissando functions such as speed, range, scale, stroke direction, string dynamics, humanization and more. This unique custom instrument collection features our brand new, exclusive glissando/chord generator. In addition to deep-sampling the strings with 10x round-robin and up to 14 velocity layers, we sampled a number of other sounds such as legato slides, string mutes, tuning peg pluck/twists, finger taps and brushes, and other percussive effects on the instrument's body. The bolon has a cow's horn for a neck and a gourd as a body, with four twine strings and a goat-skin resonating head that the strings pass directly through. The resulting sounds are deeply sonorous, with rich, warm resonance, powerful low end and a woody, soft quality. We strung the cello with rough hemp twine in various tunings and played it as a stand-up bass. ![]() The Twine Bass is composed of a pair of very special instruments: a modified cello and a traditional Kenyan fretless stringed instrument called a Bolon. The library also includes a bonus selection of real-world space and FX convolution impulses and ambient drones, tonal pads and evolving soundscapes, all with custom morphing and dual-layer mix control. Let us re-invent your whole concept of tuned percussion with the simple turn of a dial. The new "Layer Builder" system let's you easily create an endless variety of unique complex sonic flavors, with total control over up to 12 independent layers of sound. The Struck Grand features 3 extraordinary new control systems that will unlock new creative and production possibilities. This collection shines as equal part stringed/tuned percussion and super-harp/mega-zither with a huge key range and rich, complex musical character. You'll find well over 4000 samples of pick plucks, steel hammers, finger mutes, harmonics, slides, mallets, glisses, scrapes and otherworldly sustaining effects over the full note range. This 9 GB collection explores all of the ways a 1926 Steinway Model L parlor grand piano can be "played" from the far side of the hammer. The Struck Grand Piano is an extraordinary instrument collection that delves deep into the fine art of piano abuse.
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