Publisher: Sonica Instruments
Website: sonica.jp/instruments/en/product/shakuhachi/
Format: KONTAKT 6.6.0+
Quality: Mono 44.1 kHz 24 bits
Size: 5.33 GB
Shakuhachi is a traditional Japanese longitudinal bamboo flute. The sonorous intonation of singing, deep yet delicate breathing, and Japanese sound aesthetics that reach the periphery: the shakuhachi. an instrument that symbolizes Japan. finally joins the Virtuoso family of Japanese TV series.
• Accurately captures the sparkling sounds of a skilled shakuhachi player, covering every playing technique and recorded with meticulous attention to detail at every musical interval.
• Features actuators developed specifically for this library to recreate the full dynamics of this wind instrument, from the softest note to the most expressive pitch.
• A unique key trigger function allows the performer to move through a colorful set of articulations without ever breaking into sound.
Legato and grace note controls reproduce complex fingering techniques such as atari, uchi, and oshi.
• A breath control function allows the performer to manipulate the duration from breath noise to actual tone with any controller.
• The expression knob changes tone color in a natural, continuous manner, without gradation.
A hybrid combination of shakuhachi (1.8 shakuhachi) and shakuhachi 2.3 provides a wider register, including lower tones and more color variations.
• Create traditional shakuhachi pitch scales as well as player-specific pitch scales with the scale tuning function, which provides individual note settings from G2 to B5.
• Five phrase banks contain a wide range of basic shakuhachi phrases.
• Lively, powerful sounds sampled in full 24-bit 96 kHz precision (the library itself contains 24-bit 44.1 kHz samples).
• Create your own mixes with multi-mic samples and a dedicated mixer with individual controls for direct, overhead, room and stereo mixing.
• Compatible with NKS ready and Kontakt Player.
• Features actuators developed specifically for this library to recreate the full dynamics of this wind instrument, from the softest note to the most expressive pitch.
• A unique key trigger function allows the performer to move through a colorful set of articulations without ever breaking into sound.
Legato and grace note controls reproduce complex fingering techniques such as atari, uchi, and oshi.
• A breath control function allows the performer to manipulate the duration from breath noise to actual tone with any controller.
• The expression knob changes tone color in a natural, continuous manner, without gradation.
A hybrid combination of shakuhachi (1.8 shakuhachi) and shakuhachi 2.3 provides a wider register, including lower tones and more color variations.
• Create traditional shakuhachi pitch scales as well as player-specific pitch scales with the scale tuning function, which provides individual note settings from G2 to B5.
• Five phrase banks contain a wide range of basic shakuhachi phrases.
• Lively, powerful sounds sampled in full 24-bit 96 kHz precision (the library itself contains 24-bit 44.1 kHz samples).
• Create your own mixes with multi-mic samples and a dedicated mixer with individual controls for direct, overhead, room and stereo mixing.
• Compatible with NKS ready and Kontakt Player.
