Sonica Instruments SHAKUHACHI [KONTAKT]

Shakuhachi, the third release in the Virtuoso Japanese Series, is now available as a software instrument in Kontakt format. Singing sonorous intonation, deep yet delicate breathing, and a Japanese sound aesthetic spilling into the periphery: The shakuhachi - an instrument symbolic of Japan - finally joins the Virtuoso Japanese Series family. Main Features: - Precisely captures the scintillating sounds of a veteran shakuhachi player, covering every playing technique and recorded with exacting attention to detail at every musical interval - Features performance mechanisms designed specifically for this library to recreate the full dynamics of this wind instrument, from the softest sound to the most emphatic pitch - The unique Key Trigger Connection function lets the performer move through a colorful assortment of articulations without ever interrupting the sound - Legato and grace note controls reproduce complex fingering techniques such as atari, uchi, and oshi. - The blow control function lets the performer manipulate the duration from the breath noise to the actual tone with either a controller - The expression control varies the tone color naturally and continuously without gradations - A hybrid combination of the shakuhachi (1.8 shakuhachi) and the 2.3 shakuhachi provides a wider register, including lower tones, and more tone color variations - Create traditional shakuhachi pitch scales, as well as performer-specific pitch scales, with the Scale Tuning function, which provides individual note adjustment over G2 to B5 - Five phrase banks contain a wide array of essential shakuhachi phrases - Lively powerful sounds sampled in full 24 bit 96 kHz fidelity (the library itself contains 24 bit 44.1 kHz samples) - Create your own mixes with the multi-microphone samples and a dedicated mixer with individual controls for Direct, Overhead, Room, and Stereo Mix Packed with 25 articulations, five phrase banks, and breath noises Articulation list Key switchable articulations - Straight - Tonguing - Grace Note - Portamento up - Straight and Atari - Sfortzando - Uchi & Oshi (Finger Effect) - Yuri 1 (Vibrato Horizontal) - Yuri 2 (Vibrato Vertical) - Yuri 3 (Vib. Vertical Long) - Iki-Yuri 1 (Vibrato with Breath) - Iki-Yuri 2 (Vibrato with Breath Fast) - Muraiki 1 (Breath FX1) - Muraiki 2A (Breath FX2A) - Muraiki 2B (Breath FX2B) - Muraiki 3 (Breath FX3) - Tamane (FX with Tongue Trill) - Karakara (FX with Finger) - Korokoro (FX with Finger) - Improvisation Legato - Fast Legato - Slow Legato - Atari Legato Breath noises - 24 breath noise and special effects Five phrase banks - Short Phrase 1: eight short phrases - Short Phrase 2: eight short phrases - Short Phrase 3: eight short phrases - Short Phrase 4: five short phrases - Short Phrase 5: five short phrases Audio Mixer Samples were recorded in three stereo microphone positions - Direct, Overhead, and Room - plus a Stereo Mix. Full mixing control is available, with individual Volume, Pan, Reverb Send, and EQ adjustments for each channel. Shakuhachi also comes with a quality convolution reverb for excellent in-instrument sound creation. The parallel output bus sends the microphone channels to individual DAW tracks for finer mixing sessions. Full version of KONTAKT 5.4+ required!