KONTAKT – 5,26 GBShakuhachi, 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 MixPacked with 25 articulations, five phrase banks, and breath noisesArticulation listKey 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)– ImprovisationLegato– Fast Legato– Slow Legato– Atari LegatoBreath noises– 24 breath noise and special effectsFive 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 phrasesAudio MixerSamples 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!sonica.jp/instruments/index.php/en/products/shakuhachi
