www.kvraudio.com/news/impact-soundworks-releases-bouzouki-8-string-acoustic-for-kontakt-18760
16th April 2012
Impact Soundworks has released Bouzouki 8-string Acoustic, a Greek bouzouki sample library for Kontakt. This library captures the unique sound of the bouzouki and simulates a realistic playing technique.
Overview
The library is comprised of 1500+ 24-bit samples and a single Kontakt instrument patch. Note on and release samples were recorded chromatically--that is, every fret of every course, sampled at soft, medium and hard velocities, down and up strokes, hammer-on, pull-off, slide and tremolo articulations. There are also multiple takes for customary major, minor and diminished chords and multiple noise samples including body resonance, fret and pick noises.
Extensive scripting has gone into the patch. This script simulates real playing by processing the velocity, speed and legato of the played notes and applying a number of rules that affect the final sound, e.g. appropriately positioning the notes on the correct fret and course, muting strings where needed, micro-tuning and fading sample attacks, and more. Additionally there are 12 keyswitches that allow full manual control of course/fret positioning and articulation.
Features:
Requirements
Native Instruments Kontakt version 4.1.1 or higher full retail version is required. The free Kontakt Player does not support this library.
Price
Bouzouki 8-string Acoustic is available for download at the price of €49.
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