![\"1645038258-407578a47133084\"](\"https:\/\/dd-static.jd.com\/ddimg\/jfs\/t1\/213701\/14\/13279\/25862\/621904a3Ecfae94c3\/14d9def3b390fa08.webp\")
\uffe5Shakuhachi, 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 \u2013 an instrument symbolic of Japan \u2013 finally joins the Virtuoso Japanese Series family.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Main Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2013 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
\u2013 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
\u2013 The unique Key Trigger Connection function lets the performer move through a colorful assortment of articulations without ever interrupting the sound
\u2013 Legato and grace note controls reproduce complex fingering techniques such as atari, uchi, and oshi.
\u2013 The blow control function lets the performer manipulate the duration from the breath noise to the actual tone with either a controller
\u2013 The expression control varies the tone color naturally and continuously without gradations
\u2013 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
\u2013 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
\u2013 Five phrase banks contain a wide array of essential shakuhachi phrases
\u2013 Lively powerful sounds sampled in full 24 bit 96 kHz fidelity (the library itself contains 24 bit 44.1 kHz samples)
\u2013 Create your own mixes with the multi-microphone samples and a dedicated mixer with individual controls for Direct, Overhead, Room, and Stereo Mix<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Packed with 25 articulations, five phrase banks, and breath noises<\/strong>
Articulation list
Key switchable articulations<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2013 Straight
\u2013 Tonguing
\u2013 Grace Note
\u2013 Portamento up
\u2013 Straight and Atari
\u2013 Sfortzando
\u2013 Uchi & Oshi (Finger Effect)
\u2013 Yuri 1 (Vibrato Horizontal)
\u2013 Yuri 2 (Vibrato Vertical)
\u2013 Yuri 3 (Vib. Vertical Long)
\u2013 Iki-Yuri 1 (Vibrato with Breath)
\u2013 Iki-Yuri 2 (Vibrato with Breath Fast)
\u2013 Muraiki 1 (Breath FX1)
\u2013 Muraiki 2A (Breath FX2A)
\u2013 Muraiki 2B (Breath FX2B)
\u2013 Muraiki 3 (Breath FX3)
\u2013 Tamane (FX with Tongue Trill)
\u2013 Karakara (FX with Finger)
\u2013 Korokoro (FX with Finger)
\u2013 Improvisation<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Legato<\/strong>
\u2013 Fast Legato
\u2013 Slow Legato
\u2013 Atari Legato<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Breath noises<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2013 24 breath noise and special effects<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Five phrase banks<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u2013 Short Phrase 1: eight short phrases
\u2013 Short Phrase 2: eight short phrases
\u2013 Short Phrase 3: eight short phrases
\u2013 Short Phrase 4: five short phrases
\u2013 Short Phrase 5: five short phrases<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Audio Mixer<\/strong>
Samples were recorded in three stereo microphone positions \u2013 Direct, Overhead, and Room \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Full version of KONTAKT 5.4+ required!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \uffe5Shakuhachi, the third release in the Virtuoso Japanese […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,75,23],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-103748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cinematic","category-fx","category-yzcy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103748"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xs.1ozy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftopic&post=103748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}