Princess Koto KAGUYA

Princess Koto KAGUYA - eine japanische Koto Instrument Library

Das Koto ist ein traditionelles japanisches Instrument mit 13 Saiten, welche über 13 bewegliche Brücken entlang der Breite des Instruments gespannt sind.
Es gibt auch eine 17-saitige Variante, welche
Bass-Koto genannt wird, dessen Klang sehr einem Cello ähnelt. Premier Sound Factory hat beide Instrumente bis ins kleinste Detail in 24bit/96khz Qualität aufgenommen, um den einzigartigen Klang dieses historischen Instruments perfekt einzufangen. Der tiefgreifende, emotionale Sound dieser Library ist ab der ersten gespielten Note ein Erlebnis, auf das Premier Sound Factory in den letzten 20 Jahren hingearbeitet hat. Und die magischen Koto-Akkorde laden ein in eine mystische Welt voller Inspiration!

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Complete Playing Style Capability

• All conventional Koto playing methods typically used in traditional Japanese music are covered. It is easy to switch between all 16 available styles with the simple and intuitive articulation panel and key switch.

• For example, when using the “Real” style, note on begins the picking sound, and note off provides the sound of the string as you release the key. For “Normal” “Staccato”etc, note on creates a slight delay for the string sound after picking, to replicate a real koto. The delay time can be controlled using the pick knob, zero to 100ms.

• The pitch bending (Up and down) aspect of Koto playing is achieved through the timing of releasing your keyboard, therefore you can control the timing of your bends to match the tempo of your song.

• 214 audio phrase patterns are also included, such as glissando etc.

36 Traditional Japanese Scales

• As well as the standard chromatic scale, traditional Japanese scales can be assigned to the white keys of your keyboard. It is also possible to save up to 20 of your own original scales. You can perform glissando with white keys just like a real koto.

• When using a preset, the top note of the 13 strings, A4, will automatically have tremolo assigned to the next black key, A#4. From this it is possible to reproduce SARARIN typical of traditional koto playing style, the combination of tremolo and glissando, without using any key switch. (F#4, G#4 also have the same automatic tremolo.)

• The classic scales are usually played with the 13 string koto. However when using Expand Mode, the assigned scales intelligently and automatically extend to meet the higher/extra notes covered in Expand Mode.

• All factory presets and user presets can be transposed to fit your song.

• The 17 String bass Koto is a contemporary instrument which was not used in the past, therefore the 17 string koto only has the chromatic scale.

Other Features

• Stereo and center microphones are editable independently. Lo-cut is effective when you want to distance the stereo image arrangement. It can be hard bypassed when Lo-cut knob is zero.

• Five varieties of convolution reverb are included. IR recorded in authentic, time honored Japanese Noh theatre.

• And the image of Princess Kaguya’s moon also relates to the long, ethereal and mysterious reverb of the Koto, uniting both themes of Princess Koto – Kaguya.