Stealth Wind

Cineastische Shakuhachi-Flöte

Die Shakuhachi-Flöte wurde ursprünglich im 8. Jahrhundert von China nach Japan gebracht und erlebte in der frühen Edo-Periode ein Comeback.

Die Shakuhachi wird traditionell aus Bambus hergestellt, aber es gibt inzwischen auch Versionen aus ABS und Hartholz. Sie wurde von den Mönchen der Fuke-Schule des Zen-Buddhismus für die Praxis des Suizen verwendet.

Auch der Filmkomponist James Horner mochte dieses Instrument und verwendete es für zahlreiche seiner Filmwerke.

Stealth Wind enthält 17 Kontakt Patches und einen zusätzlichen Taiko-Drum-Patch!

Weitere Details in englischer Sprache:

Ethnic Accent

Let it be known that this library is NOT full of loads of legato articulations, but sets out to be more of an ethnic accent for your game and film scores. This library was recorded by utilizing a couple of the most amazing Shakuhachi players they could find, Jon Johnston and Jonathan McCollum. The end result from "the two jons" is a Kontakt instrument which will add cinematic ethno flare to just about any track. 

Phrases & Multisampels

Stealth Wind sets out to capture that "James Horner" cinematic shakuhachi vibe through the use of carefully selected / recorded phrases (both ethnic and cinematic) along with some craftily sampled multisampled staccatos and sustains.  

While the main vibe of the sound is centered around stealth and sneaking ninjas, there are also quite a few ethnic phrases and motifs which are on the lighter and more traditional side of things.  

Outside of the two separate cinematic phrase patches and two ethnic patches, there are also various staccato patches, a handful of low "Elephant Calls" which definitely ooze cinematic goodness, and "Enigma Calls" which, as the name suggests, stem from various re-recordings and takes of a certain Shakuhachi sample used extensively by the artist Enigma.   

Please note: The FULL version of Kontakt 5.5.1 is required.