KOTO 13 KONTAKT

Team ViP | 03 January 2025 | 8.99 GB

KOTO 13, an exquisitely crafted virtual 13-string koto — the first release in our new Virtuoso Japanese Series of Kontakt instruments. The 13-string koto is one of Japan’s most dignified traditional instruments. Capable of everything from elegant, single plucked notes to aggressive glissandos, the koto boasts a wide range of musical expressions and can add a dash of refinement and grace to traditional Japanese music, modern film scores, and many other genres.

TSUGARU SHAMISEN KONTAKT

Team ViP | 02 January 2025 | 6.49 GB

…: HAPPY NEW YEAR :…

Tsugaru Shamisen, the second release in the Virtuoso Japanese Series, is now available as a Kontakt instrument library. Sonica Instruments has painstakingly recreated every aspect of the revered tsugaru shamisen — the stirring percussive sounds, the powerful playing techniques, and the blazing speed of hajiki picking — in a Kontakt instrument library. The Virtuoso Japanese Series’ Tsugaru Shamisen library is certain to enliven nearly every genre of music, from Japanese minyo folk songs to hard rock, jazz, contemporary classical music, and movie scores.

African Secret Vol.1

Team CoBaLT | 19 September 2004 | 644 MB

QUAZIBEAT unveils African Secret. The dark dusty tang of Africa’s heartbeat comes to life uncovering Africa’s secrets. Created by some of South Africa’s best musicians, deeply carved into this CD, its all the Africa your heart can handle. This CD is law in any serious collection – African Secret Vol 1 – welcome to our world!

Shakuhachi KONTAKT

Team ViP | 02 January 2025 | 5.33 GB

Shakuhachi, 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.

KABUKi & NOH PERCUSSiON KONTAKT

Team ViP | 02 January 2024 | 17.07GB

…: HAPPY NEW YEAR :…

Seven years have passed since we released the incredibly popular KABUKI & NOH PERCUSSION library. Over this time, we have gradually upgraded and expanded our large collection of recordings and samples of percussion instruments featured in Kabuki and Noh theater. We are now finally releasing this work as a massive upgrade entitled KABUKI & NOH PERCUSSION 96k MASTER EDITION — a Kontakt library with full-on professional specs and Sonica Instrument’s unparalleled quality. KABUKI & NOH PERCUSSION 96k MASTER EDITION puts the sounds of Japan in the hands of all music creators.

SHO v2.0.0 KONTAKT

Team ViP | 01 January 2025 | 2.21 GB

Sho, the fourth release in the Virtuoso Japanese Series, is now available as a software instrument in Kontakt format. The sho is free reed musical instrument and one of the three primary woodwind instruments used in gagaku court orchestra music. Consisting of 17 slender bamboo pipes, it is sometimes said to resemble a resting phoenix because of its shape. In antiquity, the sho’s fluid tonal character was associated with light shining down from the heavens.

Mahadhi African Rhythms

TEAM DYNAMiCS | 01 July 2007 | 2.3 GB

ACiD/WAV, REX, AiFF

Mahadhi ya Afrika! In Africa, traditional music is not written down, but handed down from generation to generation. You’ll feel that tradition as you dance to the rhythms of Africa with this collection of live percussion loops. Traditional instruments include the agogo, bembe, conga, djembe, ekwe, shekere, kalimba, talking drum, saworo, shaweru and more. Authenticity is the key to this journey that takes you to the heart of Africa. If you want to experience this culture in it’s purest form, Mahadhi puts the rhythms of Africa at your fingertips.