New Kontakt bouzouki instrument for world/Greek music!
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:23 am
I know there are at least a few Greek folks on the forums (Panos, you there?) so I figured this might be of interest to them and anyone interested in writing Mediterranean music. It's a new library called "Plectra Series 1: 8-string Acoustic Bouzouki", designed by Dimitris Plagiannis and performed/recorded IN Greece. This is the real deal!
Basically, this is a $59 Kontakt 4+ library that samples the bouzouki in great detail. Hammer-ons, pull-offs, legato or polyphonic playing, chords, round robins, dynamics, tremolo, string-switching, up/down strokes, multiple mic positions and intelligent scripting. It's every bit as detailed as a modern library should be, but is incredibly easy to play on top of that. Check out these demos to hear it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvmlr2iGLgw (Audio demo montage w/ DAW footage)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDfOWMjlpuI (Narrated patch walkthrough)
You can pick up Plectra Series 1 for $59 here:
http://impactsoundworks.com/products/in ... c-bouzouki
I personally love the sound of the bouzouki and have used it on a variety of production and album tracks before, so I was thrilled to see Dimitris really doing it justice with this library. You can use it for world music of course, but also as a harmony or lead instrument for rock, pop, film, TV or game scores.
Hope you enjoy and get some use out of it!
(ps. Use the code TaxiGreeks for a discount!)
Basically, this is a $59 Kontakt 4+ library that samples the bouzouki in great detail. Hammer-ons, pull-offs, legato or polyphonic playing, chords, round robins, dynamics, tremolo, string-switching, up/down strokes, multiple mic positions and intelligent scripting. It's every bit as detailed as a modern library should be, but is incredibly easy to play on top of that. Check out these demos to hear it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvmlr2iGLgw (Audio demo montage w/ DAW footage)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDfOWMjlpuI (Narrated patch walkthrough)
You can pick up Plectra Series 1 for $59 here:
http://impactsoundworks.com/products/in ... c-bouzouki
I personally love the sound of the bouzouki and have used it on a variety of production and album tracks before, so I was thrilled to see Dimitris really doing it justice with this library. You can use it for world music of course, but also as a harmony or lead instrument for rock, pop, film, TV or game scores.
Hope you enjoy and get some use out of it!
(ps. Use the code TaxiGreeks for a discount!)