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.

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.

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.

TSUGARU SHAMISEN KONTAKT

Team ViP | 02 January 2025 | 6.49 GB

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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.

Komorebi Flutes KONTAKT

Team ARCADiA | 24 November 2024 | 9.68 GB

A toolkit perfect for scoring, producing electronic styles and meditative music Komorebi – 木漏れ日 means “sunlight leaking through trees,” this word describes the beauty and wonder of rays of light dappling through overhead leaves, casting dancing shadows on the forest floor. Komorebi Flutes is a traditional and oriental Japanese/Chinese wind instrument, a toolkit perfect for scoring, producing electronic styles and meditative music. Like in traditional Japanese and Chinese mask magic Komorebi Flutes has many “faces” – it can produce a calming “Zen” sound but it also can haunt you.

Koto 20 v2.0.0 KONTAKT

Team ViP | 06 January 2025 | 10.46GB

The library can naturally be used on its own. But when combined with other titles from the Virtuoso Japanese Series — such as KOTO 13 Version 2, KOTO 17, or SHAKUHACHI — as well as orchestral instruments, KOTO 20 can complete a rich and broad ensemble. As a historical note, the 20-string koto was conceived by Keiko Nosaka in 1969. Initially, this koto was strung with 20 strings, but in later iterations, another string was added to make it a 21-string instrument.

KOTO 17 KONTAKT

Team ViP | 06 January 2025 | 13.97GB

KOTO 17, the seventh title in the Virtuoso Japanese Series, brings the sounds of the 17-string bass koto, an indispensable part of modern Japanese music, to music creators everywhere. Coming three years after the development of KOTO 13, KOTO 17 benefits from advanced features that coax new tonal qualities from the library. Naturally, KOTO 17 can be used as a solo instrument. But it complements the 13-string koto and shakuhachi extraordinarily well, making it an essential component in both classical and contemporary Japanese music circles. And when paired with other titles from the Virtuoso Japanese Series, such as KOTO 13, KOTO 20, or Shakuhachi, KOTO 17 can complete an incredibly powerful ensemble.