The largest collection of Chinese and Mongolian virtual instruments. A unique and exciting collection featuring some of the best Chinese musicians recorded in their country with state of the art equipment and deep sampling up to 4 dynamic layers. Ethnic Chinese orchestra, percussion section, two choirs and more in one set. Now with brand new tools, Keyswitch Patches and more refined than ever before!
FIX: fixed tuning and mapping across the entire library, making the instrument more playable and easy to use
FIX: fixed loop regions across the entire library
FIX: improved xfade between dynamic layers on some solo woodwind instruments
FIX: NKS integration improvements
FIX: improved Percussion folder patches and snapshots
NEW: New Multi patches on most of the instruments in the library
NEW: new “Guqin” instrument with true legato intervals, recorded especially for the update. You can switch ON/OFF the legato intervals from the GUI or you can trigger them dynamically with D-0 keyswitch (by default)
NEW: Unique bowl instruments recorded especially for this update
NEW: new “Gong rolls” instrument, recorded especially for the update
NEW: new “Bawu” instrument, recorded especially for the update
NEW: added Guqin true legato intervals that can be triggered with D-0 keyswitch
NEW: new “Guqin” instrument with true legato intervals, recorded especially for the update. You can switch ON/OFF the legato intervals from the GUI or you can trigger them dynamically with D-0 keyswitch (by default)
Comprised of over 50 instruments spread across more than 100 instrument patches, Jade Ethnic Orchestra gives you the option to choose between multiple categories, such as Bowed Strings Ensembles, Bowed Strings Solo, Plucked Strings, Voices, Woodwinds, Percussion (based on our X3M engine ) and stemmed out sound-designed pads created especially for the library by Lyubomir Goshev. The library was co-produced by composer and multiinstrumentalist Seth Tsui, who conducted and recorded the sessions in Beijing, China.
JADE Ethnic Orchestra is a huge collection of Asian ethnic instruments. Most of the sampled instruments originate from China, but along with them we have included others, like the Hoomai men choir, the Mongolian Longsong Quartet, Moorin-Khuur, the Shakuhachi and many others Asia is to be proud of. A detailed list of the library’s content, a thorough description of the instruments and other technical info can be found at the end of the manual.
OVERVIEW
Approx. 220 GB of uncompressed content (compressed content size is approx.103 GB)
– Instant Ethnic sound inspired by Chinese film soundtrack classics
– Over 50 instruments in the biggest collection of sampled Chinese and Mongolian instruments
– All content recorded with multiple Round-Robins and within multiple dynamic layers
– 3 mic positions – Close & Decca (Tweak Tone Labs), Hall (a “chamber” reverb, tracked in Sofia Session Studio) + custom convolution reverb – True legato sampling for all instruments –
The
powerful Syllabuilder engine with CONNECT and MORPH modes that allow you to create your own sample content within Kontakt, along with never-before sampled sounds like the Mongolian Hoomai singers and the Longsong Quartet
– Ability to Load and Save your lyrics, built-in preset manager
– The X3M Engine powering the percussion section for maximum flexibility and customization options
– Integrated Help
– Additional functions like “Velocity Dynamic Influencer”, polyphonic true-legato known from Strezov Sampling’s acclaimed choirs and Afflatus Series
