Main Features:
- Peerless recordings of the impeccable sound and technique of famed sho performer Ko Ishikawa
- Single tones of all 15 pipes* and 11 chords sampled separately in every articulation, making the library applicable to all musical styles from gagaku to contemporary music
- A detailed analysis of sho playing techniques led to an instrument model that allows playing any combination of the sho’s distinctive tone clusters (chords) and single tones
- Two key modes, including a traditional fingering mode that replicates actual sho fingering with one key per pipe
- Pipe Indicator lets the performer see the pipe arrangement of the sho and monitor the current pipes being played
- Comes with traditional sho Pythagorean tuning, equal temperament tuning, and fully customizable tunings, for seamless coverage of both classical and contemporary scale tones
- Unique Key Trigger Connection function lets the performer move through a colorful assortment of articulations without ever interrupting the sound
- Expression control adjusts tone color naturally and continuously without gradations
- Ensemble selector simulates gagaku ensemble performances with up to three performers
- The library’s lively yet subtle sounds sampled in full 24 bit 96 kHz fidelity (the library itself contains 24 bit 44.1 kHz samples)
- Create your own mixes with the multi-microphone samples and a dedicated mixer with individual controls for Direct, Overhead, Room, and Stereo Mix
*Although the sho has 17 pipes, only 15 pipes actually produce sound

Articulation List
Chord Tone articulations
- Straight (exhaled tone)
- Straight (inhaled tone)
- Flutter (exhaled tone)
- Flutter (inhaled tone)
- Sforzando
- Crescendo
- Tremolo Slow (exhaled tone)
- Tremolo Slow (inhaled tone)
- Tremolo Fast (exhaled tone)
- Tremolo Fast (inhaled tone)

Single Tone articulations
- Straight (exhaled tone)
- Straight (inhaled tone)
- Flutter (exhaled tone)
- Flutter (inhaled tone)
- Sforzando
- Slide-Up

Audio Mixer
Samples were recorded in three stereo microphone positions - Direct, Overhead, and Room - plus a Stereo Mix. Full mixing control is available, with individual Volume, Stereo Width, Pan, Reverb Send, and EQ adjustments for each channel. Sho also comes with a quality convolution reverb for excellent in-instrument sound creation. The parallel output bus sends the microphone channels to individual DAW tracks for finer mixing sessions.

Full version of KONTAKT 5.4+ required!

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