Passionate & Spirited

Ethnic String Phrases continues the journey deep within the cultures of India and China. It is a toolbox for composers, invented to capture the exceptional magic of live performed instruments. Esraj & Erhu phrases embody the honest emotional expression being the core of music. Providing the enormous vitality of two traditional string instruments. Both Esraj and Erhu create an unbelievably sincere feeling, enabling it to enliven every musical setting. The outcome is a versatile and easy-to-use instrument with a huge variety of overwhelming string phrases.

Inspired, Live Recorded Phrases & Techniques

The two string instruments cover a huge variety of different styles and techniques: From very simple and touching phrases, all the way to extremely virtuous and stirring ones. All of them can be adjusted in key, speed, length, succession and connection. This guarantees the perfect fit for its human touch in all styles and moods.

Clean and Intuitive Interface

Inspired by the Lyrical Series, Sonuscore created the same intuitive and easy to use interface that gives you instant access to the most essential features as well as the freedom to dive deeper to shape your sound as you wish.

Features

Ethnic String Phrases

  • 2 Ethnic String Instruments
  • Erhu legato und Esraj sustain instruments included
  • Customizable Speed & Length – With short endings, you can conclude and switch between passages easily. The speed knob at the center allows precise timing control. All phrases were recorded to fit multiple tempi and remain expressive without a set meter.
  • Legato/Sustain Instruments Included – To merge the powers of both traditional and phrase-based sampling, Erhu legato und Esraj sustain instruments have been included. They can be used to either to connect or to advance existing phrases, or even to craft your own ones. Be prepared to implement your creative vision with ease into your scores.
  • Starting, Middle & End Phrases – Each theme comes with 15 different phrases (starting, middle and end phrases). They are designed to perfectly fit your track. In addition, there are two short endings per theme to quickly end a phrase. This setup gives you the freedom to conveniently combine different phrases the way you want.

Full version of Native Instrument’s KONTAKT 5 (version 5.8.1 or higher) required.

Requirements

Using this library requires a full version of Native Instruments’ “Kontakt”!

Please notice: This library can not be played with the free “Kontakt Player”! To use this “Open Kontakt” format, you need a full version of “Kontakt“, which is included in products such as Komplete or Komplete Ultimate.

Please check the product description for the required Kontakt version.

The following list shows, whether the respective Kontakt version is compatible with your operating system:

Mac

Kontakt 4:

  • OS X 10.6 & 10.7 = until 4.2.4
  • OS X 10.8 and higher = no longer supported

Kontakt 5:

  • OS X 10.6 = until 5.0.3
  • OS X 10.7 = until 5.3.1
  • OS X 10.8 = 5.0.3 – 5.5.1
  • OS X 10.9 = 5.3.0 – 5.6.6
  • OS X 10.10 = 5.3.0 – 5.7.3
  • OS X 10.11 = 5.5.1 – latest
  • Mac OS 10.12 = 5.6.1 – latest
  • Mac OS 10.13 = latest
  • Mac OS 10.14 = latest
  • Mac OS 10.15 = latest

Kontakt 6:

  • Mac OS 10.12 – 10.15 (latest update)

Windows

Kontakt 4:

  • XP = until 4.2.4
  • Vista = until 4.2.4
  • Windows 7 = until 4.2.4
  • Windows 8 & 10 = no longer supported

Kontakt 5:

  • XP = until 5.2.0
  • Vista = until 5.2.0
  • Windows 7 = latest
  • Windows 8 & 10 = latest

Kontakt 6:

  • Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 (latest Service Pack)

FOR ALL SYSTEMS:

  • 1GB free disk space
  • Additional hard drive space according to the library’s size

SUPPORTED INTERFACES

  • Stand-Alone | VST | Audio Units | ASIO | CoreAudio | WASAPI | AAX Native (Pro Tools 10 or higher)