Native Instruments goes East
Native Instruments adds East Asia to its Spotlight Collection/ Discovery Series. The instruments include string, wind, percussion sounds, featuring dulcimer, flute, oboe, gong, drums and cymbals. Going beyond single sounds, Native Instruments captured original performances from expert players in Seoul (South Korea), Shenzhen (China), and Tokyo (Japan).
The instrument’s built-in traditional scales and tunings help musicians shape melodies and rhythms with a more authentic sound. Split into melodic instruments and percussion instruments, each instrument and ensemble comes with preset grooves and phrases, which can be further tweaked with macro controls for personalising your performance.
Highlights include:
- 42 NKI Instruments: 4 Ensembles, 14 Melodic, 24 Percussion
- Sequencer: Built-in step sequencer to build percussion grooves across a full ensemble
- Variations: Patterns can be modulated with groove, feel and intensity parameters
- Expression: Use the mod wheel to introduce tremolo, and key switches to trigger phrases
- Scales: A variety of Western and Eastern scales can be applied to melodic instruments
- Effects: Route individual instruments in ensembles to pan, reverb and compression
The plugin runs in the free KONTAKT PLAYER, and weighs in at a heavy 26GB. It is NKS compatible, making the instrument more accessible through Komplete and Maschine hardware.
