Raindrop & Blade -- Chinese Hulusi Virtual Instruments
Yangqin is a Chinese hammered dulcimer.
It was traditionally fitted with bronze strings, which gave the instrument a soft timbre.
A professional musician often carries several sets of beaters,
each of which draws a slightly different tone from the instrument, much like the drum sticks of Western percussionists.
Uniquely, only the Chinese hammer is made of bamboo.
Samples: 6208
Samples parameter: 44100 Hz/24 bit
compression size:2.9GB
Adjustable Sound Field
When samples were recorded, 3 different microphones were used with different positions to capture the spatial and reverb characteristics of Yangqin.
Left-hand and right-hand playing were recorded separately to obtain tone difference, and three modes of Hand Exchange are provided to make the instrument played in a natural way.
Performances
A number of 11 performances were recorded, such as tremolo, vibrato and run-up/down.
Vibrato were recorded in two velocities and can be controlled by MIDI CC.
In addition, octave and third-vibrato were recorded for more realistic performance.
Realistic Expressions
Raindrop & Blade has real-recorded expressions that are freely controllable.
With the control of MID1 CC, it can express tone changes like a real Yanggin performance.
Sampling Engine
Self-developed sampling engine with better sound quality, more powerful disk buffer streaming/sampling compression,
and brand-new sound fusion technology.
Convolution reverb
At the beginning of Chinese Traditional series development,
we started to record the convolution reverb samples from spectacular places, famous natural and historical heritages in China.
Thus you can simulate Raindrop & Blade being played at the Great Wall or Terracotta Army site.
Effect Rack
From the Heavier7Strings' effect rack: Compressor, EQ, Chorus and Ping-Pong delay are included, allowing to create more flexible sounds.
Pattern Library
Complete pattern library, allowing to manage your works and ideas easily, with rich preset of patterns that can be updated in the future.
And you could create your own pattern by dragging MIDI clips inside.
Presets
Various presets from Chinese traditional to experimental to the edge.