Publisher: Evolution Series
Website: evolutionseries
Format: KONTAKT FULL & K’ed 6.5.3+
Quality: 24bit 48kHz stereo
Description: This is the next chapter in our musical journey around the world. The Evolution series has partnered with the world famous manufacturer Guzheng Hong Sound (Emilymax), specializing in unique handcrafted instruments. These instruments are a real gem and are used by some of the elite musicians in China and Taiwan.
Intuitive interface – Made for Kontakt, World Strings Guzheng features a simple yet intuitive interface. Our advanced scripting techniques help guide Guzhengs’ emotional sounds flawlessly.
Golden Recording – World Strings Guzheng for Kontakt takes instrument sampling to the next level. The combination of Hong Sound’s most exquisite instrument and our equipment is pure recording gold.
Unparalleled Quality – Recorded with state-of-the-art equipment, on the finest world-class stage, this Guzheng library is a one-of-a-kind instrument and offers only the highest quality sound and endless creativity. We’ve been honored to create this inspiring instrument and we know you’ll love playing it.
Our award-winning team has gone to incredible lengths to capture the world-class performances of the best musicians on stage. Exquisite tool with the latest technology. This library offers unparalleled quality and endless creativity. We’ve spent thousands of hours making this library add a whole new dimension of authenticity to your next production. Like our other product lines, we always strive to capture a lively and human performance so that playing the instrument is fun and intuitive.
Articulation Boxes – Immediately below the title text of the instrument are 3 central boxes. In each field, you can select and upload an articulation. Since there are 3 blocks, you can load up to 3 articulations per preset “slot”.
Articulation Box Threshold – Between the three fields of articulation is the threshold of sensitivity. It regulates the movement between 3 boxes. For example, if “Vertical Mode” is set to “Velocity” and the keystroke is between 0 and 80, you will play the bottommost box, 81-109 the middle box, and 110-127 will play the top box.
Horizontal Mode – Controls access to preset “slots”. The most common mode is “keyswitches” although you can use any other midi CC between each slot.
Virtual Mode – Controls how you move between fields of articulation. For example, if it’s set to “Velocity”, you can use keystrokes to play different “articulation fields”. Depending on how you like to work, you may choose a different MIDI controller method.
Slots – One “slot” is essentially a preset of 3 “slots of articulations”. You can have up to 20 “slots”. The big grid in the middle of the interface shows how many “slots” are in use and which one is selected at any given time.
KSW – allows you to set the starting note for your “keyswitch” group mapping. For example, if set to C0, the first switch will start with C0 and the rest will follow chromatically.
Legato ON – As an experiment, we added a SIPS script to create a fake legato. This is more of a bonus feature, but it can be useful for more melodic lines.
Characteristics :
NKS Support
Recorded Playing Techniques
Pick (no vibrato)
Pick (with vibrato)
Finger (no vibrato)
Harmonics
bend down
bend up
Tremolo (3 speeds)
Tremolo (A variety of attack and release crescendo and diminuendo styles)
Tremolo (Bend up and down)
Various Glissandi Effects
All samples at 48khz 24bit
18GB NCW Lossless
multiple velocities
Up to five round robin
Up to 4 user-controllable microphone positions
World class scoring stage