The Guzheng is a traditional Chinese instrument dating from the Qin dynasty (c. 200 BC to the rest of us). It is the ancestor of the Japanese Koto as well as several other zither-like instruments found across east Asia.The SC Guzheng has been extensively recorded in 24 bit 44.1khz stereo. Three articulations were sampled: right hand (finger picks), left hand (flesh), and harmonics (finger picks).
Up to ten velocity levels, three round robin alternations for the right hand, and two round robin alternations for the left hand. This ensures natural attack transients with no ‘machine-gun’ repetition.
Across all 21 strings this amounts to 1027 samples totaling just over 2 gigabytes. We provide a method to play the Guzheng in it’s original tuning, or in chromatic tuning, for each format.
2.25 GB Sampled Instrument
24 bit Stereo 44.1 Recording
KSP ‘Last Note Standing’ PitchBend Processor
KSP Glissando and Tremolo Processors
Right ( Picked ) and Left Hand ( Finger) + Harmonics Sampling
3 Round Robin Layers + Up to 10 Velocity layers per note
Kontakt 2 / 3, Logic EXS24 or Ableton Live 7 Required
