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#CHINESE STRINGED INSTRUMENT SOUND SAMPLES HOW TO#

Or, you can also change tremolo speed in real time while optimizing control or leveraging human behaviors in the vibrato section for enhanced realism in your final version of sound. You can start with non-vibrato sound and then fade in vibrato sustain while changing depth and speed. Another contribution to the extreme realistic sounds of Neo Erhu comes from hybrid vibrato and tremolo controls of Neo Orchestra. Yes, it is not super easy to learn controlling the Sound Magic’s modeling legato, but once you are accustomed to this legato controls you can generate very natural and smooth transitions between playing notes in real time.

#CHINESE STRINGED INSTRUMENT SOUND SAMPLES HOW TO#

If you know how to manipulate the modeling legato controls properly, you won’t miss any delicate string expressions from this old Chinese traditional string instrument. The sound of Neo Erhu is ultra realistic. It is very useful when you need to pan the instrument in a group of instruments such as a huge symphony orchestra. This Virtual 3D Stage makes sounds real using the algorithm of the sound localization simulated from realistic space. On the Virtual 3D Stage, you can pan your instrument freely by dragging the cursor on the screen and it will generate 3D audio effect to the sound.

It also features a much less noisy sound in high notes than Erhu. This range can also cover the note range for ‘Zhong Hu’ and ‘Jin Hu’. It has an extended note range (42 keys) compared with common Erhu (30 keys). Neo Erhu features different velocity layers with round robin samples. But the tonal range is limited by the instrument model. On the other hand, physical modeling is solely depended on the mathematical model of a musical instrument, so it has higher chances of altering the sound. Sampling is like a static photo of a musical instrument, so it sounds real but is less likely to alter the sound. Hybrid Modeling Technology is a fuse of both advantages from sampling and physical modeling. Music Domain Synthesis can remove the limitation on sampling and modeling, which makes it easier to build a new type of digital instrument. Unlike the sampling and modeling method, it can create digital music instruments out of “nothing” (not rely on an actual instrument of real world). Music Domain Synthesis is a whole new method used in developing digital music instruments. Sound Magic employed Music Domain Synthesis first to generate Neo Erhu original sound and then applied Hybrid Modeling Technology in order to represent the original sound to musicians. Neo Erhuis a virtual instrument based on ‘Music Domain Synthesis’ and ‘Hybrid Modeling Technology’. Compared to traditional Erhu, Neo Erhu has an enhanced dynamic range, so it will have more expressions across ppp to fff velocity.

Neo Erhu also extends to lower octave and has more vivid expressions in low ranges than traditional instruments such as Zhong Hu. Neo Erhu improved the higher octave sounds generating much purer, punch and fullness sound than traditional Erhu does in higher octaves. Traditional Erhu has a rather weak and noisy sound in higher octaves, which greatly weakens its usability in high octaves and also limits its ability to provide a steady high frequency string sound in a Chinese orchestra. These extensions enable Neo Erhu to also cover the chromatic range of ‘Zhong Hu’ and ‘Jin Hu’, another Chinese traditional string instruments, so it can also be used as these two Hu instruments. Neo Erhu extends this range to 42 keys, while 3.5 octaves can be fully used. Traditional Erhu has a chromatic range that is around 30 keys, while 2 octaves are suitable for use in music. Neo Erhu has an extended chromatic range. Thanks to Sound Magic ’s ‘ Music Domain Synthesis ’ technology, Neo Erhu enhanced traditional Erhu in many ways, changing the thing that is impossible in the past to a reality.

Chinese stringed instrument sound samples