Enter a World of Immersive Soundscapes
Traditional Persian and Middle Eastern instruments carry a sense of depth and character that has shaped music for centuries. Augmented Persia from Arturia brings that heritage into a modern production environment, blending detailed acoustic sampling with layered synthesis for a sound that feels both rooted in tradition and forward-thinking. Built around a curated palette of plucked, bowed, and wind instruments, this virtual instrument delivers over 200 presets that range from organic textures to evolving, cinematic soundscapes. Under the hood, Augmented Persia’s hybrid engine combines multiple synthesis types, modulation tools, and effects, giving you the ability to shape sounds far beyond their acoustic origins. Whether you’re adding subtle motion to traditional tones or pushing them into abstract, avant-garde territory, Augmented Persia opens a wide, expressive sonic range for composition and sound design.
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Timeless instruments abound
At the core of Augmented Persia is a carefully captured selection of Persian and Middle Eastern instruments, each chosen for its unique tonal character and expressive potential. You’ll find winds like the ney; plucked instruments such as the oud, tar, and saz; and bowed textures from the alto kamancheh and shah kaman. Across more than 200 presets, these instruments are presented in both natural and augmented forms, ready to drop into a mix or serve as the foundation for deep sound design. Each preset features a dual-layer architecture, with two customizable sound sources per layer, giving you the flexibility to blend acoustic realism with synthetic enhancement.
A multiverse of sound textures
Augmented Persia builds on Arturia’s hybrid instrument approach with five synthesis engines, including Virtual Analog, Granular, Wavetable, Harmonic, and a Simpler engine for noise and transient shaping. Combined with Arturia’s refined workflow, these engines allow you to move between detailed acoustic tones and heavily processed textures with ease. Inside, you’ll find a full suite of modulation tools, including LFOs, function generators, random sources, and keyboard-based modulation, all assignable through a drag-and-drop interface. The Morph control ties everything together, letting you blend layers and transformations in a way that feels fluid and musical rather than technical.
Expressive and inspiring
When you need to spark a new idea, Augmented Persia’s built-in arpeggiator and sequencing tools can turn simple chords into rhythmic, evolving patterns. Sweetwater composers and sound designers often rely on these tools to add movement and depth without overcomplicating their workflow. And when it comes to performance, MPE compatibility allows for nuanced, expressive control, making it easy to bring out the subtle dynamics that give these instruments their voice.
Arturia Augmented Persia Features:
- Persian- and Middle Eastern-inspired library mixed with synthesis engines for a unique and inspiring hybrid virtual instrument plugin
- Deeply sampled instruments including ney, oud, tar, saz, alto kamancheh, and shah kaman
- 200 factory presets designed for cinematic, electronic, and world music production
- Dual-layer architecture with 2 customizable sound sources per layer
- 5 synthesis engines: Virtual Analog, Granular, Wavetable, Harmonic, and Simpler
- Morph control blends acoustic and synthetic layers for evolving textures
- Advanced modulation with LFOs, function generators, random sources, and keyboard controls
- 2 FX slots per layer with 16 FX plus dedicated Delay and Reverb
- Built-in arpeggiator and sequencing tools for rhythmic and evolving patterns
- MPE support for expressive, performance-driven control
- MTS-ESP microtuning compatibility for authentic non-Western scales