Bring Elegant East Asian Instruments to Your Compositions
The East Asia virtual instrument plug-in brings you the unmistakable and exotic sounds of China, Japan, and Korea — for much less than the price of a plane ticket! Infuse your film, TV, and game soundtracks with gentle gu qin melodies, resonant shō chords, sweeping gayageum glissandos, and beyond, courtesy of 14 wind and string instruments, 24 percussion instruments, and four complete ensembles. It’s all complemented by an extensive bank of customizable phrases with each instrument’s traditional tunings and scales, making it easy to craft beautiful individual voices — and even entire compositions — with distinctive East Asian character. Additionally, each instrument and ensemble comes with preset grooves that can altered with user-friendly macro controls covering panning, compression, reverb, and more. For an even more enjoyable experience, Sweetwater composers recommend pairing East Asia with a Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol keyboard for a wonderfully comprehensive, streamlined workflow.
Note: This virtual instrument requires Native Instruments Kontakt or Kontakt Player. Please contact your Sweetwater Sales Engineer with any questions or concerns.
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Explore 14 distinctive instruments
The regal Chinese guzheng, the sacred Japanese hichiriki, and Korea’s national instrument, the gayageum, are all well represented within the Native Instruments East Asia plug-in. They’re well accompanied by a further host of zithers, dulcimers, bamboo flutes, lutes, and bowed string instruments. Choose from each instrument’s traditional scales and tunings for an authentic sound; conversely, you can alter their tunings to suit Western keys, scales, and modes to add some East Asian flair to your own productions.
Drum up passion and intensity with 24 percussion instruments
Native Instruments East Asia comes with a wide variety of drums, cymbals, gongs, and woodblocks that are sure to enliven your compositions like nothing else can. You’ll also have access to four percussion ensembles — one from each of the three countries plus a complete 16-piece percussion ensemble with selected percussion instruments from each represented nation playing together. Preset grooves will inspire you from the get-go, and an intuitive interface makes it easy to adjust patterns and phrases as you like.
Native Instruments East Asia Features:
- Plug-in featuring professionally performed and recorded instruments from China, Japan, and Korea
- Spans 4 ensembles, 14 melodic instruments, and 24 percussion instruments
- Variety of hauntingly beautiful string and wind instruments, each with a range of articulation techniques
- Melodic instruments can be set to authentic traditional scales and tunings or adjusted to suit Western music theory elements
- 24 percussion instruments — including 4 percussion ensembles — lend incredible dynamic energy
- Preset grooves provide excellent inspirational starting points for your compositions
- Panning, compression, reverb, and more can be easily adjusted with intuitive macro controls
- Mixer page with channel strip, effects, and main channel with limiter make it easy to mix as well as compose
- Pair with a Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol keyboard for an effortless, immensely enjoyable workflow
