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Precisionsound Releases Greek Lira Gor HALion & NI Kontakt

October 12, 2006

The Lira (kemance) is a traditional Greek instrument used in Mediterranean folk music—a small 3 stringed instrument played with a bow and with a quiet limited tonal range.

Precisionsound decided to sample the Lira in a way that makes it more like a universal "ethno violin." As a result, the articulations represented in this SampleSet are more "over the top" than the actual instrument is used for traditionally. For example; pizzicato and staccato playing is not, traditionally often or at all, played with this type of instrument.

The articulations are:

  • Regular unlooped notes
  • Legato unlooped notes
  • Staccato
  • Pizzicato
  • Tremolo
  • Glides
  • Effects

The SampleSet contains 254 24-bit WAV files divided into 28 programs for NI Kontakt and 25 programs for HALion.

Both formats are included when you buy Greek Lira.

Greek Lira costs $49 (+$11 if you want it on CD).

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.precisionsound.net/.

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