Impact Soundworks Plectra Series 4: Turkish Oud

Impact Soundworks Plectra Series 4: Turkish Oud brings the rich and evocative sounds of the traditional Turkish oud directly to your digital audio workstation. This meticulously sampled virtual instrument captures the essence of the fretless oud, a cornerstone of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean music, known for its deep, resonant tones and expressive capabilities.

The instrument featured is a custom double soundboard oud crafted by master luthier Faruk Türünz, performed by renowned oud player Stelios Varveris. Recorded with precision using Neumann and AKG microphones through an SSL console in a professionally treated studio, every subtle nuance and articulation is faithfully preserved for an authentic playing experience.

Key Features:

• 3,860 24-bit samples capturing all strings chromatically with two microphone positions for detailed sound shaping.
• A wide variety of articulations including up and downstrokes, sustain, hammer-ons, pull-offs, tremolo, glissando, and vibrato for expressive performance.
• Four dynamic layers and four round-robin variations per note ensure natural, lifelike sound reproduction.
• Powerful microtuning engine with presets and oriental scales, allowing authentic tuning adjustments up to a quarter tone per note.
• Intelligent voicing and fretting engine that automatically manages fingering and voicing for ease of use and realism.
• User-friendly interface with controls for string selection, articulations, stroke direction, and a comprehensive mixer suite featuring EQ, compression, and reverb effects.

Ideal for composers and producers working in film, television, video games, or traditional music, the Plectra Series 4: Turkish Oud offers a versatile and deeply authentic instrumental palette. It is compatible with Kontakt 5.3 or higher (full version required) and requires 2.5 GB of disk space and 4 GB RAM.