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Sakura can reproduce the delicate pluck of a single string, a violins bowing or the sonorous resonance of a grand piano. Most importantly, the curious musician can take control of every aspect of the simulation to create fantastic instruments. Ever wanted to know what a 20 foot guitar sounded like? Or a bowed piano? Now you can find out, Sakura opens up a world of string modelling possibilities, why not download the Sakura demo and try it for yourself. The Sakurazensen is coming, be there to experience it. Like the transient beauty of Sakura (Japanese for Cherry Blossom), the sound of stringed instruments blossoms and fades. Image-Line brings you 'Sakura', the string physical modelling instrument, to express the delicacy and beauty of stringed sounds. Reproduce the delicate pluck of a single string

Key Features:

• Contact - An impulse, the mechanical contact with the string, is first generated then shaped to simulate plucks, picks, scrapes, hammers, taps or humble fingers.
• Vibration - Sakura's dual string model then gives the operator control over a wide range of parameters such as damping, tension, positioning and string properties.
• String interaction - The dual strings are then mixed, panned and enveloped to simulate interactions.
• Resonance - The string/s vibration then interacts with an 8-resonator 'body simulator' to create the size, material and shape of the instrument.
• Acoustics - Virtual acoustic space is then simulated with chorus, delay and reverberation effects.

System requirements:

PC:
• Windows 7, Vista, XP (SP2) - (32 and 64 Bit)
• 2Ghz AMD or Intel Pentium 3 compatible CPU with full SSE1 support
• 512Mb RAM.
• 30Mb free disc space.
• DirectSound or ASIO compatible soundcard.

Mac:
• OSX v10.4 (Universal Binary)
• G4 1.5 GHz or Intel Core Duo family.
• 512Mb RAM.
• 30Mb free disc space.
• CoreAudio drivers.