SONiVOX has announced the availability of Playa - Hip Hop Strings, a new virtual instrument plug-in for Mac OS X and Windows designed to provide hip hop, r'n'b and pop producers a fast and easy way to add professional, top quality strings to their productions.

Playa Hip Hop Strings features eight gigabytes of instruments forged from the SONiVOX Symphonic String Collection, a library featuring top players from the world-renowned Boston Pops & Boston Ballet Orchestras, recorded and programmed by SONiVOX's sound design team. Designed for maximum sonic and stylistic versatility, every instrument, including the selection of pre-assembled multi-tempo/multi-key strings construction kits, has been crafted to yield the utmost in fidelity and performance.

Features:

• 8 gigabytes of string content: Featuring some of Boston's most accomplished orchestral musicians.
• Over 200 string instrument patches and pad layouts.
• Large selection of loops with combined legato, staccato and pizzicato in all major and minor keys; each in 3 tempos.
• 16 user programmable and assignable pads for quick and easy MPC style beat construction.
• Over 50 pad layouts - Hip Hop Strings is designed to get the producer going right away with its construction kit layouts, diatonic chord layouts, and user programmable layouts.
• MIDI Learn & Save Function: Hip Hop Strings is instantly compatible with any MIDI controller.
• Independent Zone Tempo-Synced Variable Resolution Roll/Retrigger Mode.
• Onboard FX and Graphic Equalizer.
• Keys Mode for standard keyboard play/performance.
• User Editable Envelope & Filter Controls.

Pricing & Availability

Playa - Hip Hop Strings is available now with a MSRP of $149 and an introductory street price of $99 for Windows and Mac OS X in stand-alone and VST, AU and RTAS instrument plug-in formats.

NAMM Show attendees are invited to stop by SONiVOX's booth #6828 to take Playa - Hip Hop Strings for a test drive.