Playa - Hip Hop Strings is 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. Its user interface affords effortless integration of MIDI keyboards and MPC pad controllers, bridging the gap between MPC style music creation and the computer-based virtual instrument environment.

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.