Sonic Zest presents... The Kora for Kontakt [ a West-African harp ]

[Survivability]

https://soniczest.com/kora

I spent January working with the renowned Kora player Josh Doughty, meticulously sampling his favourite West African harp in a London studio. This is the only dedicated deeply-sampled Kora sample library available.

The Kora is a 21-string West-African harp, that has been played for centuries in Mali. When played softly it sounds like a beautiful orchestral harp. When played hard it produces a slight twangy sound evoking images of West Africa and mildly reminiscent of a guzheng. The tremolo patches are a favourite and create a fantastic stereo swarm sound.

The Kontakt instrument comes with:

• 9 patches, including tremolo and glissando.
• 18 samples per note: 6x round robins and 3x velocity layers.
• 2 mic positions: pick-up and stereo close mics.

IT IS CURRENTLY ON OFFER THIS WEEK FOR JUST $99 (NORMALLY $130).

• CODE: SZKORA-KVR

https://soundcloud.com/soniczest/sets/sonic-zest-kora

[DSmolken]

This is cool. I've asked around for what African instruments are most in need of new, better or more detailed samples, and West African harps were on top of the list.

[soniczest]

Well we hope you like it