Naada Ney for GeoShred Studio

FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF BREATH AND REED, WITH POLYPHONIC DEPTH

Hyper-detailed modeling with ultimate playability. Naada Ney places a physically modeled Middle Eastern end-blown flute inside GeoShred Studio, where the ney's breathy warmth, variable embouchure character, and microtonal pitch inflections respond directly to pressure and gesture on the playing surface. The instrument is fully polyphonic, supporting chords and layered melodic lines simultaneously.

Works with MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, and GeoShred Control, a free iPhone and iPad companion app that delivers a multi-touch expressive surface for live performance.

Naada Ney runs inside GeoShred Studio, bringing one of the world's oldest continuously played instruments to GeoShred's multi-row continuous pitch surface. The ney's open-end blowing technique produces an inherently breathy tone where each note carries a slightly different character depending on embouchure angle. Slide across the grid to trace microtonal inflections; press into the surface to shape breath intensity and the variable breath noise that defines the ney's expressive identity. Because the instrument is polyphonic, you can layer ney voices into sustained textures, voice chords, or hold a drone while moving through melodic phrases. GeoShred's integrated FX rack adds EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab processing directly in the signal chain.

What's Inside Naada Ney:

• GeoShred's continuous pitch surface with fretless glide, portamento, and microtonal control for the quarter-tone intervals of maqam-based music.
• Polyphonic performance: layer sustained textures, voice chords, or hold drones under independent melodic lines.
• Direct access to ney model parameters including breath dynamics, embouchure character, and tonal shaping.
• Integrated FX rack with EchoMT, Reverb, and AmpCab available as part of the performance signal chain.
• Full controller support: MPE controllers, wind and breath controllers, GeoShred Control companion app.
• AccelMatrix Naada physical modeling engine generating each note as a continuous acoustic simulation.

The Breath of the Reed

The ney is an end-blown flute of the Middle East dating back over 5,000 years, depicted in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Mesopotamian artifacts. Made from a hollow reed with five or six finger holes and one thumb hole, it has no mouthpiece. The player blows obliquely across the open end, shaping the embouchure angle to produce sound. This technique gives every note a variable breath noise that would be considered a flaw in Western instruments but is a valued expressive quality in Middle Eastern and Sufi musical traditions. The model captures this breathy, intimate variability alongside the ney's capacity for continuous microtonal pitch inflection.

GeoShred Studio and GeoShred Control

GeoShred Studio operates as a VST3, AU, or AUv3 plugin inside major DAWs, or as a standalone application. Its isomorphic surface is tuned in perfect fourths, providing a layout where melodic intervals repeat consistently across rows. Pressure and gesture are mapped continuously to instrument parameters, making the surface a direct conduit for expression rather than a series of on/off triggers.

GeoShred Control is a free companion app for iPhone and iPad that connects via USB, adding a second multi-touch expressive surface for live performance. MPE hardware controllers and wind or breath controllers connect directly to GeoShred Studio as well.

GeoShred Studio Required. Running Naada Ney requires GeoShred Studio ($50), a separate required purchase.

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