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Handsome Dan is a creation from master instrument inventor Bart Hopkin: A stringed Zither with a unique twist. This flat wooden sound box has 14 strings, with a center bridge dividing them into two segments. A magnetic pickup is placed on one side, but the strings are played primarily on the other side, usually with a slide or plectrum. The tone is dreamy and ethereal, with a floating, swelling presence.
Handsome Dan is an experimental custom creation from the mind of master instrument inventor Bart Hopkin: A stringed Zither with a unique twist. The key is a clever system for picking up and isolating the harmonic resonances in unplayed strings. This flat wooden sound box has 14 strings, with a center bridge dividing them into two segments. A magnetic pickup is placed on one side, but the strings are played primarily on the other side, usually with a slide or plectrum. When a frequency sounding on the played side matches any of the harmonics of the same string on the unplayed side, it sets up a sympathetic vibration in the unplayed segment. That’s the sound that comes through the pickup. The tone is dreamy and ethereal, with a floating, swelling presence.
Soundiron have faithfully sampled every interesting sound they could get out of this zither, with two stereo mic positions: Contact mics, and mixed mics. Plucks, Slides in a variety of intervals, and Glisses up and down are available in all four layers to easily mix and match. With up to 8x round robin and 6 velocity layers per note, you’ll be swimming in beautiful timbres in no time. They've also included a wide selection of custom FX presets and plenty of our signature sound-designed ambient content, crafted from the raw acoustic source to give you complete creative freedom.
System Requirements:
Windows 7 or higher. Mac OSX 10.12 or higher. Dual Core CPU, 2 GB System Ram, SATA or SSD hard drive recommended for this library.
Important Note: The full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.2.2+ is required to use .nki instrument presets included in this library. The free Kontakt "Player" and "Add Library" import process do not support this standard open-format Kontakt library.
Note: Sonespheres 1 - Distance is used as the example.
Mac
Installation
1. Download the installer from within your Plugin Boutique User Account > double-click the .zip file to extract the contents.
2. Double-click the .dmg file to begin the installation.
3. Enter your serial number, found within your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'Verify'.
4. Click 'Okay'.
5. Read the Software Licensing Agreement > Click 'I Agree'.
6. Enter your name and email address > Click 'Confirm'.
7. Choose the download and install locations > Click 'Install'.
8. The installation is complete > Click 'Exit'.
9. Open Kontakt and click on the 'Files' tab.
10. Navigate to the location you chose to install your product in step 7 > Select the 'Instruments' folder.
11. Click and drag the .nki file into the main empty window in Kontakt.
Your software is now ready to use in standalone or in your DAW!
Windows
Installation
1. Download the installer from within your Plugin Boutique User Account > Double-click the .exe file to begin the installation.
2. Enter your serial number, found within your Plugin Boutique User Account > Click 'Verify'.
3. Click 'Okay'.
4. Read the Software Licensing Agreement > Click 'I Agree'.
5. Enter your name and email address > Click 'Confirm'.
6. Choose the download and install locations > Click 'Install'.
7. The installation is complete > Click 'Exit'.
8. Open Kontakt and click on the 'Files' tab.
9. Navigate to the location you chose to install your product in step 7 > Select the 'Instruments' folder.
10. Click and drag the .nki file into the main empty window in Kontakt.
Your software is now ready to use in standalone or in your DAW!
