Kantele v2.5

What is a Kantele?

Native to Finland and Estonia, the Kantele is a traditional plucked string instrument. The Kantele is part of the Baltic Psaltery instrument group and related to the Zither. This instrument has a distinctive bell-like sound and diatonic tuning. Cinematique's Kantele has five strings tuned in G-A-B-C' and D', but they've made a Kontakt patch to play it in chromatic tuning.

The Kantele was updated in 2015 to version 2: Cinematique recorded the Kantele from scratch. Besides a more detailed and complex recording in terms of Round Robin variations and velocity layers, they have recorded the Kantele with two complete different microphones: a dynamic Sennheiser MD 421 and, on the other hand, a condenser mic Neumann U-87. Furthermore, they've added a reverse sample set to enrich the Kantele with a more artificial character – if you want. However, you can still hear and play some of the old samples by checking the articulation "Vintage ". This sample set was recorded some years ago, and it has another sound timbre which could make your Kantele sound more bright.

Update: in 2022, Cinematique have updated the Kantele to version 2.5. They have added new presets and effects and some new features, such as the Arp and the Recorder. Finally, they created a new GUI to take the design to a new level.

Features

• Approximately 1200 samples
• 600 MB of compressed data
• Fine shiny metallic strings

System Requirements

• The FULL Version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or higher is required.

Important Notes:

• The FULL Version of Kontakt 5.6.8+ is required in order to use this instrument.
• You will be stuck in DEMO MODE if trying to use this instrument in the FREE Kontakt Player.