Ancient Greek Strings by Soundiron is a meticulously crafted virtual instrument library for Kontakt, capturing the essence of seven historically significant stringed instruments. This collection includes the Barbiton, Cithara, Lyre, Goat Horn Lyre, Pandura, Phorminx, and Trigonon, all meticulously recorded to preserve their authentic sounds and historical importance. The instruments were handcrafted using traditional methods and materials, including wood, gut, and goat skins, to ensure a faithful recreation of classical Greek musical artifacts.

Key features:

• 15,158 24-bit samples, with a total installed size of 8.23 GB
• Includes 7 stringed instruments: Barbiton, Cithara, Lyre, Goat Horn Lyre, Pandura, Phorminx, and Trigonon
• Recorded with 8 round-robins and 4 dynamic velocities per string
• Flexible GUI with independent close and overhead mic positions
• Wide selection of chromatic and special effect articulations
• 20 sound-designed ambiences created from the raw acoustic source
• Automation-ready sound-shaping controls, including swell, attack, release, offset, vibrato, filter, pitch (coarse & fine), articulation switching, cross-fading, and layering
• Adaptable LFO system with selectable shapes and modulation targets
• Customizable arpeggiator with velocity table and control over direction, timing, swing, randomization, and duration
• Modular FX rack with 18 DSP effect modules, including convolution reverb with 99 different rooms, halls, chambers, and outdoor environments, plus 40 custom FX impulses

This library provides a rich and diverse palette of sounds suitable for both historical and contemporary compositions. It requires the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later and is not compatible with the free Kontakt Player.