Beauty you never thought possible! Create worlds of unlimited sonic possibilities with Jade Evolutions. Morph between hundreds of bespoke performances from a world-class Chinese orchestra and vocal group, as well as custom electronic sounds. Get instant inspiration by hitting one note on your keyboard, or produce cutting edge fully arranged soundscapes within seconds. Customize and build your own arrangements and presets using our brand new highly intuitive Evolutions Engine within Kontakt.
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Initially 45GB - 22GB for the archive files, and 22GB for the installed library. Archives can be removed after successful installation.
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Two years after releasing Jade Ethnic Orchestra we went back to Beijing China with our Co-Producer Seth Tsui to create a virtual instruments collection which pushes the boundaries of evolving instrumental perfomances to a new high. The result of that journey is Jade Evolutions.
Jade Evolutions is no sample library in the traditional sense of multisamples, dynamic layers and round robins. The recordings we made are highly expressive performances within each section of the traditional Chinese orchestra, as well as vocal ensembles. The focus was set on musicality, which is unreachable with a multisample approach. If you want instant cutting edge sounding results which go far beyond what an ethnic virtual instruments collection can accomplish, Jade Evolutions will be your new secret weapon.
Based on our experience with our Syllabuilder and X3M engines, we developed a brand new one using Native Instruments' Kontakt sampler to give you acess to these performances in an intuitive way, but also to combine them with custom electronic sounds recorded from Hardware Synthesizers for that modern cinematic sound. The core of Jade Evolutions is the XY Pad, which allows you to freely morph and blend between 4 zones of mapped instrumental performances and freely layer in Electronic soundsources.
Each of the zones can be customized and shaped to your liking. Use the 215 instrumental and 47 electronic soundsources to create your own presets and arrangements. Save them and tag them for future productions or use one of our 256 presets as base for your own explorations into the unknown.
Jade Evolutions consists of 20 GB of instrumental performances. The following instrumental categories were recorded:
- Bowed Strings Ensemble
- Bowed Strings Solo
- Plucked Strings
- Voices
- Woodwinds
- Percussion
Overview:
- 256 Presets comprising fully fleshed out arrangements, as well as instant mood setting soundscapes
- 215 instrumental performances recorded in Beijing China and 47 curated electronic soundsources
- Virtuosic Bowed and Plucked Strings, Woodwinds, Percussion and Vocal Performances from Chinese Musicians
- Brand new Evolutions Engine - Morph, layer and shape each sound source to your liking!
- 21 GB of custom recorded material, no reused sounds from Jade Ethnic Orchestra
- Developed for Native Instruments Kontakt Player
- Fully NKS compatible
Crossgrade Discounts for owners of Jade Ethnic Orchestra available upon login!
MUSICALITY & INSPIRATION
This is a library that revolves around authentic performances. 215 instrumental performances were recorded in Beijing China and 47 curated electronic soundsources were created later on.
All these are part of 256 presets, comprising fully fleshed out arrangements, as well as instant mood setting soundscapes
21 GB of custom recorded material, no reused sounds from Jade Ethnic Orchestra
UNIQUE COLOURS
Virtuosic Bowed and Plucked Strings, Woodwinds, Percussion and Vocal Performances from Chinese Musicians that are curated in the following categories:
Bowed Strings Ensemble
Bowed Strings Solo
Plucked Strings
Voices
Woodwinds
Percussion
Sound-design pads
2 Synth overlays
CUSTOM ENGINE
Jade Evolutions features our brand new Evolutions Engine - Morph, layer and shape each sound source to your liking!
The library was developed for Native Instruments Kontakt Player and is fully NKS compatible.
Tech Specs
Guzheng 1
- 7 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Solo Pipa 1
- 8 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Ens Pipas 1
- 8 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Sanxian Liuqin 1
- 6 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Solo Strings 1
- 12 different performances in 2 layer (piano / forte)
Solo Morin Khuur 1
- 4 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Ensemble Strings 1
- 12 different performances in 2 layer (piano / forte)
Ens Morin Khuurs 1
- 4 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Hulusi 0
Xun 1
- 5 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Dizi 1
- 8 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Shaku/Xiao 2
- 5 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
- Melodic improvisations and effects
Longsong Solo (Voices) 1
- 9 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Longsong Ens (Voices) 1
- 6 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Hoomai Solo (Voices) 1
- 6 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Hoomai Ens (Voices) 1
- 6 different performances in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Sound-design Pads 1
- 20 different sound design pads in 2 layers (piano / forte)
Percussion 4
- Aleatoric performances - bowls
- Aleatoric performances - drums
- Aleatoric performances - cymbals and gongs
- Aleatoric performances - mallets
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What our community shares
“…once I started blending the sounds in JADE with some Western orchestral backing, it created beautiful textures and colors that I never got from other Asian libraries.Now I’ve gotten used to knowing how to use it, how to manipulate it and know this library --- it’s something that I can’t do without!! Bravo on making this wonderful library!!”
Nathan Wang
Detective Chinatown 2, The Game Plan, Playing with Fire
The sounds within are completely unique. It's not just versatile, it's also incredibly easy to use...
The Sampleist
Jade Evolutions oozes sheer quality; while the resultant output is hugely impressive, the individually constructed samples are stunning.
Sound On Sound Magazine
Jade Evolutions is a marvelous brandnew library, which can stand on its own and expands your arsenal with laid back as well as typical chinese sounds, but also surprising performances.
Sound & Recording
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