DASH Signature Releases Ethnic VSTi

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DASH Signature has released v. 1.0 of EMM Knagalis, an ethnic soft synth for Windows VST Hosts.

Standard ROM players may toss in a few "ethnic" samples as an afterthought, but EMM Knagalis goes further, taking you to the four corners of the globe. The smart architecture and the unlimited ethnic scale modes of this VST synthesizer will open you the door to the sound of ethnic instruments.

EMM Knagalis is a specialized and multi featured VSTi sample player, modeled around the structural elements of Sitar, the famous indian lute . But it also includes many other ethnic stringed instruments, as well as percussive and melodic instruments from the world stage. Instruments like Turkish Lute, Mbira (thumb piano), Santur, Shamishen . There is even a bagpipe, a wind instrument, an instrument well suited for EMM Knagalis with its legato playing style and drone accompaniment.

The EMM Knagalis structure includes three sample layers:

• Lead sound (monophonic)
• Sympathetic emulation sound (polyphonic)
• Drone sound (monophonic)

DASH Signature uses the Drone and Sympatethic layers in EMM to provide many acoustic functions including buzzes, rattles, extra noise attack. Such characteristic details provide the essence of these strange instruments. With the EMM system, ethnic flavored hybrid instruments are possible too. The EMM Knagalis library is always growing with new samples from from original instruments. Upgrades will be available at dashsignature.com

But EMM doesn't stop at the sounds. Its "Root and Scale" feature allows implementation of ethnic scales and micro tuning, You choose the key you are going to play, choose a typical intonation (such as raga, african, bagpipe and more), and you are ready for a new exotic sonic adventure.

EMM Knagalis downloadable version costs $99.95 and is available at dashsignature.com

Main Features:

• Choose between sound sets for Melodic Lead, Sympathetic Resonance, Drone sound, with custom Dash sample bank.
• Three types of Mono performance with Legato, pitch envelope and portamento.
• Stereo Flanger and Stereo Reverb effects.
• Micro Tuning features an easy "one click" menu to access all the original ethnic tunings you wish.
• 99 selected ethnic scale intonations + unlimited user ones.