Sakura

Like the transient beauty of Sakura (Japanese for Cherry Blossom), the sound of stringed instruments blossoms and fades. Image-Line brings you ‘Sakura’, the string physical modelling instrument, to express the delicacy and beauty of stringed sounds.

Virtual modelling in Sakura follows a 5 stage hanami-process. :

	Contact - An impulse, the mechanical contact with the string, is first generated then shaped to simulate plucks, picks, scrapes, hammers, taps or humble fingers.
	Vibration - Sakura’s dual string model then gives the operator control over a wide range of parameters such as damping, tension, positioning and string properties.
	String interaction – The dual strings are then mixed, panned and enveloped to simulate interactions.
	Resonance - The string/s vibration then interacts with an 8-resonator ‘body simulator’ to create the size, material and shape of the instrument
	Acoustics - Virtual acoustic space is then simulated with chorus, delay and reverberation effects.

Sakura can reproduce the delicate pluck of a single string, a violins bowing or the sonorous resonance of a grand piano. Most importantly, the curious musician can take control of every aspect of the simulation to create fantastic instruments. Ever wanted to know what a 20 foot guitar sounded like? Or a bowed piano? Now you can find out, Sakura opens up a world of string modelling possibilities, why not download the Sakura demo and try it for yourself. The Sakurazensen is coming, be there to experience it.

Terms

Sakura: Japanese for Cherry Blossom.

Hanami: The custom of enjoying the beauty of Sakura.

Sakurazensen: The Sakura-front as it moves across Japan with the developing season.

Downloads:

	Win demo/installer
	Mac demo/installer
	Online Documentation

Operating System :

	Windows XP/Vista/7
	OSX 10.4 (Tiger) OSX 10.5 (Leopard)

Plugin formats:

	FL Studio plugin
	VSTi 2.4 (Win/OSX)
	AudioUnit (OSX)
	Standalone (Win/OSX)

Hardware Req:

	2Ghz Intel Pentium 3 compatible CPU with full SSE support
	Intel CPU or G4 PowerPC (Mac) with full Altivec support
	512 Mb RAM
	30 Mb disk space