Image Line IL Sakura - Electronic Delivery

Image Line 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.

Virtual modeling 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

PC requirements:

• Windows XP (SP2), Vista, Win7, Win8, Win8.1, Win10 - (32 & 64 Bit)
• 2Ghz AMD or Intel Pentium 3 compatible CPU with full SSE1 support
• 512Mb RAM
• 30Mb free disc space
• DirectSound or ASIO compatible soundcard
• VST2 compatible host

Mac requirements:

• OSX v10.7 (Lion)
• G4 1.5 GHz or Intel Core Duo family
• 512Mb RAM
• 30Mb free disc space
• CoreAudio drivers
• VST2 compatible host