Syntheway Virtual Sitar, demo’d above, is a VST instrument designed to emulate the Indian Sitar.

Features:

• Mastered sitar samples recorded with special equipment in a low noise environment. Full length sustain, no loops (natural decay).
• Includes 18 predefined sounds.
• Optimized CPU and memory usage.
• ADSR envelope generator with Attack, Sustain, Decay and Release parameters and several modulation targets.
• Multiple-Mode Filter: The values are automatically computed when you select any of the filter types. Filter switch includes: LP (Low pass), BP (Band pass), HP (High pass), notch, peak, low pass and high pass shelving filter with adjustable cutoff and bandwidth.
• Variable room simulation. Reverb effect can control the “room ambience”.
• MIDI Automation: Added complete MIDI CC#.

The Sitar is a Hindustani classical stringed instrument which utilizes sympathetic strings along with regular strings and a gourd resonating chamber to produce a very distinctive sound. It was popularized by “legendary sitar virtuoso” and composer Ravi Shankar in the 1960s.

More details at the Syntheway site.

via syntheway:

Home (intro) using Syntheway Virtual Sitar VSTi v1.0 Cover From Dream Theater’s Metropolis Part II – Scenes From A Memory, Scene Six (Released in 1999).VST instrument:Syntheway Virtual Sitar VSTi

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More demos in HQ mp3 format available at: http://demosongs.syntheway.net