The Hulusi is a unique Chinese end - blown free - reed pipe featuring a gourd wind chamber. It hails from the Dai - zu people in southern China. Usually made up of three bamboo pipes, one for melody with finger holes and two drone pipes often tuned to an octave and a fifth, the Hulusi produces a hauntingly beautiful yet soft sound. In the past, Dai men played it to express love, and farmers took breaks in the fields to play it. Its expressiveness comes from the vibrato technique. Veronika Vitazkova, a multi - instrumentalist and folk instruments expert from the Synchron Stage Orchestra, played the Hulusi. She has an impressive musical resume, performing in top orchestras and at famous festivals. To capture the amazing atmosphere of Synchron Stage's 'Stage A', our engineers used seven phase - coherent microphone setups. All signals are available as separate channels in the Vienna Synchron Player, and a wide range of presets offer great starting points for sound creation. The Hulusi's natural sampled tones are diatonic, but the software provides a chromatic keyboard mapping. Note that due to the instrument's non - chromatic nature, not all keyboard - played notes can be performed by a musician. The Standard Library has 2,735 samples, with a 206.4 MB download size and 1.1 GB installed size. The Full Library has 4,376 samples, a 326.6 MB download size, and 1.9 GB installed size.
Using the Hulusi in your music is easy. First, open the Vienna Synchron Player and load the Hulusi library. You can choose from the standard or full library depending on your needs. The presets are a great place to start, giving you perfect mixer settings right away. Just adjust them to fit your sound vision. When playing on the keyboard, remember that because the real Hulusi has non - chromatic tones, not every note you play will be performable by a real musician. So, keep this in mind when composing. For maintenance, since it's a software instrument, just make sure your computer meets the requirements for the library's size. Regularly update the software to enjoy the best performance. And have fun exploring the unique and beautiful sounds of the Hulusi in your music!
