Plugin Boutique has welcomed Triple A Audio to its store with an exclusive limited time sale on its Kontakt instrument library featuring the sounds of the Armenian Qanun.
A collaboration with Lebanese-Armenian musician and songwriter Serj Tankian (System of a Down), the meticulously sampled Folk Noir: Qanun is offered at a 20% discount for the next few days.
The Qanun goes as far back as music itself. Played in the courts of Assyria and written about by ancient Greek historians, it’s still in play today across the Middle East and beyond. As it’s one of the first instruments in play today to emerge in history, it’s only natural that Triple A Audio picked it as their first instrument to release.
Sampled and presented for you here is the Armenian Qanun in its truest digital form; hand-made in a small village in Armenia in the Southern Caucasus. Made of wood with an animal skin-covered base, it has metal levers and wooden tuning pegs to alter the pitch of the note and can play a range of up to 3 and a half octaves. The player wears a silver thimble and a pick made of bull horns on both index fingers.
Available for the full version of Kontakt 6 or higher, Folk Noir: Qanun is priced $79.99 USD until April 19th, 2024 (regular $99.99 USD).
More information: Triple A Audio
