Tear Of Land

A Xun is a wind instrument with a deep sound that has a history of about seven thousand years. The earliest discoveries can be found in many archaeological sites, such as the Hemudu site, the Zhaobaogou relics, and the Banpo settlement.

The Xun usually has an egg or pear-shaped body made of ceramic, with a blowhole on the top and several finger holes along one side. Xun is belongs to a group of ritual instruments from ancient times. However, its use was discontinued due to turmoils in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1980s, Xun playing was revived by archaeologists and artists, and nowadays it is often used in historical themes with dark scenarios.

Virtual Chinese Xun Instrument

A Xun is a wind instrument with a deep sound that has a history of about seven thousand years. The earliest discoveries can be found in many archaeological sites, such as the Hemudu site, the Zhaobaogou relics, and the Banpo settlement.

The Xun usually has an egg or pear-shaped body made of ceramic, with a blowhole on the top and several finger holes along one side. Xun is belongs to a group of ritual instruments from ancient times. However, its use was discontinued due to turmoils in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1980s, Xun playing was revived by archaeologists and artists, and nowadays it is often used in historical themes with dark scenarios.

Features Overview

• Adjustable Sound Field – During the recording of the samples, 5 microphones were used in different positions to capture the room and reverb characteristics. All channels were mixed down to four which you can adjust in the user interface.
• Authentic Performance – By controlling the airflow and fingering, the Xun offers a variety of performances such as mordent, finger pole popping, trill, flutter, vibrato, staccato and gliss. All of these performances can be triggered from within the GUI.
• Realistic Expressions – Tear of Land features realistic recorded articulations that can be freely controlled. Using MIDI CC, tone changes can be implemented as in a real hulusi performance.
• Gliss – With three different speeds of real gliss samples and a sample synthesis technique, Tear of Land can perform gliss at any adjustable speed.
• Vibrato Engine – Based on real samples, Tear of Land’s LFO engine allows realistic and adjustable vibrato.
• Sampling Engine – The self-developed sampling engine features the best sound quality, powerful disk buffer streaming/sampling compression technology and sound fusion technology.