For many years, the ukulele has been synonymous with the Hawaiian islands. From the early days when the Portuguese introduced the cavaquinho and the rajão, which the current ukulele is based upon, to current times with virtuosos such as Jake Shimabukuro and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, the ukulele is a major part of Island music. Lately, it has found a resurgence in all types of music. Tiki Records has taken great care in sampling a beautiful concert ukulele with nylon strings. It is the classic sound of a uke. Every note was sampled in 10 velocity layers for the utmost in realism. The sound is unprocessed and raw. This way it lends itself to whatever processing you deem fit. The uke was recorded with finger picking the string and thumb picking the string.

The Concert Ukulele is the normal sized uke of the family. It is smaller than the Tenor and the Baritone ukes. It has a classic sound that is instantly recognizable and immediately brings to mind the Hawaiian Islands. Now you, too, can capture your own piece of Hawaiiana with Tiki Records Concert Ukulele Virtual Instrument for EXS and Kontakt 4.

For those of you who are totally confused and don't know what a virtual instrument is, I'll try to explain. A virtual instrument is a collection of recordings that are put into a keyboard to mimic the sound of another instrument. So in this case every string and every note that the uke makes has been recorded and put into the keyboard. When you play the keyboard it sounds like a ukulele. Cool? Everybody on the same page now.