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GEN lll SHAMISEN Black Friday pricing takes 39% off TAKUMI Audio Plugins' sampled Japanese lute, which comes to $41.50 until Nov 30, 2026.
It is a virtual instrument built around the three-stringed shamisen, loaded straight into your DAW as a sample-based plugin.
The playable range runs from A2 to D6.
You get 13 different shamisen playing techniques, and you can switch between them with keyswitches or with the on-screen articulation buttons.
The maker lists these highlights:
Because the bends follow your project tempo, a pitch slide lands in time with the grid instead of drifting against it.
Keyswitches let you change technique from your MIDI keyboard while you play, so articulation changes can be recorded as part of the performance.
The on-screen buttons do the same job with a mouse, which suits drawing in notes in the piano roll.
The Phrase & FX bank sits alongside the playing techniques, with 16 pads you can trigger as part of the arrangement.
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Yes. The GEN lll SHAMISEN Black Friday deal takes 39% off, bringing the TAKUMI Audio Plugins virtual instrument to $41.50 until Nov 30, 2026.
It has 13 shamisen playing techniques, including two types of vibrato, three upward bends and three downward bends. The bends are BPM-synced. A 16-pad Phrase & FX bank sits alongside the techniques.
You can change between the 13 techniques with keyswitches from your MIDI keyboard or with the on-screen articulation buttons. The playable range of the instrument runs from A2 to D6.
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