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Poiesis Cello Black Friday pricing is $69, 30% off, until Dec 6, 2026, on Sonora Cinematic's Kontakt Player cello built around extended techniques and evolving textures.
The maker says it produces dynamic textures that run from tender and reflective to nervily unsettling. Octave harmonics, bow bounces and reiterations are part of the palette, along with rich timbral shifts.
It first came out in 2021. Version 2 is the current release.
Version 2 keeps the sample content of the original and moves it into the Aria Engine, the same host used in Panorama Guitars and Aria Vocalscapes. The change is about control, not new recordings.
In the Aria Engine you can:
Close to 100 new presets are included as starting points.
The library is now organised as two instruments. Poiesis Cello runs on the Aria Engine and lets you combine two articulations through a pair of layers, with a mix that is ready for recording from the start. It lets you arrange single articulations in a customisable switching system, using traditional keyswitches or letting velocity pick the articulation.
Sonora Cinematic also made minor tuning adjustments. The maker says the aim was better tuning while keeping the naturally drifting, textural quality of some articulations.
There are two patches. Textures is the two-layer instrument: pick any of the 43 articulations for each layer and crossfade between them with the mod wheel (MIDI CC#1).
Shorts is a separate companion patch that adds three short articulations responding to velocity, recorded across 3 dynamic layers with 5 round robin variations each. The pizzicato articulation adds a snap pizz.
Three microphones were used:
A pre-rendered stereo mix (MIX) is included too. It places the single mics in LCR with extra processing, which the maker describes as a resource-friendly way to get a finished sound straight away.
The instrument is a 1995 Moes & Moes cello built for and owned by Yo-Yo Ma, played by Alan Black, principal cellist with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
It needs Kontakt Player 7.7 or newer, the free player, which runs as VST, AU and AAX.
Yes. The Poiesis Cello Black Friday deal takes 30% off, bringing the price to $69, and it ends Dec 6, 2026. It is Sonora Cinematic's Kontakt Player cello, and version 2 now runs in the Aria Engine.
The sample content is the same as the original, but it now runs in the Aria Engine. You can crossfade or stack articulations, add effects, filter each layer and use the XY pad. Close to 100 new presets are included, plus a new Articulation Keyswitch instrument.
It runs in the free Kontakt Player, version 7.7 or newer, which supports VST, AU and AAX. It is a Powered-By-Kontakt Player Edition, so you load it inside Kontakt Player in your DAW.
Three mics were used: a Neumann U87 LDC, an AEA R84A ribbon and a Schoeps CMC/mk4 SDC. A pre-rendered stereo MIX is included. The cello is a 1995 Moes & Moes built for Yo-Yo Ma, played by Alan Black.
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