Taishogoto: Kontakt Instrument Based on the Suzuki Taishogoto

The instrument is built around three sampled articulations. Plucked uses three strings tuned in unison and round robin sampled with a guitar pick, captured through a pair of microphones: the instrument's own pickup and vintage RCA ribbon microphones.

Struck covers gentle strikes with a chosen rubber mallet, letting the strings bounce. Dream Date Designs compares the character of this style to a Marxophone or a prepared piano.

Bowed uses all four strings bowed in unison for a sustained, elegant sound. The developer notes that it pairs well with the staccato nature of the Plucked and Struck styles, so the three can be combined in one patch.

Taishogoto includes a custom effects section that the developer uses to shape the sound toward its cinematic character. Because the instrument runs in Kontakt, you load it into the Kontakt host and play it like any other Kontakt instrument, with each style available individually or all at once.

It works best for producers who need a plucked or struck string voice that sits outside standard virtual guitar or piano sounds, and who want a bowed layer that can be blended into the same arrangement.