Hopkin Instrumentarium: Chordophones

Chordophones from Soundiron is a Kontakt library featuring ten experimental stringed instruments by inventor Bart Hopkin, including the exclusive Stroked Zither. Built from wood, steel, bass strings, styrofoam, water, and rubber, each instrument delivers a distinctive organic tone with multiple microphone positions and hundreds of ambient soundscapes derived from the source material. The modular 4-layer interface offers deep sound-shaping controls like swell, attack, release, vibrato, filtering, and pitch, plus a flexible LFO system, customizable arpeggiator, key/scale lock, and a modular FX rack with 27 DSP modules. With over 150 custom FX presets, it’s ideal for hobby producers seeking unique textures for film scoring, ambient music, or experimental tracks. Whether blending layers or doubling melodies, Chordophones provides inspiring, one-of-a-kind sounds for any genre.