Introducing Ghosts by Kintone

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"Ghosts is a 6-voice physical modeling effect and instrument."



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Ghosts

$399

Chordal Resonator

Ghosts is a 6-voice physical modeling effect and instrument.

Excite high-fidelity strings, tubes, and bars to conjure resonant objects and acoustic environments: a blooming cello, a playful xylophone. From organic realism to spectral fantasy.

Retune the voices to preset chords — including custom chords and microtonal scales. Connect a MIDI keyboard for polyphonic play and the full spectrum of its synthesis engine.

Animate the contact mic and capture gestures with a built-in looper. Transform the resonators with Touch Modes — from a streaming granular processor, to a Bode frequency shifter, to a virtual-analog drum machine. Retune the resonator voices directly via keyboard control

Ghosts is a compact partner in sympathetic resonance, harmony and rhythm.

Physical Modeling Engine

6-voice polyphony
Excite the resonators with external audio, the built-in contact mic, or MIDI notes
Flexible, high-fidelity physical models: strings, tubes, bars
Reharmonize the resonators with 12 preset chords
Selectable root note and chord voicing
Reverb

Custom-designed stereo reverb adds spatial character
Routable pre- or post-resonator — let the space excite the object, or let the object excite the space
Sustains infinitely
Custom Chords + Microtonal Tunings

Define a user chord of up to 6 MIDI notes
MTS SysEx files supported for microtonal and xenharmonic scales
Save user chords and scales into presets
Contact Microphone

Strum, tap, scratch the mic — excite the resonators with tactile vibrations
Toggle the mic ON or OFF with the tap of a button
Mic is fully disconnected from the audio path when disengaged
Adjustable sensitivity
Polyphonic MIDI instrument

Internal exciter turns Ghosts into a playable physical modeling instrument
Multiple MIDI exciters: pluck, strike, blow — or create your own exciter with a captured loop
Touch Modes

On-the-fly performance effects to transform the physical models — and a powerful collection of creative tools that stand on their own. All Touch Modes can be placed pre- or post- resonators, and can be synced to MIDI clock:

Endless Loop
A looper with speed and direction controls, capable of infinite overdubs. A perfect companion for the contact mic
Record up to 40 seconds at 0.5x, 20 seconds at 1x, or 10 seconds at 2x
Rhythm Generator
Virtual‑analog models of a legendary 1981 drum machine with punchy analog resonator circuits. Resonators exciting resonators!
Kick, snare, hi-hat. Real‑time synthesis (no samples)
11 curated patterns plus a 12th Euclidean Random notch that algorithmically generates a fresh pattern each time it’s re-selected
Terrazzo
A streaming granular processor that disassembles sound into colorful fragments and binds them into new forms. Turn anything into a lush texture or bouncy rhythm to excite the resonators
6 read heads spread across the stereo field — some play forward, or reversed, some at normal speed, some an octave up
Adjustable grain size and envelope shape (plucky to smooth)
Shepard Shifter
A virtual-analog Bode frequency shifter adds motion and bends perception
Up-shift or down-shift the audio spectrum — create endlessly rising or falling spectral peaks that excite different frequencies of the resonators
Presets, MIDI Control, CV

6 factory presets
Save up to 32 presets using MIDI
USB and TRS MIDI supported
All parameters are fully controllable via MIDI, CV, or expression
Smart detection of TRS Type A or Type B connections
CV control up to 500Hz