Sonora Cinematic Releases Softstruck For Kontakt

Sonora Cinematic has announced the release of Softstruck, the latest addition to their Select series (following Emma Legato and Nocturne earlier this year), dubbing it as one of their most unconventional Kontakt Player instruments to date.

The inspiration behind Softstruck emerged during a felt piano recording session, sparking the team's curiosity about whether the same emotional softness created with felt could be brought to the guitar. After experimenting with adding felt to the instrument itself, which didn't hit the mark sonically, the real breakthrough came when attention shifted to muting the stroke.

Using ultra-soft felt picks, typically designed for nylon instruments such as the ukuele, Softstruck delivers a brushed, blurred guitar tone that feels nostalgic, intimate, and deeply textured – an ideal fit for cinematic scoring and ambient production.

Taking the new-found technique, three distinctive guitars were sampled:

'Butterscotch' - a classic guitar with an added middle pick-up that offers an iconic scooped clean tone which is very bright to begin with and darkened considerably with the felt.

'Flatwounds' – a chambered guitar with a p90-style pickup – a much darker instrument made even darker by fitting flatwound strings.

'Singlecut' – a classic model renowned for its bassy sound at the neck pickup.

Applying the technique to three distinctive guitars, which were all recorded through four different signals, and combined with Sonora Cinematic's signature atmospheric FX, Double Track switch, and 50+ presets, Softstruck is ideal for cinematic scores, ambient soundscapes, emotional cues, and more.

Softstruck is available now with an introductory price of £29 (normally £39) and existing Select series users can take advantage of the £23 intro upgrade price, until 31st August 2025. (Prices exclude VAT).

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