Kengeki (剣戟) is a generative metallic-foley instrument modelled on a katana. Using no samples, it generates the sound of striking (an impact plus the metal ringing) and scraping (a metallic scrape) in real time through physical modelling.
Play the on-screen blade — click to strike, drag to scrape — or drive it from MIDI. Runs as VST3 + Standalone on Windows / macOS.
Get Kengeki
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Highlights
- No samples, pure physical modelling — modal synthesis and friction simulation generate strikes and scrapes in real time.
- Play the on-screen blade directly — click to strike, drag to scrape. Contact point, speed, and vertical position drive timbre and dynamics.
- MIDI playable — notes trigger strikes (pitch → L/R blade position → timbre, velocity → strength); CC1 drives a scrape.
- Three parameter sections — IMPACT (strike), BODY (metal ring), SPACE (reverb).
- Presets — select and save from the header (individual XML files).
- Format — VST3 + Standalone (works in any VST3 host).
- OS — Windows 10 / 11, macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon / Intel universal).
Documentation
- Installation — Windows / macOS setup and presets
- Manual — how to play and parameter reference