Place the warm, fretless voice of the Middle East's foundational string instrument with ILIO Naada Oud, a virtual instrument for the GeoShred Studio platform that offers real-time microtonal maqam inflections and continuous pitch ornaments via GeoShred Studio's multi-row continuous pitch surface. With advanced AccelMatrix Naada physical modeling, each note is generated as a continuous acoustic event.
By pressing into the grid you can shape pluck attack and body resonance, while moving across the rows shifts the register across the instrument's double-course string range. By sliding across the pitch surface you can glide between microtonal positions to trace the ornamental melodic language of maqam. You can also engage in fully polyphonic playing, supporting sustained bass drones under melodic phrases, voiced chords, or layered, independent, and simultaneous melodic lines. Use GeoShred Studio's integrated FX rack for sweetening your performance with reverb, amp simulation, echo, and more. Naada Oud requires GeoShred Studio (sold separately) to function, which is available in AU, AU3, VST3, or standalone formats for macOS only.
The deep, pear-shaped body with its rounded back of thin stave strips produces a tone that is warmer and rounder than its European descendant, the lute. The model captures this fretless continuous pitch capability alongside the resonant body response that gives the oud its characteristic depth and sustain.