The Chinese Pipa is a plucked instrument resembling the lute.  It has been around for 2000 years... (Thanks WIKI)...

How does it fit into your music production?   Take a page from some of the greatest music producers out there who are using ethnic instruments to add some truly unique flava to their beats.

• 115 Authentic LIVE chinese Pipa loops in 10 tempos played by a professional Pipa player through class A gear.
• 570 licks cut from the session mapped across the keyboard and formatted for most software samplers.
• Contains both authentic Chinese melodies and Chinese melodies designed for Hip Hop and RnB production.
• All key signatures and tempos are provided

The loops come formatted for REX, Apple Garage Band, Sony Acid Pro, Fruity Loops and any software that accepts WAV files!   The licks come as WAV 16bit  files, and also pre-formatted and mapped out across the keyboard for most software and hardware samplers including:Kontakt, EXS-24, Battery, Halion, NN-XT 

Here is a youtube video of a lady on the pipa if you are curious...